Dr. Zvonimir Poljak

Introduction: Swine influenza outbreaks are usually recognized by the sudden appearance of respiratory signs and also by quick recovery of sick animals. However, influenza A virus (IAV) can endemically circulate without causing such typical clinical outbreaks. In addition, the complexity of influenza circulation in large multi-site and multi-source herds has not been well described. The objectives ...

Importance of studying transmissionInfectious diseases continue to have considerable impact on the health and well-being of individual animals and populations and on profitability of individual farms. Most commonly, frequency is measured by evaluating prevalence of infectious agents or evidence of exposure to them. Under certain conditions, incidence could also be calculated. However, for infectio ...