Swine Vaccines Technical Articles
Article published the November 2, 2017:
Introduction
Antimicrobial resistance and its potential transmission from animals to man has become a major issue, both politically and scientifically and is leading to greater controls, both in Europe and Nor...
Article published the August 25, 2017:
Introduction
There are two basic principles underlying the possible success of a vaccination strategy against viral diseases. On the one hand, a reasonable cause–effect relationship must be recognized ...
Article published the August 3, 2017:
Article published the July 13, 2017:
Introduction
Antimicrobial resistance and its potential transmission from animals to man has become a major issue, both politically and scientifically and is leading to greater controls, both in North ...
Article published the June 22, 2017:
Introduction
Prior to the recognition that pigs and other livestock species can be reservoirs of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) [1], S. aureus was considered a relatively unimportant organ...
Article published the June 16, 2017:
Background
Spray dried plasma (SDP) is a protein rich product obtained from the industrial fractionation of blood from healthy animals. Blood is collected with an anticoagulant and centrifuged to separate the ...
Article published the June 9, 2017:
Introduction
Staphylococcus aureus is a gram positive coccus that forms part of the normal nasal microflora in humans and other animal species. In developed countries, approximately one-quarter to one-...
Article published the February 10, 2017:
Introduction
Diseases caused by E. coli have been a recognised problem for as long as pigs have been raised. Early work in the 1960s and 1970s elucidated the pathogenic mechanisms of E. coli causing ...
Article published the January 27, 2017:
Introduction
Bacteria of the genus Brachyspira are anaerobic intestinal spirochaetes that can cause diarrhoea and mortality in pigs and other species. This genus comprises seven officially named species and se...
Article published the November 18, 2016:
Introduction
The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of a one-shot vaccination applied either at weaning or 3 days before weaning in a herd infected with M. hyopneumoniae (Mhyo) and oth...