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Swine enteric diseases
Enteric diseases, including ileitis, salmonellosis and porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED), are common gastrointestinal disorders that, if left untreated, can result in undernourished, dehydrated pigs and possible death.
Pigs of all ages are susceptible to intestinal diseases, and diarrhea is the clinical sign common to nearly all such disorders. Infectious agents that cause enteropathies are typically transmitted via the fecal-oral route. More than 20 etiologic agents, including bacteria, viruses, and parasites, can cause primary intestinal disease in pigs. Some other viruses, including sapovirus, adenocirus, and enterovirus, also have been isolated from the intestines of pigs but are not associated with economically consequential disease.
Pig diarrhoea is one of the most frequent health problem in modern production, which can be associated with high mortality, decreased growth rates and an increase in treatment costs. The solution for an enteric disease requires a diagnosis which is based on diagnostic criteria, that must be respected to be reliable. The veterinary practitioner has the responsibility of making a final diagnosis, and based on this to make decisions concerning the management of swine health problems. The veterinary diagnostic laboratory can be an important support providing technical assistance in performing laboratory testing and consultancy activity.
The Department of Agriculture of South Africa says it suspects that the current African swine fever outbreak could have come from neighbouring countries.
Outbreaks have been reported in the Free State and North West provinces. Over 600 pigs have been reported dead in Bloemfontein, Botshabelo and Koffiefontein in the Free State.
In the North West more than 600 pigs died and a further 400 have been culled. Four farms have been quarantined in the Free State. Samples...
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Swine Dysentery (SD), commonly known as bloody scours, is a troublesome disease which had been virtually eliminated through scientific breakthroughs in the 1970s and 1980s. But today, likely due to changes in production practices, it has begun to re-emerge and again cause disease and death in hogs. SD is too costly a disease to live with. When an infection is suspected, it is important to get as early and accurate a diagnosis as...
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The director of swine health research with National Pork Board suggests, if the decline in PED cases continues at its current rate, the U.S. will be in a better position in 2016 to consider a national strategy for eliminating the virus. [Source: Farmscape for June 9, 2015, Bruce Cochrane]
Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea was first identified in May 2013 in the U.S., the infection has since affected over 50% of U.S. sow herd in at...
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Veterinary Research 2014, 45:73 doi:10.1186/s13567-014-0073-z . The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found online at: http://www.veterinaryresearch.org/content/45/1/73 Received: 18 March 2014 Accepted: 16 June 2014 Published: 14 July 2014 © 2014 Alonso et al. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License...
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The United States Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today noted its progress addressing Swine Enteric Coronavirus Disease (SECD) since issuing a Federal Order requiring the reporting of SECD to federal and state animal health officials six months ago. Today, USDA is receiving more accurate and timely information about SECD affected herds and their locations, which allows animal...
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With the coming of the cold Winter Weather, many are worried about the arrival of the PEDV Epidemic again. Here are some simple tips to help keep PEDV out: (1) Maintain a fence around your hog farm, and keep all unnecessary traffic out! (2) Have you Manure Hauler use back roads that are away from neighboring hog farms. (1) (3) Have your Manure Hauler clean and disinfect all machinery that enters your farm.(1) (4) Communicate with...
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Opriessnig T, Xiao C-T, Gerber PF, Zhang J, Halbur PG (2014) Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus RNA Present in Commercial Spray-Dried Porcine Plasma Is Not Infectious to Naïve Pigs. PLoS ONE 9(8): e104766. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0104766 Received: June 16, 2014; Accepted: July 15, 2014; Published: August 12, 2014 Tanja Opriessnig, Priscilla F. Gerber (The Roslin...
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On September 2014, an ad hoc Group of experts was gathered in a meeting convened by The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) regarding the global occurrence of Porcine Epidemic Diarrohea Virus (PEDv) and proposed steps.
The conclusions of the ad hoc Group, subsequebtly endorsed by the OIE Scientific Commission on Animal Diseases, was that "direct transmission of PEDv occurs through ingestion...
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Cordyceps militaris hot water extract inhibits lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammatory response in porcine alveolar macrophages by regulation of mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathway
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OIE Technical Factsheet September 2014
Aetiology Epidemiology Diagnosis Prevention and Control References
Porcine epidemic diarrhoea (PED), also occasionally referred to as porcine epidemic diarrhoea syndrome, is a non-zoonotic viral disease of pigs caused by a coronavirus and characterised by...
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Louis Russell, Ph.D., President & Chief Executive Officer at APC, gives his opinion about the discussion in the swine industry whether the spray-dried porcine plasma could be a vector responsible for spreading the PED virus. Also he mentions the benefits of using spray-dried plasma in animal nutrition. ...
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It has been a long year for many pig farmers that have experienced first-hand the impact of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus or PEDV. Since first surfacing just over one year ago, it has spread to pig farms in 30 states. And, although it poses no threat to human health or food safety, it is causing increased piglet death and labor costs anywhere it appears....
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PORCINE epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) is difficult to control and causes high death loss in suckling pigs younger than two weeks of age, resulting in signifi cant financial loss to all sectors of the swine industry. PEDV spreads quickly and easily.
The primary route of infection is through direct contact with infected pigs or from the manure of infected pigs. Other routes of infection responsible for spreading the virus may...
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INTRODUCTION Organic acids have been used for decades in commercial compound feeds, mostly in feed preservation, where formic and propionic acids are particularly effective. In the European Union, these two organic acids and a number of others (lactic, citric, fumaric and sorbic acids) and their salts (e.g. calcium formate, calcium propionate) are used under the classification ‘feed...
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On our pig farm, Surin Farm – Chiang Mai, Thailand, my Thai wife often takes a heavily leaved branch from a guava tree and throws it into a pen when the pigs have diarrhea. The pigs love to eat the leaves and most of the time within a day the pigs that had diarrhea are once again healthy. Out of curiosity I searched the internet and read about the June 2004 “Healthcare Use for Diarrhea and Dysentery” study where Kaljee L M (et al)...
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ABSTRACT Enteric diseases are some of the most significant contributors to baby pig morbidity and mortality in the farrowing house. Piglet immunity must be maximized in order to provide them with the opportunity to thrive in the farrowing house. The production of consistent, high quality pigs is a goal all sow operations are working to achieve. By maximizing piglet immunity and using proper husbandry practices, scouring problems can be minimized....
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Introduction Salmonella enterica is one of the most common and widely distributed food-borne pathogens. The bacteria can contaminate almost any food type although raw eggs, poultry and pork are the most common sources of human outbreaks of salmonellosis [1]. Contamination can occur at any point of the food chain including primary production. Due to the ability of Salmonella to survive during large periods...
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Cordyceps militaris hot water extract inhibits lipopolysaccharide-induced inflammatory response in porcine alveolar macrophages by regulation of mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling pathway
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Since parasites in commercial pig herds can cause economic loss to the producer in many ways including: decrease feed efficiency, increase time to market, and decrease carcass value. What would be the main procedures to be adopted to identify a worm problem? Look forward to hearing your experiences! ...
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Salmonella control has a high priority in European pork production. It is a significant cause of human salmonellosis and causes major economic losses in the pork production chain, through reduced productivity, increased veterinary and hygiene control costs. Preventing the spread of salmonella to the consumer requires special control measures during slaughter and processing. The extra cost of these controls is increasingly being...
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Antibiotic Associated Diarrhoea (AAD) is diarrhoea caused by antibiotic (ATB) supplementation and usually occurring during or following ATB treatment. This phenomenon is highly spread in hospitals or health care houses where patients usually contract diarrhoea when receiving ATB treatment. The major identified bacteria causing AAD is Clostridium difficile . Many C.diff infections can be observed in UK hospitals causing up to death of some patients, mainly...
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Salmonella control has a high priority in European pork production. It is a significant cause of human Salmonellosis and causes major economic losses in the pork production chain, through reduced productivity, increased veterinary and hygiene control costs. Preventing the spread of salmonella to the consumer requires special control measures during slaughter and processing. The extra cost of these controls is increasingly being...
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