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Breaking the chain of infection from humans to pigs and from pigs to humans.

In this first installment, Antonio Palomo summarizes the presentations and posters from the latest edition of IPVS and ESPHM-ECPHM.

Antonio Palomo summarizes the presentations on swine health from the recent edition of the AASV that took place in Nashville (Tennessee).

What laboratory diagnostic methods can I use to diagnose influenza A? Which one should I choose according to the situation? How do I interpret the results?

In this last article of the series, we discuss management strategies and the vaccines available to control swine influenza.

The clinical picture associated with swine influenza is often complicated by temperature fluctuations, other viruses, or bacteria. In part two of this series, we look at the clinical signs of this disease.

A 3-part series giving pig professionals the latest science and pragmatic steps to controlling the growing threat of influenza

M. hyopneumoniae is involved in most of the co-infections of the porcine respiratory system. How does it act and what effects does it have?

Pig 333 has interviewed Kristien Van Reeth, professor of virology and swine influenza virus expert. She believes these interesting research findings need much more nuance, and tries to put things in perspective.

Respiratory pathogens produce different coughs. Any coughing by pigs in a grow-out barn can vary according to the infection present, so it is worthwhile to listen carefully.

A discussion of the different micro and macroscopic lesions caused by PRRSV, PCV-2, swine flu virus, and porcine respiratory coronavirus.

Nurse sows may represent a source of infection to the newly adopted pigs.

How is it possible that a virus that causes an acute infection in an animal can remain on a farm throughout time?

The author presents a review of the current situation of influenza in pigs to end with his doubts and comments on the effectiveness of control measures on the farm.

Influenza researchers are trying to stimulate antibody responses towards parts of the HA that are the least variable from strain to strain. One approach that seems promising is choosing two antigenically very different strains within the H1 or H3 subtype for the primary and subsequent booster vaccinations.

The farmer contacted the veterinary surgeon concerning an increase of respiratory distress and mortality in the finishing pigs during the previous 3 days.