Porcine Health Management

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| 1 March 2019

Using the Biocheck.UGent™ scoring tool in Irish farrow-to-finish pig farms: assessing biosecurity and its relation to productive performance

Authors: Maria Rodrigues da Costa, Josep Gasa, Julia Adriana Calderón Díaz, Merel Postma, Jeroen Dewulf, Gerard McCutcheon and Edgar Garcia Manzanilla
Content type: Research
| 28 February 2019

Phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of Escherichia coli with non-susceptibility to quinolones isolated from environmental samples on pig farms

Authors: Patrick Kindle, Katrin Zurfluh, Magdalena Nüesch-Inderbinen, Sereina von Ah, Xaver Sidler, Roger Stephan and Dolf Kümmerlen
Content type: Research
| 19 February 2019

Monitoring PRRSV-1 in suckling piglets in an endemic herd using reverse transcriptase quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction: comparison of the rate of detection in serum and oral fluid samples and evaluation of pooling

Authors: Arnaud Lebret, Gwenaël Boulbria, Pauline Berton, Pierre-Yves Moalic, Jean Le Guennec, Franck Bouchet, Vincent Auvigne and Valérie Normand
Content type: Research
| 14 February 2019

Influence of sows’ parity on performance and humoral immune response of the offspring

Authors: Carlos Piñeiro, Alberto Manso, Edgar G. Manzanilla and Joaquin Morales
Content type: Research
| 8 February 2019

Rotavirus and Cystoisospora suis in piglets during the suckling and early post weaning period, in systems with solid floors and age segregated rearing

Authors: Emelie Pettersson, Sanna Hestad, Ivo Möttus, Eva Skiöldebrand and Per Wallgren

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Content type: Review
| 9 January 2017

Factors for improving reproductive performance of sows and herd productivity in commercial breeding herds

Authors: Yuzo Koketsu, Satomi Tani and Ryosuke Iida
Content type: Review
| 23 December 2015

African swine fever: a global view of the current challenge

Authors: Ma Carmen Gallardo, Ana de la Torre Reoyo, Jovita Fernández-Pinero, Irene Iglesias, Ma Jesús Muñoz and Ma Luisa Arias
Content type: Research
| 11 April 2016

Production parameters and pig production cost: temporal evolution 2010–2014

Authors: J. Rocadembosch, J. Amador, J. Bernaus, J. Font and L. J. Fraile
Content type: Research
| 1 March 2016

Factors affecting the daily feed intake and feed conversion ratio of pigs in grow-finishing units: the case of a company

Authors: C. R. Pierozan, P. S. Agostini, J. Gasa, A. K. Novais, C. P. Dias, R. S. K. Santos, M. Pereira Jr, J. G. Nagi, J. B. Alves and C. A. Silva
Content type: Research
| 20 December 2016

Pig castration: will the EU manage to ban pig castration by 2018?

Authors: Nancy De Briyne, Charlotte Berg, Thomas Blaha and Déborah Temple

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Editors-in-Chief

Prof Dominiek Maes, Ghent University, Belgium
Prof Joaquim Segalés, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona & Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal, Spain

Aims and Scope

Porcine Health Management is an open access peer-reviewed journal that aims to publish relevant, novel and revised information regarding all aspects of swine health medicine and production. The journal provides a venue for global research on swine health and production, including infectious and non-infectious diseases, reproduction, epidemiology, management, economics, genetics, housing, nutrition, animal welfare and ethics, legislation, food safety, drugs and surgery.

100th Article Milestone

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We are pleased to announce the publication of the 100th Porcine Health Management article, Detection of Cystoisospora suis in faeces of suckling piglets - when and how? A comparison of methods by Prof Joachim et al.

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Understanding humans – the key to African swine fever control

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Editors-In-Chief

Dominiek Maes, DVM, MSc, PhD

Dominiek Maes is a Professor of Swine Medicine at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at Ghent University, and past-President of the European Board of Veterinary Specialization (EBVS). During his career he has served as President of the European College of Porcine Health Management and President of the Belgian branch of the International Pig Veterinary Society.

His research interests include swine herd health and epidemiology, infectious diseases, reproduction, veterinary public health and animal production.

Joaquim Segalés, DVM, PhD

Joaquim (Quim) Segalés is an Associate Professor at the Veterinary School of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, in Spain, teaching animal pathology and swine clinics to veterinary students. He is also a researcher of the Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), a research center belonging to IRTA (Research Institute for Technology, Food and Agriculture); he was the director of CReSA between 2012 and 2017. He is a founding diplomate of the European College of Porcine Health Management and served as president of the College during the period 2013-16.

Quim has spent his research career on pathogenesis, immunity, control and other aspects of several diseases of swine, including PRRSV, PCV2, Aujeszky’s disease virus, Torque teno viruses, Hepatitis E virus, H. parasuis and M. hyopneumoniae.

Porcine Health Management

Articles

Using the Biocheck.UGent™ scoring tool in Irish farrow-to-finish pig farms: assessing biosecurity and its relation to productive performance

Phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of Escherichia coli with non-susceptibility to quinolones isolated from environmental samples on pig farms

Monitoring PRRSV-1 in suckling piglets in an endemic herd using reverse transcriptase quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction: comparison of the rate of detection in serum and oral fluid samples and evaluation of pooling

Influence of sows’ parity on performance and humoral immune response of the offspring

Rotavirus and Cystoisospora suis in piglets during the suckling and early post weaning period, in systems with solid floors and age segregated rearing

Factors for improving reproductive performance of sows and herd productivity in commercial breeding herds

African swine fever: a global view of the current challenge

Production parameters and pig production cost: temporal evolution 2010–2014

Factors affecting the daily feed intake and feed conversion ratio of pigs in grow-finishing units: the case of a company

Pig castration: will the EU manage to ban pig castration by 2018?

Editors-in-Chief

Aims and Scope

100th Article Milestone

Featured Blog

Understanding humans – the key to African swine fever control

Editors-In-Chief

Dominiek Maes, DVM, MSc, PhD

Joaquim Segalés, DVM, PhD

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