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Bulletin No. 29 - Spring 2008

Summary

This spring issue of the Merial Swine Bibliographic Bulletin contains 3 immunology articles. Articles on Salmonella, Helicobacter pylori and M.hyo are covered in the Bacteriology section. Under the Virology section there are various papers on PMWS-circovirus, plus papers covering Swine influenza and PRRS. Among other miscellaneous papers you will also find information covering pig welfare.

Contents

Bacterology

Salmonella

• A cost-benefit analysis of Salmonella-control strategies in Danish pork production.

Helicobacter

• Age-dependent seroprevalence of antibodies against a Helicobacter pylori-like organism and Helicobacter pylori in commercially reared swine.

Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae

• Comparison of transmission of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae in vaccinated and non-vaccinated populations.

Miscelleanous

Animal welfare

• Bien-être du porc : le point de vue de l'animal, approches biologiques et comportementales.
• Bien-être du porc. Le point de vue de l'économiste de l'élevage.
• Le bien-être animal, un facteur d'évolution des systèmes de production porcine ?

Immunology

• Characterization of conventional and plasmacytoid dendritic cells in swine secondary lymphoid organs and blood.
• Postnatal functional maturation of blood phagocytes in pig.
• Toll-like receptor 2 and 9 are expressed and functional in gut-associated lymphoid tissues of presuckling newborn swine.

Zootechnic performances

• Climatic effects on productive traits in livestock.

Virology

PMWS-PCV2-PCVD-PDNS

• Distinction between Porcine Circovirus Type 2 Enteritis and Porcine Proliferative Enteropathy caused by Lawsonia intracellularis.
• Evidence of breed-dependent differences in susceptibility to porcine circovirus type-2-associated disease and lesions.
• Molecular evolution of porcine circovirus type 2 genomes: Phylogeny and clonality.
• Potentiation of porcine circovirus 2-induced postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome by porcine parvovirus is associated with excessive production of tumor necrosis factor-alpha.
• The role of immunostimulation in the development of postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome in pigs under field conditions.

Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS)

• Effects of two commercial European modified-live vaccines against porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome viruses in pregnant gilts.

Swine Influenza

• Serological profiles after consecutive experimental infections of pigs with European H1N1, H3N2, and H1N2 swine influenza viruses.