Associations between animal and herd management factors, serological response to three respiratory pathogens and pluck lesions in finisher pigs on a farrow-to-finish farm.
Rose Mary FitzgeraldHelen O'SheaEdgar García ManzanillaJohn MoriartyHugh McGlynnJulia Adriana Calderón DíazPublished in: Porcine health management (2020)
Results indicate that offspring from primiparous sows develop higher antibody levels for App IV toxin when exposed to this disease and that enforcement of a strict all-in/all-out production system would reduce on-farm disease circulation. A high percentage of pigs were affected with EP-like lesions which were associated with higher antibody levels for Mhyo.