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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 Díaz
Published 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.
Keyphrases
  • escherichia coli
  • high fat diet
  • gram negative
  • adipose tissue
  • multidrug resistant