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Automated detection and scoring of pleurisy in Norwegian slaughtered pigs: a field trial

AI-driven tools have the potential to enhance disease surveillance, reduce observer variability, and facilitate large-scale data collection in slaughterhouse environments.

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Photo 3. Hemorrhagic gastric ulcer of an affected pig.

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Clinical case: Gastroesophageal ulcers in finishing pigs due to pyrrolizidine alkaloidosis

Although initially the focus was on the gastric ulcers, after the first visits, more importance was given to liver damage and poisoning was suspected.

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Figure 1. Cranioventral lung consolidation often found in uncomplicated influenza A infections. These lesions are similar to those caused by Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae.

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Laboratory diagnostics: Influenza A virus (IAV)

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?

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Figure 1. Piglet with fever >40° C, incoordination, trembling, depression and diarrhea.

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Getahvirus (GETV), an emerging arboviral cause of reproductive losses and perinatal mortality in China-Asian pig production

Should we be worried? Read the on-farm accounts of how this mosquito-borne virus caused reproductive issues and perinatal mortality in China.

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Figure 1. Picture demonstrating the classical cranial ventral consolidation associated with Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (not diagnostic) and many different bacterial infections as well as some influenza A virus infections.

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Laboratory diagnostics: Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae

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

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US building National Bio- and Agro-Defense Facility

This will be the first laboratory facility in the U.S. to provide BSL-4 laboratories capable of housing cattle and other large livestock, and will eventually replace the Plum Island Animal Disease Center.

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Philippines: New laboratory to combat ASF, animal diseases

The modern animal disease laboratory will ultimately help protect the livestock industries in Central Luzon from diseases like ASF and FMD.

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Clinical case: An exceptionally serious encephalomyocarditis case in a nursery

There was a sudden increase in mortality in a site 2 farm with the loss of the "biggest piglets" in the group.No particular symptomatology was seen but every day some dead piglets were found.

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Thompson’s tip: Regular worm monitoring

Worms can still be a cause of financial loss in pigs. The main species of concern are ascarids (roundworms) which, in the course of the migration through the body, damage lungs and cause coughing.

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Clinical and pathologic diagnosis

Haemophilus parasuis is present in all swine producing countries and its prevalence is close to 100% on conventional farms. However, only a percentage of these farms present pathologies associated to the infection.