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swine, etc ; T-lymphocytes; cell structures; interleukin-12; interleukin-2; ligands; monocytes; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Gamma-Delta (γδ) T cells represent a prominent lymphocyte subset in pigs. Their role and function, however, remains largely unknown. Toll-like receptors (TLR) are key receptors for the recognition of pathogens, but so far, it is unknown if porcine γδ T cells express TLRs and therefore have the innate ability to recognize pathogens through pattern recognition receptors. In this study, we compared γ ...
... Hydrogels are widely used as sensors in the field of wearable devices. However, the hydrogels were rarely designed to endure the harsh outdoor environment in winter, including extremely low temperature, ultraviolet (UV) radiation and variable humidity. In addition, physical damage is also a challenge for hydrogels. In this study, a self-healing hydrogel with adhesion was prepared as a sensor for w ...
... The increasing application of anammox processes suggests their enormous potential for nitrogen removal in wastewater treatment facilities. However, the functional potentials and ecological differentiation of cooccurring anammox species in complex ecosystems have not been well elucidated. Herein, by utilizing functional reconstruction and comparative genome analysis, we deciphered the cooccurring m ...
Kristīne Lamberga; Felix Ardelean; Sandra Blome; Paulius Busauskas; Boban Djuric; Anja Globig; Vittorio Guberti; Aleksandra Miteva; Edvins Oļševskis; Mārtiņš Seržants; Arvo Viltrop; Laura Zani; Anna Zdravkova; Klaus Depner
African swine fever; swine, etc ; farms; humans; Germany; Show all 5 Subjects
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... Veterinarians who have conducted numerous investigations of African swine fever outbreaks in pig farms in various European countries over the years shared their experiences during a workshop in Germany in early 2020. One focus was on the so-called “anecdotal information” obtained from farmers, farm workers or other lay people during the outbreak investigations. Discussions revolved around how to c ...
swine; swine production, etc ; Clostridium difficile; airborne transmission; Show all 4 Subjects
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... This study supports the airborne dissemination of Clostridioides difficile spores. Of the sieve impaction samples collected at a swine production unit, 66.7% were positive and all belonged to the predominantly established clone. Spores’ density varied according to the characteristics of the animal population, suggesting the possibility of airborne transmission. ...
Van Tam Nguyen; Ki-hyun Cho; Nguyen Tuan Anh Mai; Jee-Yong Park; Thi Bich Ngoc Trinh; Min-Kyung Jang; Thi Thu Huyen Nguyen; Xuan Dang Vu; Thi Lan Nguyen; Van Diep Nguyen; Aruna Ambagala; Yong-Joo Kim; Van Phan Le
African swine fever; African swine fever virus; swine, etc ; genes; genotype; serotypes; virology; viruses; Vietnam; Show all 9 Subjects
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... African swine fever (ASF) is a contagious and deadly viral disease affecting swine of all ages. ASF was first reported in Vietnam in February 2019, and it is now considered endemic in Vietnam. In this study, 122 ASF-positive samples collected from domestic pigs in 28 different provinces of northern, central, and southern Vietnam during outbreaks in 2019–2021 were genetically characterized. The fin ...
Elizabeth A. Vuono; Elizabeth Ramirez-Medina; Sarah Pruitt; Ayushi Rai; Nallely Espinoza; Ediane Silva; Lauro Velazquez-Salinas; Douglas P. Gladue; Manuel V. Borca
... African swine fever (ASF) is a frequently lethal disease of domestic and wild swine currently producing a pandemic affecting pig production in Eurasia. The causative agent, ASF virus (ASFV) is a structurally complex virus with a large genome harboring over 150 genes. One of them, E165R, encodes for a protein belonging to the dUTPase family. The fine structure of the purified protein has been recen ...
swine; swine production, etc ; animal welfare; immunocastration; slaughter; testosterone; vaccination; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Immunocastration has been pointed out as an alternative to surgical castration; though, most of the scientific studies were performed in light pig production. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of immunocastration on animal welfare in heavy pig production through the evaluation of behaviour and body lesions. A total of 188 commercial-hybrid pigs were randomly allocated into two treatment grou ...
Hoang Minh Duc; Pham Hong Ngan; Hoang Minh Son; Nguyen Thi Lan; Le Van Hung; Cam Thi Thu Ha; Nguyen Thi Hoa; Truong Quang Lam; Nguyen Van Thang; Gary A. Flory; Mark Hutchinson
African swine fever; swine, etc ; DNA; euthanasia; mortality; viability; viruses; Show all 7 Subjects
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... African swine fever (ASF) has been considered as one of the most important and devastating swine diseases with high mortality rates. Since effective vaccines and treatment are not available, mass euthanasia of infected and exposed pigs has been known to be the best measure to control ASF. Although composting has been proved to be a safe method for the rapid disposal of animal carcasses during outb ...
... African swine fever (ASF) represents the main threat to swine production, with heavy economic consequences for both farmers and the food industry. The spread of the virus that causes ASF through Europe raises the issues of identifying transmission routes and assessing their relative contributions in order to provide insights to stakeholders for adapted surveillance and control measures. A simulati ...
... African swine fever virus (ASFv) is a virulent pathogen that threatens domestic swine industries globally and persists in wild boar populations in some countries. Persistence in wild boar can challenge elimination and prevent disease‐free status, making it necessary to address wild swine in proactive response plans. In the United States, invasive wild pigs are abundant and found across a wide rang ...
swine; swine production, etc ; DNA methylation; genomics; loci; protein synthesis; transgenesis; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Transgenic technology is now widely used in biomedical and agricultural fields. Transgenesis is commonly achieved through random integration which might cause some uncertain consequences. The site-specific integration could avoid this disadvantage. This study aimed to screen and validate the best safe harbor (SH) locus for efficient porcine transgenesis. First, the cells carrying the EGFP reporter ...
... African swine fever virus is currently present in all of the world’s continents apart from Antarctica, and efforts to control the disease are hampered by the lack of a commercially available vaccine. The Babraham large white pig is a highly inbred line that could represent a powerful tool to improve our understanding of the protective immune responses to this complex pathogen; however, previous st ...
... African swine fever virus (ASFV) is a double-stranded DNA virus that causes an acute and hemorrhagic disease in domestic swine, resulting in significant economic losses to the global porcine industry. The lack of vaccines and antiviral drugs highlights the urgent need for antiviral studies against ASFV. Here, we report that brequinar (BQR), which is a specific inhibitor of dihydroorotate dehydroge ...
swine; swine production, etc ; anthropology; commercialization; markets; people; pork; poverty; Uganda; Show all 9 Subjects
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... Recent decades have seen a growing market for pork in Uganda. The government and donors have promoted pig rearing as a potential route out of poverty for poor smallholders. The idea is that upscaling and commercialisation of smallholder pig production can be a successful way out of poverty. Drawing on the concepts of trust and social traps, this article describes how pig production fails as a path ...
... African swine fever (ASF) is one of the most severe infectious diseases of pigs. In this study, a loop‐mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay coupled with the clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats (CRISPR)/Cas12a system was established in one tube for the detection of the African swine fever virus (ASFV) p72 gene. The single‐stranded DNA–fluorophore quencher reporter an ...
African swine fever; African swine fever virus; swine, etc ; genome; intergenic DNA; mortality; phylogeny; sequence analysis; tandem repeat sequences; India; Show all 10 Subjects
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... African swine fever (ASF), considered as the most dreadful swine disease due to its very high mortality, emerged in India in 2020. The complete genome analysis of ASF viruses isolated during the first outbreaks in India showed a few unique non‐synonymous mutations in MGF 369‐11L, MGF 505‐4R, K205R and B263R genes. Frame shifts in the protein coding sequences were observed in DP60R, ASFV‐G_ACD 0019 ...
swine; swine production, etc ; air; animal models; body weight; fluid mechanics; geometry; Show all 7 Subjects
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... Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has been widely used for studying the indoor environment of livestock houses. However, the detailed geometrical models of pigs in commercial pig production houses induce extremely high grid numbers which require huge computational capacity. Therefore, simplifying the pigs in the occupied zone into porous media model is an alternative. To use the porous media mode ...
Mariceny Zurita; Lauren Martignette; Jose Barrera; Michael Carrie; Heather Piscatelli; Alyssa Hangman; David Brake; John Neilan; Dustin Petrik; Michael Puckette
... African swine fever (ASF) has emerged as a major threat to domestic and wild suid populations, and its continued spread threatens commercial swine production worldwide. The causative agent of ASF, African swine fever virus (ASFV), possesses a linear, double stranded DNA genome. Traditional detection of ASFV relies on laboratory‐based virus isolation or real‐time PCR of samples, typically blood or ...
Salwa Hawko; Giovanni P. Burrai; Marta Polinas; Pier Paolo Angioi; Silvia Dei Giudici; Annalisa Oggiano; Alberto Alberti; Chadi Hosri; Elisabetta Antuofermo
swine; swine production, etc ; Anelloviridae; Senecavirus A; meat; pathogenesis; pork industry; viruses; Show all 8 Subjects
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... Swine production represents a significant component in agricultural economies as it occupies over 30% of global meat demand. Infectious diseases could constrain the swine health and productivity of the global swine industry. In particular, emerging swine viral diseases are omnipresent in swine populations, but the limited knowledge of the pathogenesis and the scarce information related to associat ...