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Papers

(The median citation count of Porcine Health Management is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-11-01 to 2024-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Biosecurity in pig farms: a review	91
Application of an economic calculator to determine the cost of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome at farm-level in 21 pig herds in Germany	47
Post-weaning diarrhea in pigs weaned without medicinal zinc: risk factors, pathogen dynamics, and association to growth rate	36
Infection dynamics and persistence of hepatitis E virus on pig farms – a review	32
Future perspectives on swine viral vaccines: where are we headed?	28
Effects of different short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) on gene expression of proteins involved in barrier function in IPEC-J2	27
Current and prospective control strategies of influenza A virus in swine	26
Pathogenicity of an African swine fever virus strain isolated in Vietnam and alternative diagnostic specimens for early detection of viral infection	25
A 10-year trend in piglet pre-weaning mortality in breeding herds associated with sow herd size and number of piglets born alive	24
Antimicrobial resistance in commensal Escherichia coli and Enterococcus spp. is influenced by production system, antimicrobial use, and biosecurity measures on Spanish pig farms	23
Are pigs overestimated as a source of zoonotic influenza viruses?	17
Supplementation of a β-mannanase enzyme reduces post-weaning diarrhea and antibiotic use in piglets on an alternative diet with additional soybean meal	17
Proposed virulence-associated genes of Streptococcus suis isolates from the United States serve as predictors of pathogenicity	15
A systematic review of influenza A virus prevalence and transmission dynamics in backyard swine populations globally	14
Occurrence of Salmonella Typhimurium and its monophasic variant (4, [5],12:i:-) in healthy and clinically ill pigs in northern Italy	14
Impact of maternally derived immunity on immune responses elicited by piglet early vaccination against the most common pathogens involved in porcine respiratory disease complex	14
Management practices related to the control of gastrointestinal parasites on Swedish pig farms	14
Characterization and management of interaction risks between livestock and wild ungulates on outdoor pig farms in Spain	13
Longitudinal study of the mcr-1 gene prevalence in Spanish food-producing pigs from 1998 to 2021 and its relationship with the use of polymyxins	13
Swine inflammation and necrosis syndrome is influenced by husbandry and quality of sow in suckling piglets, weaners and fattening pigs	12
Effect of space allowance and mixing on growth performance and body lesions of grower-finisher pigs in pens with a single wet-dry feeder	12
Using nontargeted LC-MS metabolomics to identify the Association of Biomarkers in pig feces with feed efficiency	12
Bacteriospermia and its antimicrobial resistance in relation to boar sperm quality during short-term storage with or without antibiotics in a tropical environment	11
Introduction of a PRRSV-1 strain of increased virulence in a pig production structure in Spain: virus evolution and impact on production	11
Mycoplasma hyorhinis as a possible cause of fibrinopurulent meningitis in pigs? - a case series	11

The economic impact of endemic respiratory disease in pigs and related interventions - a systematic review	11
Mechanisms and applications of probiotics in prevention and treatment of swine diseases	10
Persistence of African swine fever virus on porous and non-porous fomites at environmental temperatures	10
Experimental infectious challenge in pigs leads to elevated fecal calprotectin levels following colitis, but not enteritis	9
Prevalence of mycoplasma-like lung lesions in pigs from commercial farms from Spain and Portugal	9
Effect of porcine immature oocyte vitrification on oocyte-cumulus cell gap junctional intercellular communication	9
Purchasing policy, quarantine and acclimation practices of breeding gilts in Belgian pig farms	9
Salmonella Typhimurium environmental reduction in a farrow-to-finish pig herd using a live attenuated Salmonella Typhimurium vaccine	9
Gluconic acid improves performance of newly weaned piglets associated with alterations in gut microbiome and fermentation	9
Differences in gene expression and variable splicing events of ovaries between large and small litter size in Chinese Xiang pigs	8
A bio-economic simulation study on the association between key performance indicators and pluck lesions in Irish farrow-to-finish pig farms	8
PRRSV detection by qPCR in processing fluids and serum samples collected in a positive stable breeding herd following mass vaccination of sows with a modified live vaccine	8
An observational field study of porcine post-weaning diarrhea: clinical and microbiological findings, and fecal pH-measurements as a potential diagnostic tool	8
Comparison of different detection methods for Ascaris suum infection on Austrian swine farms	8
Effects of dietary supplementation with a carvacrol–cinnamaldehyde–thymol blend on growth performance and intestinal health of nursery pigs	8
Farm characteristics affecting antibiotic consumption in pig farms in England	8
Performance and risk factors associated with first antibiotic treatment in two herds, raising pigs without antibiotics	7
Porcine ear necrosis in weaned piglets: prevalence and impact on daily weight gain	7
Antimicrobial use in lactating sows, piglets, nursery, and grower-finisher pigs on swine farms in Ontario, Canada during 2017 and 2018	7
Correlations between lung pneumonic lesions and serologic status for key respiratory pathogens in slaughtered pigs in northern Uganda	7
Adding value to food chain information: using data on pig welfare and antimicrobial use on-farm to predict meat inspection outcomes	7
DNA damage in cumulus cells generated after the vitrification of in vitro matured porcine oocytes and its impact on fertilization and embryo development	7
Health monitoring of finishing pigs by secondary data use – a longitudinal analysis	7
Machine learning based personalized promotion strategy of piglets weaned per sow per year in large-scale pig farms	6
CircRNAs in Xiang pig ovaries among diestrus and estrus stages	6
Porcine hemothropic mycoplasmas infection associated with productive impact in intensive pig production	6
The effect of piglet vitality, birth order, and blood lactate on the piglet growth performances and preweaning survival	6
Epidemiology of Astrovirus, Norovirus and Sapovirus in Greek pig farms indicates high prevalence of Mamastrovirus suggesting the potential need for systematic surveillance	6
Exploratory field study on the effects of porcine circovirus 2 (PCV-2) sow vaccination at different physiological stages mimicking blanket vaccination	6
Occurrence of Escherichia coli non-susceptible to quinolones in faecal samples from fluoroquinolone-treated, contact and control pigs of different ages from 24 Swiss pig farms	6
Cough associated with the detection of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae DNA in clinical and environmental specimens under controlled conditions	6
Comparison of expression profiles between undifferentiated and differentiated porcine IPEC-J2 cells	6
Association between gastric content fluidity and pars oesophageal ulcers in nursery pigs: a cross-sectional study of high-risk Danish herds using commercial feed	6
The effects of boar on susceptibility to swine inflammation and necrosis syndrome in piglets	6
Evaluation of classical swine fever E2 (CSF-E2) subunit vaccine efficacy in the prevention of virus transmission and impact of maternal derived antibody interference in field farm applications	6
Utilization and reproductive performance of gilts in large-scale pig farming system with different production levels in China: a descriptive study	6
Longitudinal piglet sampling in commercial sow farms highlights the challenge of PRRSV detection	6
Evaluation of different point-of-care tests to characterize the vaginal discharge of sows after parturition and parameters’ correlation with subsequent reproductive performance	6
Evaluation of the clinical efficacy of a water soluble formulation of tylvalosin in the control of enzootic pneumonia associated with Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and Pasteurella multocida in pigs	6
Prioritization of pig farm biosecurity for control of Salmonella and hepatitis E virus infections: results of a European expert opinion elicitation	6
Identifying challenges to manage body weight variation in pig farms implementing all-in-all-out management practices and their possible implications for animal health: a case study	5
Circulating serogroups of Leptospira in swine from a 7-year study in France (2011–2017)	5
Effect of spray-dried porcine plasma in peripartum sow feed on subsequent litter size	5
Preference and possible consumption of provided enrichment and bedding materials and disinfectant powder by growing pigs	5
Correlation of Lawsonia intracellularis positivity in quantitative PCR and herd factors in European pig herds	5
Serotonin receptors and their association with the immune system in the gastrointestinal tract of weaning piglets	5
Farm management practices, biosecurity and influenza a virus detection in swine farms: a comprehensive study in Colombia	5
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	5
Relevance of Leptospira in boar and for the development of alternative antimicrobial concepts in boar semen preservation	5
Killing underweighted low viable newborn piglets: Which health parameters are appropriate to make a decision?	5

Pathobiological analysis of African swine fever virus contact-exposed pigs and estimation of the basic reproduction number of the virus in Vietnam	4
In the presence of non-neutralising maternally derived antibodies, intradermal and intramuscular vaccination with a modified live vaccine against porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus 1	4
Dynamics and chronology of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae strain 232 infection in experimentally inoculated swine	4
Blood and faecal biomarkers to assess dietary energy, protein and amino acid efficiency of utilization by growing and finishing pigs	4
Optimizing internal biosecurity on pig farms by assessing movements of farm staff	4
Is a new generation of mycotoxin clay adsorbents safe in a pig’s diet?	4
Evaluation of carcass quality, body and pulmonary lesions detected at the abattoir in heavy pigs subjected or not to tail docking	4
Successful eradication of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae from the Norwegian pig population – 10 years later	4
Development of a multiplex reverse transcription-quantitative PCR (qPCR) method for detecting common causative agents of swine viral diarrhea in China	4
Effect of PRRSV stability on productive parameters in breeding herds of a swine large integrated group in Spain	4
Neoplastic lesions in domestic pigs detected at slaughter: literature review and a 20-year review (1998–2018) of carcass inspection in Catalonia	4
Urinary tract infections in culled sows from Greek herds: prevalence and associations between findings of histopathology, bacteriology and urinalysis	4
Haematological reference intervals of sows at end gestation in ten French herds, the impact of parity on haematological parameters and the consequences on reproductive performance	4
A case of pericarditis caused by Mycoplasma hyorhinis in a weaned piglet	4
Detection and genetic characterization of enteric viruses in diarrhoea outbreaks from swine farms in Spain	4
Histopathological and microbiological study of porcine lymphadenitis: contributions to diagnosis and control of the disease	4
Effectiveness and costs of interventions to reduce the within-farm Toxoplasma gondii seroprevalence on pig farms in the Netherlands	4
Infrared thermography as a possible technique for the estimation of parturition onset in sows	4
Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus – a case report of sudden death in a German sow farm	4
Airborne transmission of common swine viruses	4
Economic feasibility of interventions targeted at decreasing piglet perinatal and pre-weaning mortality across European countries	4
Acetate and propionate effects in response to LPS in a porcine intestinal co-culture model	4
Correction to: Biosecurity in pig farms: a review	4
Feed intake patterns of modern genetics lactating sows: characterization and effect of the reproductive parameters	4
Influence of parity and reproductive stage on the prevalence of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae in breeding animals in belgian farrow-to-finish pig herds	3
Fermented rye with Agaricus subrufescens and mannan-rich hydrolysate based feed additive to modulate post-weaning piglet immune response	3
Guanidine acetic acid supplementation altered plasma and tissue free amino acid profiles in finishing pigs	3
Retrospective assessment of porcine circovirus 3 (PCV-3) in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues from pigs affected by different clinical-pathological conditions	3
Analysing biomarkers in oral fluid from pigs: influence of collection strategy and age of the pig	3
The mycotoxin deoxynivalenol (DON) can deteriorate vaccination efficacy against porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) at subtoxic levels	3
The role of gilts in transmission dynamics of swine influenza virus and impacts of vaccination strategies and quarantine management	3
Blood metabolic and physiological profiles of Bama miniature pigs at different growth stages	3
Potential risk factors for the presence of anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in finishing pigs on conventional farms in the Netherlands	3
Genomic variability of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae within pig lung lobes	3
Study on the influence of different production factors on PSY and its correlation	3
The evaluation of an artificial intelligence system for estrus detection in sows	3
Update on shedding and transmission routes of porcine haemotrophic mycoplasmas in naturally and experimentally infected pigs	3
Findings and measures to eradicate methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus clonal complex 7 spa-type t091 in two Norwegian pig farms: a case report	3
Effects of β-glucan on Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium swine colonization and microbiota alterations	3
Cross-sectional study: prevalence of oedema disease Escherichia coli (EDEC) in weaned piglets in Germany at pen and farm levels	3
Analysis of the drivers of ASF introduction into the officially approved pig compartments in South Africa and implications for the revision of biosecurity standards	3
A case of eagle fern (Pteridium aquilinum) poisoning on a pig farm	3
Influence of the circadian cycle, sex and production stage on the reference values of parameters related to stress and pathology in porcine saliva	3
Lungworms (Metastrongylus spp.) demonstrated in domestic pigs with respiratory disease: was there a clinical relevance?	3
Cystoisospora suis in Portugal: an observational study of prevalence, management, and risk factors	3
Prevalence and genetic evolution of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus in commercial fattening pig farms in China	3
The impact of parturition induction with cloprostenol on immunological parameters in the sow colostrum	3
Prevalences and excretion levels of Lawsonia intracellularis, Brachyspira pilosicoli and Escherichia coli F4 and F18 in fecal sock samples from Danish weaner and finisher pig batches and the associati	3
Five risk factors and their interactions of probability for a sow in breeding herds having a piglet death during days 0–1, 2–8 and 9–28 days of lactation	3
The provision of toys to pigs can improve the human-animal relationship	3