OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Porcine Health Management is 6. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Description of patterns of ear and tail lesions during the grower-finisher period in a commercial pig farm	46
Dietary steviol glycosides mixture supplementation modulates the gene expression of gut chemoreceptors and enhances the antioxidant capacity in weaned piglets	43
Urinary metabolomics reveals the biological characteristics of early pregnancy in pigs	34
Effect of mixing at weaning and nutrient density of the weaner diet on growth performance and welfare of pigs to slaughter	29
Early behavioral indicators of aberrant feces in newly-weaned piglets	25
A systematic review of influenza A virus prevalence and transmission dynamics in backyard swine populations globally	25
Are biters sick? Health status of tail biters in comparison to control pigs	22
Supplementation of glutamine in a short-term boar semen extender during 17°C holding time enhances post-thaw sperm quality for cryopreservation	20
Introduction of a PRRSV-1 strain of increased virulence in a pig production structure in Spain: virus evolution and impact on production	20
Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Choleraesuis in a Swedish gilt-producing herd, a case report	19
Experimental efficacy of vaccination of weaned piglets with a modified-live commercial PRRS virus vaccine against the challenge with a Spanish highly virulent PRRSV-1 strain	19
Field trial: disinfection of contaminated anesthetic masks for piglets	19
Impact of maternally derived immunity on immune responses elicited by piglet early vaccination against the most common pathogens involved in porcine respiratory disease complex	19
Comparative analysis of ECG records depending on body position in domestic swine (Sus scrofa domestica)	18
Salivary and serum haptoglobin, adenosine deaminase, and immunoglobulin G in growing pigs	16
Swinepox virus: an unusual outbreak in free-range pig farms in Sicily (Italy)	15
Risk factors associated with post-weaning diarrhoea in Austrian piglet-producing farms	15
Farm management practices, biosecurity and influenza a virus detection in swine farms: a comprehensive study in Colombia	14
Effects of β-glucan on Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium swine colonization and microbiota alterations	13
Prevention of umbilical outpouchings and mortality in pigs: Meloxicam, tying, cutting, and chlorhexidine versus amoxicillin or no treatment? A clinical field trial	13
Implementation of piglet castration under inhalation anaesthesia on farrowing farms	13
Cross-sectional study of Mycoplasma hyopharyngis, Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, Mycoplasma hyorhinis and Mycoplasma hyosynoviae in the tonsils of fattening pigs from Central-Eastern Europe	13
Serotonin receptors and their association with the immune system in the gastrointestinal tract of weaning piglets	13
Factors influencing the bone mineral density in Duroc boars	12
Detection and quantification by molecular techniques of early infection by Lawsonia intracellularis in suckling piglets	12

Can immunocrit be used as a monitoring tool for swine vaccination and infection studies?	12
Antimicrobial use in lactating sows, piglets, nursery, and grower-finisher pigs on swine farms in Ontario, Canada during 2017 and 2018	11
Analysing biomarkers in oral fluid from pigs: influence of collection strategy and age of the pig	11
Fermented rye with Agaricus subrufescens and mannan-rich hydrolysate based feed additive to modulate post-weaning piglet immune response	10
Lungworms (Metastrongylus spp.) demonstrated in domestic pigs with respiratory disease: was there a clinical relevance?	10
Detecting ear lesions in slaughtered pigs through open-source convolutional neural networks	10
Sex-based differences in the distribution of Aujeszky’s disease-seropositive Japanese wild boar	10
Impact of supplementation with dihydroxylated vitamin D3 on performance parameters and gut health in weaned Iberian piglets under indoor/outdoor conditions	10
Comparison of efficacy of needle-free injection versus injection by needle for iron supplementation of piglets: a double blind randomized controlled trial	9
Influence of parity and reproductive stage on the prevalence of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae in breeding animals in belgian farrow-to-finish pig herds	9
Study on the influence of different production factors on PSY and its correlation	9
Analysis of the drivers of ASF introduction into the officially approved pig compartments in South Africa and implications for the revision of biosecurity standards	9
Comparison of antimicrobial susceptibility of Glaesserella parasuis from different pig production systems in Taiwan between 2015 and 2020	9
Part I: understanding pain in pigs—basic knowledge about pain assessment, measures and therapy	9
Economic feasibility of interventions targeted at decreasing piglet perinatal and pre-weaning mortality across European countries	8
Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus – a case report of sudden death in a German sow farm	8
Evaluation of PCV2 vaccine immunogenicity and efficacy using ELISpot to detect virus-specific memory B cells	8
In vitro evaluation of gentamicin activity against Spanish field isolates of Brachyspira hyodysenteriae	8
Genomic characteristics and epidemic trends of NADC30-like PRRSV in China	8
Short communication: Estimation of the dietary standardized ileal digestible valine to lysine ratio required for 40 to 130 kg pigs during the finisher periods	8
The role of gilts in transmission dynamics of swine influenza virus and impacts of vaccination strategies and quarantine management	8
A proposal of a fecal scoring system based on physicochemical analyses of suckling pig feces	7
Postpartum dysgalactia syndrome in sows: effects on behavior of sows and piglets	7
Correction to: Is a new generation of mycotoxin clay adsorbents safe in a pig’s diet?	7
Gastric ulcers in finishing pigs: the evaluation of selected non-dietary risk factors and impact on production performance	7
The kinetics of maternal and self-developed Streptococcus suis-specific antibodies	6
A single recall vaccination lapse in sows triggers PRRSV resurgence and boosts viral genetic diversity	6
Feed intake patterns of modern genetics lactating sows: characterization and effect of the reproductive parameters	6
Development of a urogenital scoring system and evaluation of macroscopic parameters influencing the sexual cycle in slaughtered sows	6
Foot lesions and forelimb skin abrasions in suckling piglets: development and risk factors	6
Porcine ear necrosis in nursery piglets is preceded by oral manipulations of the ear	6
Landscape review about the decision to euthanize a compromised pig	6
A case of uterine inclusion cysts in a sow	6
Longitudinal study on the influence of sow and piglet vaccination on seroprevalence of Salmonella Typhimurium in rearing pigs and at slaughter in a farrow-to-finish production system	6
Pathobiological analysis of African swine fever virus contact-exposed pigs and estimation of the basic reproduction number of the virus in Vietnam	6
Effects of cloprostenol sodium and carbetocin on synchronous parturition and colostrum composition in large white sows	6