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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Description of patterns of ear and tail lesions during the grower-finisher period in a commercial pig farm	45
Urinary metabolomics reveals the biological characteristics of early pregnancy in pigs	40
Dietary steviol glycosides mixture supplementation modulates the gene expression of gut chemoreceptors and enhances the antioxidant capacity in weaned piglets	39
Early behavioral indicators of aberrant feces in newly-weaned piglets	30
Effect of mixing at weaning and nutrient density of the weaner diet on growth performance and welfare of pigs to slaughter	27
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	22
Are biters sick? Health status of tail biters in comparison to control pigs	21
Supplementation of glutamine in a short-term boar semen extender during 17°C holding time enhances post-thaw sperm quality for cryopreservation	20
A systematic review of influenza A virus prevalence and transmission dynamics in backyard swine populations globally	18
Impact of maternally derived immunity on immune responses elicited by piglet early vaccination against the most common pathogens involved in porcine respiratory disease complex	18
Introduction of a PRRSV-1 strain of increased virulence in a pig production structure in Spain: virus evolution and impact on production	17
Field trial: disinfection of contaminated anesthetic masks for piglets	16
Swinepox virus: an unusual outbreak in free-range pig farms in Sicily (Italy)	15
Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Choleraesuis in a Swedish gilt-producing herd, a case report	15
Risk factors associated with post-weaning diarrhoea in Austrian piglet-producing farms	14
Comparative analysis of ECG records depending on body position in domestic swine (Sus scrofa domestica)	14
Salivary and serum haptoglobin, adenosine deaminase, and immunoglobulin G in growing pigs	13
Farm management practices, biosecurity and influenza a virus detection in swine farms: a comprehensive study in Colombia	13
Prevention of umbilical outpouchings and mortality in pigs: Meloxicam, tying, cutting, and chlorhexidine versus amoxicillin or no treatment? A clinical field trial	12
Can immunocrit be used as a monitoring tool for swine vaccination and infection studies?	11
Factors influencing the bone mineral density in Duroc boars	11
Cross-sectional study of Mycoplasma hyopharyngis, Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, Mycoplasma hyorhinis and Mycoplasma hyosynoviae in the tonsils of fattening pigs from Central-Eastern Europe	11
Antimicrobial use in lactating sows, piglets, nursery, and grower-finisher pigs on swine farms in Ontario, Canada during 2017 and 2018	11
Effects of β-glucan on Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium swine colonization and microbiota alterations	11
Implementation of piglet castration under inhalation anaesthesia on farrowing farms	11

Analysing biomarkers in oral fluid from pigs: influence of collection strategy and age of the pig	11
Detection and quantification by molecular techniques of early infection by Lawsonia intracellularis in suckling piglets	11
Serotonin receptors and their association with the immune system in the gastrointestinal tract of weaning piglets	11
Sex-based differences in the distribution of Aujeszky’s disease-seropositive Japanese wild boar	10
Lungworms (Metastrongylus spp.) demonstrated in domestic pigs with respiratory disease: was there a clinical relevance?	10
Impact of supplementation with dihydroxylated vitamin D3 on performance parameters and gut health in weaned Iberian piglets under indoor/outdoor conditions	9
Study on the influence of different production factors on PSY and its correlation	9
Influence of parity and reproductive stage on the prevalence of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae in breeding animals in belgian farrow-to-finish pig herds	9
Comparison of antimicrobial susceptibility of Glaesserella parasuis from different pig production systems in Taiwan between 2015 and 2020	9
Fermented rye with Agaricus subrufescens and mannan-rich hydrolysate based feed additive to modulate post-weaning piglet immune response	9
Detecting ear lesions in slaughtered pigs through open-source convolutional neural networks	9
Evaluation of PCV2 vaccine immunogenicity and efficacy using ELISpot to detect virus-specific memory B cells	8
Part I: understanding pain in pigs—basic knowledge about pain assessment, measures and therapy	8
Economic feasibility of interventions targeted at decreasing piglet perinatal and pre-weaning mortality across European countries	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
Analysis of the drivers of ASF introduction into the officially approved pig compartments in South Africa and implications for the revision of biosecurity standards	8
Comparison of efficacy of needle-free injection versus injection by needle for iron supplementation of piglets: a double blind randomized controlled trial	8
The role of gilts in transmission dynamics of swine influenza virus and impacts of vaccination strategies and quarantine management	7
Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus – a case report of sudden death in a German sow farm	7
A case of uterine inclusion cysts in a sow	7
In vitro evaluation of gentamicin activity against Spanish field isolates of Brachyspira hyodysenteriae	7
Postpartum dysgalactia syndrome in sows: effects on behavior of sows and piglets	7
Health Monitoring of Fattening Pigs – Use of Production Data, Farm Characteristics and On-Farm Examination	7
Gastric ulcers in finishing pigs: the evaluation of selected non-dietary risk factors and impact on production performance	7
Correction to: Is a new generation of mycotoxin clay adsorbents safe in a pig’s diet?	7
Foot lesions and forelimb skin abrasions in suckling piglets: development and risk factors	6
A single recall vaccination lapse in sows triggers PRRSV resurgence and boosts viral genetic diversity	6
Effects of cloprostenol sodium and carbetocin on synchronous parturition and colostrum composition in large white sows	6
The kinetics of maternal and self-developed Streptococcus suis-specific antibodies	6
A proposal of a fecal scoring system based on physicochemical analyses of suckling pig feces	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
Porcine ear necrosis in nursery piglets is preceded by oral manipulations of the ear	6