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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Dietary steviol glycosides mixture supplementation modulates the gene expression of gut chemoreceptors and enhances the antioxidant capacity in weaned piglets	58
Supplementation of glutamine in a short-term boar semen extender during 17°C holding time enhances post-thaw sperm quality for cryopreservation	57
Introduction of a PRRSV-1 strain of increased virulence in a pig production structure in Spain: virus evolution and impact on production	41
Description of patterns of ear and tail lesions during the grower-finisher period in a commercial pig farm	32
Effect of mixing at weaning and nutrient density of the weaner diet on growth performance and welfare of pigs to slaughter	32
Early behavioral indicators of aberrant feces in newly-weaned piglets	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	25
Systematic review and meta-analysis on the diagnostic accuracy of various detection methods for porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus	24
Are biters sick? Health status of tail biters in comparison to control pigs	23
Characterization of a Pasteurella multocida type a strain associated with a severe bronchopneumonia outbreak in gilts	23
Topical wound-care products and their effects on healing, inflammatory biomarkers, and growth in piglets undergoing castration	22
Field trial: disinfection of contaminated anesthetic masks for piglets	22
Salivary and serum haptoglobin, adenosine deaminase, and immunoglobulin G in growing pigs	21
Influenza A virus infection dynamics in two sow herds and effects of interventions	21
Swinepox virus: an unusual outbreak in free-range pig farms in Sicily (Italy)	20
Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Choleraesuis in a Swedish gilt-producing herd, a case report	19
Farm management practices, biosecurity and influenza a virus detection in swine farms: a comprehensive study in Colombia	19
Comparative analysis of ECG records depending on body position in domestic swine (Sus scrofa domestica)	16
Risk factors associated with post-weaning diarrhoea in Austrian piglet-producing farms	15
Characterising responses in group-housed pigs to Salmonella typhimurium infection through integrated computer vision–based behavioural monitoring and statistical analyses	15
Effects of β-glucan on Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium swine colonization and microbiota alterations	14
The first detection of swine orthopneumovirus in a pig farm in Sweden: a case report	14
Cross-sectional study of Mycoplasma hyopharyngis, Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, Mycoplasma hyorhinis and Mycoplasma hyosynoviae in the tonsils of fattening pigs from Central-Eastern Europe	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

Can immunocrit be used as a monitoring tool for swine vaccination and infection studies?	13
Disease-associated Streptococcus suis (DASS) in lactation: detection patterns and implications for control	12
Risk assessment for Brucella suis biovar 2 in Danish pigs	12
Detection and quantification by molecular techniques of early infection by Lawsonia intracellularis in suckling piglets	11
Factors influencing the bone mineral density in Duroc boars	11
Analysing biomarkers in oral fluid from pigs: influence of collection strategy and age of the pig	11
Detecting ear lesions in slaughtered pigs through open-source convolutional neural networks	10
Analysis of the drivers of ASF introduction into the officially approved pig compartments in South Africa and implications for the revision of biosecurity standards	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	10
Sex-based differences in the distribution of Aujeszky’s disease-seropositive Japanese wild boar	10
Influence of parity and reproductive stage on the prevalence of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae in breeding animals in belgian farrow-to-finish pig herds	10
The impact of swine diseases on total factor productivity of pig farms of different scales in China	10
Comparison of antimicrobial susceptibility of Glaesserella parasuis from different pig production systems in Taiwan between 2015 and 2020	9
Effects of synthetized porcine follicle-stimulating hormone and synthetized human chorionic gonadotropin on reproductive efficiency in pigs	9
Economic feasibility of interventions targeted at decreasing piglet perinatal and pre-weaning mortality across European countries	9
Risk of Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus introduction into Danish pig farms: a register-based study	9
Evaluation of PCV2 vaccine immunogenicity and efficacy using ELISpot to detect virus-specific memory B cells	9
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
Genomic characteristics and epidemic trends of NADC30-like PRRSV in China	8
Postpartum dysgalactia syndrome in sows: effects on behavior of sows and piglets	8
In vitro evaluation of gentamicin activity against Spanish field isolates of Brachyspira hyodysenteriae	8
Part I: understanding pain in pigs—basic knowledge about pain assessment, measures and therapy	8
Gastric ulcers in finishing pigs: the evaluation of selected non-dietary risk factors and impact on production performance	8
Serum IgA and bactericidal immunity against Streptococcus suis serotype 2 is increasing between 2 and 6 weeks of age in a farm with autogenous bacterin vaccination pre-farrowing, while specific matern	8
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	7
Accelerating sow nursing behavior monitoring with modified YOLO11n architecture and TensorRT integration	7
Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus – a case report of sudden death in a German sow farm	7
A proposal of a fecal scoring system based on physicochemical analyses of suckling pig feces	7
Effect of Ningxiang pig-derived Lactobacillus reuteri supplementation on the growth performance, lipid metabolism, and gut microbiota of finishing pigs	7
Foot lesions and forelimb skin abrasions in suckling piglets: development and risk factors	7
Development of a urogenital scoring system and evaluation of macroscopic parameters influencing the sexual cycle in slaughtered sows	7
A single recall vaccination lapse in sows triggers PRRSV resurgence and boosts viral genetic diversity	7
Porcine ear necrosis in nursery piglets is preceded by oral manipulations of the ear	7
The kinetics of maternal and self-developed Streptococcus suis-specific antibodies	7
Correction to: Is a new generation of mycotoxin clay adsorbents safe in a pig’s diet?	7
Effects of cloprostenol sodium and carbetocin on synchronous parturition and colostrum composition in large white sows	7
Pathobiological analysis of African swine fever virus contact-exposed pigs and estimation of the basic reproduction number of the virus in Vietnam	6
Retrospective assessment of porcine circovirus 3 (PCV-3) in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues from pigs affected by different clinical-pathological conditions	6
High incidence of stillbirths in a free farrowing system linked to uterotonic misuse and improper farrowing management: a case report	6
Landscape review about the decision to euthanize a compromised pig	6
Occurrence of claw asymmetries in fattening pigs and potential impact on the development of sole ulcerations	6
TbpB-based oral mucosal vaccine provides heterologous protection against Glässer’s disease caused by different serovars of Spanish field isolates of Glaesserella parasuis	6
First molecular detection of porcine rotavirus B (RVB) in Poland – case study and genome analysis	6
Feed intake patterns of modern genetics lactating sows: characterization and effect of the reproductive parameters	6
Evaluating postmortem tongue fluids as a tool for monitoring PRRSV and IAV in the post-wean phases of swine production	6