OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Porcine Health Management is 5. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Are biters sick? Health status of tail biters in comparison to control pigs	42
Dynamics and chronology of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae strain 232 infection in experimentally inoculated swine	38
Description of patterns of ear and tail lesions during the grower-finisher period in a commercial pig farm	37
Urinary metabolomics reveals the biological characteristics of early pregnancy in pigs	26
Dietary steviol glycosides mixture supplementation modulates the gene expression of gut chemoreceptors and enhances the antioxidant capacity in weaned piglets	24
Supplementation of glutamine in a short-term boar semen extender during 17°C holding time enhances post-thaw sperm quality for cryopreservation	19
Early behavioral indicators of aberrant feces in newly-weaned piglets	18
Introduction of a PRRSV-1 strain of increased virulence in a pig production structure in Spain: virus evolution and impact on production	17
Impact of maternally derived immunity on immune responses elicited by piglet early vaccination against the most common pathogens involved in porcine respiratory disease complex	16
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	16
A systematic review of influenza A virus prevalence and transmission dynamics in backyard swine populations globally	15
Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Choleraesuis in a Swedish gilt-producing herd, a case report	14
Effect of mixing at weaning and nutrient density of the weaner diet on growth performance and welfare of pigs to slaughter	14
Field trial: disinfection of contaminated anesthetic masks for piglets	13
Swinepox virus: an unusual outbreak in free-range pig farms in Sicily (Italy)	13
Comparative analysis of ECG records depending on body position in domestic swine (Sus scrofa domestica)	12
Risk factors associated with post-weaning diarrhoea in Austrian piglet-producing farms	12
Farm management practices, biosecurity and influenza a virus detection in swine farms: a comprehensive study in Colombia	12
Serotonin receptors and their association with the immune system in the gastrointestinal tract of weaning piglets	11
Salivary and serum haptoglobin, adenosine deaminase, and immunoglobulin G in growing pigs	11
Implementation of piglet castration under inhalation anaesthesia on farrowing farms	11
Prevention of umbilical outpouchings and mortality in pigs: Meloxicam, tying, cutting, and chlorhexidine versus amoxicillin or no treatment? A clinical field trial	11
Factors influencing the bone mineral density in Duroc boars	10
Effects of β-glucan on Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium swine colonization and microbiota alterations	10
Analysing biomarkers in oral fluid from pigs: influence of collection strategy and age of the pig	10

Cross-sectional study of Mycoplasma hyopharyngis, Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, Mycoplasma hyorhinis and Mycoplasma hyosynoviae in the tonsils of fattening pigs from Central-Eastern Europe	10
Can immunocrit be used as a monitoring tool for swine vaccination and infection studies?	9
Detection and quantification by molecular techniques of early infection by Lawsonia intracellularis in suckling piglets	9
Findings and measures to eradicate methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus clonal complex 7 spa-type t091 in two Norwegian pig farms: a case report	9
Antimicrobial use in lactating sows, piglets, nursery, and grower-finisher pigs on swine farms in Ontario, Canada during 2017 and 2018	9
Impact of supplementation with dihydroxylated vitamin D3 on performance parameters and gut health in weaned Iberian piglets under indoor/outdoor conditions	8
Lungworms (Metastrongylus spp.) demonstrated in domestic pigs with respiratory disease: was there a clinical relevance?	8
Sex-based differences in the distribution of Aujeszky’s disease-seropositive Japanese wild boar	8
Influence of parity and reproductive stage on the prevalence of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae in breeding animals in belgian farrow-to-finish pig herds	8
Fermented rye with Agaricus subrufescens and mannan-rich hydrolysate based feed additive to modulate post-weaning piglet immune response	8
Economic feasibility of interventions targeted at decreasing piglet perinatal and pre-weaning mortality across European countries	7
Study on the influence of different production factors on PSY and its correlation	7
Comparison of antimicrobial susceptibility of Glaesserella parasuis from different pig production systems in Taiwan between 2015 and 2020	7
Analysis of the drivers of ASF introduction into the officially approved pig compartments in South Africa and implications for the revision of biosecurity standards	7
Part I: understanding pain in pigs—basic knowledge about pain assessment, measures and therapy	7
Health Monitoring of Fattening Pigs – Use of Production Data, Farm Characteristics and On-Farm Examination	7
Comparison of efficacy of needle-free injection versus injection by needle for iron supplementation of piglets: a double blind randomized controlled trial	7
Short communication: Estimation of the dietary standardized ileal digestible valine to lysine ratio required for 40 to 130 kg pigs during the finisher periods	6
Gastric ulcers in finishing pigs: the evaluation of selected non-dietary risk factors and impact on production performance	6
A case of uterine inclusion cysts in a sow	6
The role of gilts in transmission dynamics of swine influenza virus and impacts of vaccination strategies and quarantine management	6
Postpartum dysgalactia syndrome in sows: effects on behavior of sows and piglets	6
A proposal of a fecal scoring system based on physicochemical analyses of suckling pig feces	6
In vitro evaluation of gentamicin activity against Spanish field isolates of Brachyspira hyodysenteriae	6
Correction to: Is a new generation of mycotoxin clay adsorbents safe in a pig’s diet?	6
Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus – a case report of sudden death in a German sow farm	6
The kinetics of maternal and self-developed Streptococcus suis-specific antibodies	5
Post-weaning diarrhea in pigs weaned without medicinal zinc: risk factors, pathogen dynamics, and association to growth rate	5
Occurrence of claw asymmetries in fattening pigs and potential impact on the development of sole ulcerations	5
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	5
Pathobiological analysis of African swine fever virus contact-exposed pigs and estimation of the basic reproduction number of the virus in Vietnam	5
Foot lesions and forelimb skin abrasions in suckling piglets: development and risk factors	5
Landscape review about the decision to euthanize a compromised pig	5
Influenza surveillance in pigs: balancing act between broad diagnostic coverage and specific virus characterization	5
Feed intake patterns of modern genetics lactating sows: characterization and effect of the reproductive parameters	5
Porcine ear necrosis in nursery piglets is preceded by oral manipulations of the ear	5
Effects of cloprostenol sodium and carbetocin on synchronous parturition and colostrum composition in large white sows	5
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	5
Effects of different tooth grinding procedures on the occurrence of tooth injuries, skin lesions, performance and behaviour of suckling piglets	5
Retrospective assessment of porcine circovirus 3 (PCV-3) in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues from pigs affected by different clinical-pathological conditions	5