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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Urinary metabolomics reveals the biological characteristics of early pregnancy in pigs	41
A systematic review of influenza A virus prevalence and transmission dynamics in backyard swine populations globally	35
Dietary steviol glycosides mixture supplementation modulates the gene expression of gut chemoreceptors and enhances the antioxidant capacity in weaned piglets	35
Farm characteristics affecting antibiotic consumption in pig farms in England	25
The role of gilts in transmission dynamics of swine influenza virus and impacts of vaccination strategies and quarantine management	19
Postpartum dysgalactia syndrome in sows: effects on behavior of sows and piglets	18
Lesions and pathogens found in pigs that died during the nursery period in five Danish farms	17
In vitro evaluation of gentamicin activity against Spanish field isolates of Brachyspira hyodysenteriae	17
Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus – a case report of sudden death in a German sow farm	16
Large litters have a detrimental impact on litter performance and postpartum maternal behaviour in primiparous sows	16
Bleeding skin lesions in gestating sows of a piglet producing farm in Austria	15
Evaluation of the diagnostic performance of a commercially available point-of-care test for post weaning diarrhoea in pigs-a pilot study	14
Cross-sectional study: prevalence of oedema disease Escherichia coli (EDEC) in weaned piglets in Germany at pen and farm levels	14
Differential impact of yeast cell wall products in recovery of porcine intestinal epithelial cell barrier function following Lipopolysaccharide challenge	13
Effectiveness of two intramuscular combined vaccines for the control of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and porcine circovirus type 2 in growing pigs: a randomized field trial	13
Description of on-farm treatment compliance and risk factors for culling in sows	12
Utilization and reproductive performance of gilts in large-scale pig farming system with different production levels in China: a descriptive study	12
Urinary tract infections in culled sows from Greek herds: prevalence and associations between findings of histopathology, bacteriology and urinalysis	11
Cough associated with the detection of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae DNA in clinical and environmental specimens under controlled conditions	11
Comparison of different detection methods for Ascaris suum infection on Austrian swine farms	11
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	10
Dynamics and chronology of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae strain 232 infection in experimentally inoculated swine	10
Effect of mixing at weaning and nutrient density of the weaner diet on growth performance and welfare of pigs to slaughter	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	9
CircRNAs in Xiang pig ovaries among diestrus and estrus stages	9

Effects of combined application of benzoic acid and 1-monolaurin on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, gut microbiome and inflammatory factor levels in weaned piglets	8
Description of patterns of ear and tail lesions during the grower-finisher period in a commercial pig farm	8
Gastrointestinal nematodes in German outdoor-reared pigs based on faecal egg count and next-generation sequencing nemabiome data	8
Health Monitoring of Fattening Pigs – Use of Production Data, Farm Characteristics and On-Farm Examination	8
Are biters sick? Health status of tail biters in comparison to control pigs	8
Gastric ulcers in finishing pigs: the evaluation of selected non-dietary risk factors and impact on production performance	8
Field study on the suitability of oral fluid samples for monitoring of Lawsonia intracellularis and Brachyspira hyodysenteriae by multiplex qPCR under field conditions	7
Early behavioral indicators of aberrant feces in newly-weaned piglets	7
Dietary inclusion of fibrous corn silages reduces gastric mucosa damage in fattening heavy pigs	7
In-silico characterization of the relationship between the Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus prevalence at the piglet and litter levels in a farrowing room	7
Supplementation of glutamine in a short-term boar semen extender during 17°C holding time enhances post-thaw sperm quality for cryopreservation	7
Serotype distribution and antimicrobial susceptibility of Streptococcus suis isolates from porcine diagnostic samples in Hungary, 2020–2023	7
Exploring the role of riboflavin in swine well-being: a literature review	7
Blood and faecal biomarkers to assess dietary energy, protein and amino acid efficiency of utilization by growing and finishing pigs	6
Evaluating swine disease occurrence on farms using the state-space model based on meat inspection data: a time-series analysis	6
Resumption of production operations during the silent disposal period of African swine fever outbreaks: a case study	6
Introduction of a PRRSV-1 strain of increased virulence in a pig production structure in Spain: virus evolution and impact on production	6
Comparative analysis of ECG records depending on body position in domestic swine (Sus scrofa domestica)	6
Field trial: disinfection of contaminated anesthetic masks for piglets	6
Impact of maternally derived immunity on immune responses elicited by piglet early vaccination against the most common pathogens involved in porcine respiratory disease complex	6
Persistence of African swine fever virus on porous and non-porous fomites at environmental temperatures	6
A novel intradermal combination vaccine for PCV2 and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae protection in swine: its use with Lawsonia intracellularis and PRRSV vaccines	6
Effect of wither application of an analogue of pig appeasing pheromone on encounters between unfamiliar mini-pigs	5
A descriptive study on spatial and temporal distributions of genetic clusters of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus infecting pig sites in Quebec, Canada, between 2010 and 2019	5
Part II: understanding pain in pigs—pain assessment in pigs with spontaneously occurring diseases or injuries	5
Effect of altrenogest treatment before weaning on reproductive performance and production efficiency in primiparous and multiparous sows	5
Farm management practices associated with influenza A virus contamination of people working in Midwestern United States swine farms	5
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	5
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	5
Biosecurity measures for the prevention of African swine fever on German pig farms: comparison of farmers’ own appraisals and external veterinary experts’ evaluations	5
Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Choleraesuis in a Swedish gilt-producing herd, a case report	5
Salivary and serum haptoglobin, adenosine deaminase, and immunoglobulin G in growing pigs	5
Effect of 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3-glycosides on postpartum health, uterine involution and litter performance of sows in a free farrowing system	5
Case-control study on associations of hemorrhagic bowel syndrome in swine with feed characteristics and intestinal pathogens	5
Premature farrowing and stillbirths in two organic sow farms due to riboflavin deficiency	5
Performance of commercial growing-finishing pigs fed supplemental isoquinoline alkaloids: a statistical process control analysis	5
A proposal of a fecal scoring system based on physicochemical analyses of suckling pig feces	5
Killing underweighted low viable newborn piglets: Which health parameters are appropriate to make a decision?	5