Infectious Disease Control in Swine in Different Husbandry Systems
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Welfare".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 June 2023) | Viewed by 8335
Special Issue Editors
Interests: swine diseases; diagnostic tools; Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae; herd health management; biosecurity; consumer protection; welfare; antimicrobial resistance
Interests: zoonotioc disease; Campylobacter spp; Salmonella spp.; Yersinia spp.; swine; diseases; welfare; surgical castration
Special Issue Information
Summary: Diseases have a major impact on swine welfare, thus, appropriate disease-preventive measures will inevitabely strengthen swine wellbeing. Prevention of diseases also has a basis in consumer protection, which is impacted by antimicrobial-resistant bacteria, drug residuals and emerging, re-emerging or zoonotic pathogens. Changing husbandry systems can result in increased or reduced prevalences of pathogens, and can influence animal welfare and sustainability. Key elements to be considered are feeding, management and external and internal biosecurity. This Special Issue will focus on specific aspects of different husbandry and feeding systems that influence the introduction and/or further spread of pathogens within swine farms. We invite original research papers and meta-analyses focusing on aspects of husbandry systems that prevent the development and spread of infectious diseases, as well as on identification of potential risk factors arising from the environment, feeding and management.
Prof. Dr. Isabel Henning-Pauka
Dr. Alexandra von Altrock
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- epidemiology
- prevalence
- microorganisms
- toxins
- hygiene
- biosecurity
- sustainability
- transmission
- environmental factors
- climate
- feed
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