An Immunomodulatory Device Improves Insulin Resistance in Obese Porcine Model of Metabolic Syndrome by Angela J. Westover, Kimberly A. Johnston, Deborah A. Buffington, H. David Humes

“…In this regard, a biomimetic membrane leukocyte processing device, called the selective cytopheretic device (SCD), was evaluated in an Ossabaw miniature swine model of insulin resistance with metabolic syndrome. …”
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CELLULAR IMMUNITY AND CYTOKINE PROFILE IN PRE-FARROW AND LACTATING SOWS by A. G. Shakhov, S. V. Shabunin, L. Yu. Sashnina, M. I. Adodina, M. Yu. Zhejnes, K. V. Tarakanova, K. O. Kopytina

“…The cytokine profile of the sows was specified by the recovered numbers of interleukin-1β, tumor necrosis factor-α and γ-interferon, decreased level of interleukin-2 and interleukin-4 that regulate cellular and humoral immunity, respectively as well as their subsequent increase (in particular, interleukin-2) following animal immunization against parvoviral infection and erysipelas on day 7 post farrowing (Parvoruvax vaccine, Merial, France) and against classical swine fever on day 14 post farrowing (culture dry virus-vaccine LK-VNIVIPFIT). …”
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Manurial value of khat waste vermicompost from Awday, Harar town, Ethiopia by Hiranmai Yadav Rameshwar, Anteneh Argaw

“…The present study was carried in Haramaya University, Ethiopia to decompose the khat wastes along with crop residues and different animal manures (cow dung, goat manure, poultry manure and swine manure) using the earthworm Eisenia foetida. …”
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Severe Inflammation Caused by Coinfection of PCV2 and Glaesserella parasuis Is Associated with Pyroptosis via Noncanonical Inflammasome Pathway by Jiahui An, Chao Zhang, Jinshuang Cai, Yufeng Li

“…Coinfections of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) and Glaesserella parasuis (G. parasuis) are widely existing in the swine industry worldwide. However, the mechanisms for this coinfection remain unclear. …”
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Epidemic spread of influenza viruses: The impact of transient populations on disease dynamics by Karen R. Ríos-Soto, Baojun Song, Carlos Castillo-Chavez

“…The recent H1N1 ('swine flu') pandemic and recent H5N1 ('avian flu') outbreaks have brought increased attention to the study of the role of animal populations as reservoirs for pathogens that could invade human populations. …”
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Rynek mięsa wieprzowego w Polsce w obliczu afrykańskiego pomoru świń (ASF) by Mirosława Tereszczuk

“…Celem badania jest ocena oddziaływania wirusa afrykańskiego pomoru świń ASF (African Swine Fever) na rozwój i funkcjonowanie rynku mięsa wieprzowego w Polsce. …”
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The Effect of Storage Temperature and Time on the Concentrations of Bovine Serum Amyloid A and Its Mammary Associated Isoform by Csilla Tóthová, Oskar Nagy, Herbert Seidel, Gabriel Kováč

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Disease outbreak in wildlife changes online sales of management items by Tomohiko Endo, Shinya Uryu, Keita Fukasawa, Jiefeng Kang, Takahiro Kubo

“…To explore the effects of infectious disease outbreaks among wild boars on countermeasure choices, we analysed online auction data before and after an outbreak of classical swine fever in wild boar. Online sales of boar traps decreased by 17 % after the outbreak, whereas sales of control items increased by 73 %. …”
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Adaptability of Napiergrass (Pennisetum purpureum Schumach.) for Weed Control in Site of Animals Buried after Foot-and-Mouth Disease Infection by Yasuyuki Ishii, Yusuke Iki, Kouhei Inoue, Shuhei Nagata, Sachiko Idota, Masato Yokota, Aya Nishiwaki

“…After the infection of foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks in Miyazaki, Japan, in 2010, cattle and swine were slaughtered and buried in a site of 100 ha, where weed control is difficult and costly since lands are unlevelled and prohibited to be plowed for 3 years. …”
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RISK OF INTRODUCING HIGHLY DANGEROUS ANIMAL VESICULAR DISEASES INTO THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION by V. P. Semakina, T. P. Akimova, I. Yu. Solomatina, A. K. Karaulov

“…They primarily include foot and mouth disease, sheep and goat pox, peste des petits ruminants, lumpy skin disease, swine vesicular disease, vesicular stomatitis, as well as relatively new Seneca Valley virus infection. …”
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Characterization of two neutralizing monoclonal antibodies with conformational epitopes against porcine deltacoronavirus by Wan Lu, Hongtao Cao, Yongle Yang, Yangyang Sun, Dong Yang, Priscilla F. Gerber, Xiangdong Li, Yaowei Huang, Bin Wang

“…Abstract Porcine deltacoronavirus (PDCoV) is a globally distributed swine enteropathogenic virus that emerged in the last decade. …”
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Enhanced Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus Replication in Nsp4- or Nsp2-Overexpressed Marc-145 Cell Lines by Zhengqin Ye, Zhenbang Zhu, Liangzheng Yu, Zhendong Zhang, Xiangdong Li

“…Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) causes significant economic losses to the swine industry. The killed PRRSV vaccine has been reported to be safe and could elicit humoral responses. …”
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Use of real-time polymerase chain reaction for investigation of Senecavirus infection occurrence in Russia by M. V. Timanov, A. M. Timina, M. V. Biryuchenkova

“…Senecavirus, previously known as Seneca valley virus, is an emerging virus belonging to Senecavirus genus, Picornaviridae family, that can cause idiopathic vesicular disease clinically indistinguishable from foot-and-mouth disease, vesicular stomatitis and swine vesicular disease and thereby posing a great threat for pig holdings. …”
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A comparative analysis of collagen based dressings and polysaccharide microspheres for hemostasis management in hepatic stab wounds by Francisco José Sánchez del Valle, María Isabel Sánchez-Seco, Juan Garófano

“…The research involved 18 Large-White swine. The animals underwent a traumatic liver puncture through two 5 cm deep blade incisions that severed two main suprahepatic veins. …”
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Poly-ADP Ribosyl Polymerase 1 (PARP1) Regulates Influenza A Virus Polymerase by Liset Westera, Alisha M. Jennings, Jad Maamary, Martin Schwemmle, Adolfo García-Sastre, Eric Bortz

“…The host factor PARP1, a poly-ADP ribosyl polymerase, was required for optimal functions of human, swine, and avian influenza RdRP in human 293T cells. …”
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Calcium-mediated mitochondrial fission and mitophagy drive glycolysis to facilitate arterivirus proliferation. by Zhe Sun, Zicheng Ma, Wandi Cao, Chenlong Jiang, Lei Guo, Kesen Liu, Yanni Gao, Juan Bai, Jiang Pi, Ping Jiang, Xing Liu

“…Here, we report that infection with the swine arterivirus porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), manipulates mitochondria calcium ions (Ca2+) to induce mitochondrial fission and mitophagy, thereby reprogramming cellular energy metabolism to facilitate its own replication. …”
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Lactoferrin exhibits PEDV antiviral activity by interfering with spike-heparan sulfate proteoglycans binding and activating mucosal immune response by Peng Liu, Jinjiao Zuo, Hui Lu, Bin Zhang, Caihong Wu

“…Abstract Neonatal piglets infected with Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDV) experience a mortality rate of up to 90%, resulting in significant economic losses to the swine industry in China. Current strategies using specific antibodies in sow milk to prevent Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED) in these piglets through specific antibodies in sow milk is unsatisfactory. …”
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Multidirectional sexual dimorphism for the live weight in domestic pigs by S. V. Nikitin, S. P. Knyazev, K. S. Shatokhin, G. M. Goncharenko, V. I. Ermolaуev

“…In a vast majority of domestic swine populations (breeds, populations of breeding groups), this value varies from 70 to 91% (the central value of the range of variation of 81%). …”
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Isolation and Characterization of 89K Pathogenicity Island-Positive ST-7 Strains of Streptococcus suis Serotype 2 from Healthy Pigs, Northeast China by Shujie Wang, Peng Liu, Chunyu Li, Yafang Tan, Xuehui Cai, Dongsheng Zhou, Yongqiang Jiang

“…Streptococcus suis is a swine pathogen which can also cause severe infection, such as meningitis, and streptococcal-like toxic shock syndrome (STSS), in humans. …”
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Identification of Suitable Natural Inhibitor against Influenza A (H1N1) Neuraminidase Protein by Molecular Docking by Maheswata Sahoo, Lingaraja Jena, Surya Narayan Rath, Satish Kumar

“…The influenza A (H1N1) virus, also known as swine flu is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality since 2009. …”
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