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Measurement of Calprotectin (S100A8/A9) in the Saliva of Pigs : Validation Data of A Commercially Available Automated Assay and Changes in Sepsis, Inflammation, and Stress
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López-Martínez, María José (Universidad de Murcia. Laboratorio Interdisciplinario de Análisis Clínicos Interlab) ;
Martínez-Subiela, Silvia (Universidad de Murcia. Laboratorio Interdisciplinario de Análisis Clínicos Interlab) ;
Cerón, José Joaquín (Universidad de Murcia. Laboratorio Interdisciplinario de Análisis Clínicos Interlab) ;
Ortín-Bustillo, Alba (Universidad de Murcia. Laboratorio Interdisciplinario de Análisis Clínicos Interlab) ;
Ramis, Guillermo (Universidad de Murcia. Departamento de Producción Animal) ;
López-Arjona, Marina (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments) ;
Martínez-Miró, Silvia (Universidad de Murcia. Departamento de Producción Animal) ;
García Manzanilla, Edgar (University College Dublin. School of Veterinary Medicine) ;
Eckersall, Peter David (University of Glasgow. School of Biodiversity) ;
Tecles, Fernando (Universidad de Murcia. Laboratorio Interdisciplinario de Análisis Clínicos Interlab) ;
Escribano Tortosa, Damián (Universidad de Murcia. Departamento de Producción Animal) ;
Muñoz-Prieto, Alberto (Universidad de Murcia. Laboratorio Interdisciplinario de Análisis Clínicos Interlab)
Calprotectin (CALP, S100A8/A9) is a calcium and zinc-binding protein involved in inflammation that has a wide range of proinflammatory functions, such as cytokine production and regulation of leukocyte adhesion, migration, and phagocytosis. [...]
2023 - 10.3390/ani13071190
Animals, Vol. 13 (march 2023)
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Changes in a Comprehensive Profile of Saliva Analytes in Fattening Pigs during a Complete Productive Cycle : A Longitudinal Study
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Ortín-Bustillo, Alba (Universidad de Murcia. Laboratorio Interdisciplinario de Análisis Clínicos Interlab) ;
Escribano Tortosa, Damián (Universidad de Murcia. Departamento de Producción Animal) ;
López-Arjona, Marina (Universidad de Murcia. Laboratorio Interdisciplinario de Análisis Clínicos Interlab) ;
Botía, María (Universidad de Murcia. Laboratorio Interdisciplinario de Análisis Clínicos Interlab) ;
Martínez-Miró, Silvia (Cefu S.A.) ;
Rubio, Camila Peres (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments) ;
García Manzanilla, Edgar (University College Dublin. School of Veterinary Medicine) ;
Franco-Martinez, Lorena (Teagasc Grassland Research and Innovation Centre) ;
Pardo-Marín, Luis (Universidad de Murcia. Laboratorio Interdisciplinario de Análisis Clínicos Interlab) ;
Cerón, José Joaquín (Universidad de Murcia. Laboratorio Interdisciplinario de Análisis Clínicos Interlab) ;
Llonch, Pol (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments) ;
Tecles, Fernando (Universidad de Murcia. Laboratorio Interdisciplinario de Análisis Clínicos Interlab)
The aim of this study was to evaluate whether a panel of 29 salivary biomarkers of stress, immunity, inflammation, redox homeostasis and other physiological functions can change in healthy fattening pigs when monitoring the different phases of their productive cycle and can be influenced by various sources of variations such as gender and performance parameters. [...]
2022 - 10.3390/ani12141865
Animals, Vol. 12 (july 2022)
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Blood parameters as biomarkers in a Salmonella spp. disease model of weaning piglets
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Barba-Vidal, Emili (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments) ;
Buttow Roll, Victor Fernando (Federal University of Pelotas. Department of Animal Science) ;
García Manzanilla, Edgar (Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre. Pig Development Department) ;
Torrente Artero, Carlos (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ;
Moreno Muñoz, José Antonio (Laboratorios Ordesa) ;
Pérez Hernández, José Francisco (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments) ;
Martín Orúe, Susana M. (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments)
The weaning pig is used as an experimental model to assess the impact of diet on intestinal health. Blood parameters (BP) are considered a useful tool in humans, but there is very scarce information of such indicators in the weaning pig. [...]
2017 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0186781
PloS one, Vol. 12 (october 2017)
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A bio-economic simulation study on the association between key performance indicators and pluck lesions in Irish farrow-to-finish pig farms
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Calderón Díaz, Julia Adriana (Teagasc Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre. Pig Development Department) ;
Rodrigues da Costa, Maria (Scotland's rural College. Epidemiology research unit) ;
Shalloo, Laurence (Teagasc Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre. Livestock Production Systems) ;
Niemi, Jarkko K. (Natural Resources Institute Finland) ;
Leonard, Finola Catherine (University College Dublin. School of Veterinary Medicine) ;
Crespo-Piazuelo, Daniel (Teagasc Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre. Pig Development Department) ;
Gasa, Josep (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments) ;
García Manzanilla, Edgar (University College Dublin. School of Veterinary Medicine)
Pluck lesions are associated with decreased performance in grower-finisher pigs, but their economic impact needs to be further investigated. This study aimed to identify the main pluck lesions and the cut-off value for their prevalence, associated with changes in average daily gain (ADG) during the wean-to-finish period, to simulate their effects on economic performance of farrow-to-finish farms. [...]
2020 - 10.1186/s40813-020-00176-w
Porcine health management, Vol. 6 (december 2020)
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Predicting Productive Performance in Grow-Finisher Pigs Using Birth and Weaning Body Weight
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Camp Montoro, Jordi (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Servei de Nutrició i Benestar Animal) ;
García Manzanilla, Edgar (University College Dublin. UCD Veterinary Sciences Centre) ;
Solà Oriol, David (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Servei de Nutrició i Benestar Animal) ;
Muns, Ramon (Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute) ;
Gasa, Josep (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments) ;
Clear, Oliver (Pig Development Department, Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre) ;
Calderón Díaz, Julia Adriana (Pig Development Department, Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre)
Smaller than average sized pigs requiring extra time to reach target slaughter weight are often referred to as slow growing pigs. This subset of pigs poses a management challenge and may have economic implications for pig producers. [...]
2020 - 10.3390/ani10061017
Animals, Vol. 10 (june 2020)
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A cross-sectional survey on respiratory disease in a cohort of Irish pig farms
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Rodrigues da Costa, Maria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments) ;
Fitzgerald, Rose Mary (Cork Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Sciences) ;
García Manzanilla, Edgar (University College Dublin. School of Veterinary Medicine) ;
O'Shea, Helen (Cork Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Sciences) ;
Moriarty, John (Food & Marine Laboratories) ;
McElroy, Máire C. (Food & Marine Laboratories) ;
Leonard, Finola Catherine (University College Dublin. School of Veterinary Medicine)
Respiratory disease is one of the most important factors impacting pig production worldwide. There is no available information on the prevalence of key pathogens implicated in Irish pig production. The objective of this study was to describe the prevalence of pleurisy, pneumonia, lung abscesses, pericarditis and liver milk spots in finisher pigs of a cohort of Irish pig farms, and to describe the seroprevalence of: influenza A virus (IAV), porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSv), Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (Mhyo) and Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (APP). [...]
2020 - 10.1186/s13620-020-00176-w
Irish Veterinary Journal, Vol. 73 (november 2020)
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Heart to spine measurements to detect left atrial enlargement in dogs with mitral insufficiency
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Sánchez Salguero, Xavier (Universitat de Lleida. Departament de Ciència Animal) ;
Prandi Chevalier, David (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Medicina i Cirurgia Animals) ;
Llabrés-Díaz, Francisco (University of London. Royal Veterinary College (Hatfield, Regne Unit)) ;
García Manzanilla, Edgar (University College Dublin. School of Veterinary Medicine) ;
Badiella Busquets, Llorenç (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Servei d'Estadística Aplicada) ;
Bussadori, Claudio (Clínica Veterinaria Gran Sasso, Milano, Italy)
Radiography is useful to determine left atrial (LA) size when echocardiography is not available. Recently, the authors have described Radiographic Left Atrial Dimension (RLAD) as a new radiographic measurement to assess LA size. [...]
2019 - 10.1186/s13620-019-0152-6
Irish Veterinary Journal, Vol. 72 (november 2019)
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Using the Biocheck.UGent™ scoring tool in Irish farrow-to-finish pig farms : Assessing biosecurity and its relation to productive performance
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Rodrigues Da Costa, Maria (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments) ;
Gasa, Josep (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Animal i dels Aliments) ;
Calderón Díaz, Julia Adriana (Teagasc - Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre. Pig Development Department.) ;
Postma, M. (Ghent University. Department of Reproduction, Obstetrics and Herd Health.) ;
Dewulf, J. (Ghent University. Department of Reproduction, Obstetrics and Herd Health.) ;
McCutcheon, G. (Pig Development Department) ;
García Manzanilla, Edgar (University College Dublin. School of Veterinary Medicine.)
Background: Biosecurity is one of the main factors affecting disease occurrence and antimicrobial use, and it is associated with performance in pig production. However, the importance of specific measures could vary depending on the (national) context. [...]
2019 - 10.1186/s40813-018-0113-6
Porcine health management, Vol. 5 Núm. 1 (january 2019) , p. 4
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