Scoring methods for respiratory tract lesions in pigs at slaughter

Lung Lesions in Pigs at Slaughter: A 2-Year Epidemiological Study in France

Lung lesions scoring at slaughter is difficult to plan and organize in pig production for veterinarians in France. A study was carried out as a service offered to veterinarians. All the herds for which they were interested in having lung scoring were proposed to be included into the study. For this, 7 technicians were trained to perform lung examinations and dispatched among the main French sla...

Transmission of pathogenic respiratory bacteria to specific pathogen free pigs at slaughter.

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the transmission of pathogenic respiratory bacteria to thirteen 5-month-old specific pathogen free (SPF) pigs, during the slaughtering process in a commercial slaughterhouse. Before transportation, the SPF pigs and the lorry were checked to confirm the absence of pathogenic respiratory bacteria. Nine SPF pigs (group 1) were in contact in a conventional ...

Impact of diversity of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae strains on lung lesions in slaughter pigs

The importance of diversity of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M. hyopneumoniae) strains is not yet fully known. This study investigated the genetic diversity of M. hyopneumoniae strains in ten pig herds, and assessed associations between the presence of different strains of M. hyopneumoniae and lung lesions at slaughter. Within each herd, three batches of slaughter pigs were investigated. At slaught...

islanding detection methods for microgrids

امروزه استفاده از منابع انرژی پراکنده کاربرد وسیعی یافته است . اگر چه این منابع بسیاری از مشکلات شبکه را حل می کنند اما زیاد شدن آنها مسائل فراوانی برای سیستم قدرت به همراه دارد . استفاده از میکروشبکه راه حلی است که علاوه بر استفاده از مزایای منابع انرژی پراکنده برخی از مشکلات ایجاد شده توسط آنها را نیز منتفی می کند . همچنین میکروشبکه ها کیفیت برق و قابلیت اطمینان تامین انرژی مشترکان را افزایش ...

Study of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea virus in UK pigs at slaughter in 2013