Publications by authors named "Juan Parra-Aguirre"
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- The study focuses on improving the consistency of experimental protocols for inducing swine dysentery in pigs, which is caused by harmful Brachyspira bacteria and poses an economic challenge for the swine industry.
- Researchers conducted six trials to test different inoculation methods and conditions, comparing factors like group housing, bacterial strains, and inoculation volumes.
- The findings suggest that using a fresh broth culture of B. hyodysenteriae strain G44 via intragastric inoculation is effective in producing desirable symptoms and is cost-efficient, indicating a preferred method for future research.
Swine dysentery is causally associated with Brachyspira hampsonii and B. hyodysenteriae infection. Given the importance of transmission models in understanding re-emergent diseases and developing control strategies such as vaccines, the objective of this experiment was to evaluate two experimental natural transmission (seeder pig) models in grower pigs, each with 24 animals.
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