Comparative Study of Pain-Related Responses of Male Piglets up to Seven Days of Age to the Application of Different Local Anaesthetics and Subsequent Castration.

To evaluate pain responses to intratesticular and subscrotal injection of three local anaesthetics and their efficacy during castration a randomized controlled study was conducted. In groups of 20 piglets, procaine (2%), lidocaine (2%), or mepivacaine (2%) were administered subscrotal and intratesticularly in two different dosages: 0.5 mL of the original substances or the maximum recommended dosage according to body weight diluted with isotonic saline to a volume of 0.

Investigation on the colonisation of Campylobacter strains in the pig intestine depending on available metabolites.

Campylobacter (C.) spp. represent one of the most important causes for food-borne bacterial pathogen in humans worldwide.

Impact of spp. on the Integrity of the Porcine Gut.

() is the most common food-borne zoonosis in humans, which mainly manifests with watery to bloody diarrhoea. While is responsible for most cases of infection, is less frequently encountered. The object of the study was to prove the clinical impact of mono- and co-colonisation of and on weaned piglets in an infection model and to investigate the impact on transepithelial transport processes in the jejunum and caecum.