Seroprevalence and Risk Factors of Infection in Pigs in Hunan Province, Southern China, 2017-2018.

is a Gram-negative obligate intracellular bacterium that is pathogenic for humans and a large variety of veterinary animal species. However, there is no continuous monitoring of infection data in pigs in Hunan province, southern China. Therefore, in order to evaluate the seroprevalence and identify risk factors associated with infection in pigs within this region, a comprehensive study was conducted.

Characterization and influencing factors of the pig movement network in Hunan Province, China.

In terms of pig production in China, Hunan was the third largest province where the number of hogs accounted for 9.0 % of the national number of hogs in 2017. To propose the precise strategy for supervision of pig movements in Hunan Province, a weighted directed one-mode network was constructed using the data from the electronic animal health certificate platform in 2017.