Producing Salmonella-free pigs: a review focusing on interventions at weaning
Wales, Andrew, Cook, AJC and Davies, RH (2011) Producing Salmonella-free pigs: a review focusing on interventions at weaning VETERINARY RECORD, 168 (10). pp. 267-276.
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Abstract
Salmonella infection in pig production is typically endemic and largely asymptomatic, and is a cause of substantial concern among food safety bodies, prompting voluntary and legislative responses aimed at monitoring and reducing the number of Salmonella-infected animals entering the human food chain. Elimination of the problem at an early stage of production is highly desirable, and to this end the present review examines published evidence on the carriage of Salmonella by piglets before and after weaning, plus evidence on the dynamics of Salmonella infection in the weaner and grower stages of pig production, the effects of maternal immunity, and risk factors for Salmonella excretion after weaning. Various interventions to reduce or eliminate Salmonella infection in young pigs have been tried, such as vaccination, competitive exclusion, feed and water treatments, antibiotic administration, disinfection of animals, and segregated weaning to clean accommodation. The evidence on the effectiveness of these is considered, and the last is examined in some detail as it appears presently to offer the best chance of eliminating Salmonella from growing stock.
Item Type: | Article | ||||||||||||
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Divisions : | Surrey research (other units) | ||||||||||||
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Date : | 12 March 2011 | ||||||||||||
DOI : | 10.1136/vr.d1125 | ||||||||||||
Copyright Disclaimer : | Copyright 2011 BMJ Publishing Group | ||||||||||||
Uncontrolled Keywords : | Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Veterinary Sciences, VETERINARY SCIENCES, EARLY-WEANED PIGS, ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM, AROMATIC-DEPENDENT MUTANT, FINISH SWINE HERDS, RISK-FACTORS, ESCHERICHIA-COLI, WEANLING PIGS, GROWTH-PERFORMANCE, COMPETITIVE-EXCLUSION, INACTIVATED VACCINES | ||||||||||||
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Depositing User : | Symplectic Elements | ||||||||||||
Date Deposited : | 17 May 2017 09:49 | ||||||||||||
Last Modified : | 24 Jan 2020 17:45 | ||||||||||||
URI: | http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/id/eprint/825271 |
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