OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Porcine Health Management is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Dietary steviol glycosides mixture supplementation modulates the gene expression of gut chemoreceptors and enhances the antioxidant capacity in weaned piglets	49
Early behavioral indicators of aberrant feces in newly-weaned piglets	45
Are biters sick? Health status of tail biters in comparison to control pigs	35
A systematic review of influenza A virus prevalence and transmission dynamics in backyard swine populations globally	29
Effect of mixing at weaning and nutrient density of the weaner diet on growth performance and welfare of pigs to slaughter	28
Introduction of a PRRSV-1 strain of increased virulence in a pig production structure in Spain: virus evolution and impact on production	27
Experimental efficacy of vaccination of weaned piglets with a modified-live commercial PRRS virus vaccine against the challenge with a Spanish highly virulent PRRSV-1 strain	23
Urinary metabolomics reveals the biological characteristics of early pregnancy in pigs	22
Description of patterns of ear and tail lesions during the grower-finisher period in a commercial pig farm	22
Supplementation of glutamine in a short-term boar semen extender during 17°C holding time enhances post-thaw sperm quality for cryopreservation	22
Field trial: disinfection of contaminated anesthetic masks for piglets	21
Impact of maternally derived immunity on immune responses elicited by piglet early vaccination against the most common pathogens involved in porcine respiratory disease complex	21
Salmonella enterica subspecies enterica serovar Choleraesuis in a Swedish gilt-producing herd, a case report	21
Salivary and serum haptoglobin, adenosine deaminase, and immunoglobulin G in growing pigs	19
Risk factors associated with post-weaning diarrhoea in Austrian piglet-producing farms	18
Comparative analysis of ECG records depending on body position in domestic swine (Sus scrofa domestica)	17
Swinepox virus: an unusual outbreak in free-range pig farms in Sicily (Italy)	16
Farm management practices, biosecurity and influenza a virus detection in swine farms: a comprehensive study in Colombia	15
Implementation of piglet castration under inhalation anaesthesia on farrowing farms	15
Prevention of umbilical outpouchings and mortality in pigs: Meloxicam, tying, cutting, and chlorhexidine versus amoxicillin or no treatment? A clinical field trial	14
Serotonin receptors and their association with the immune system in the gastrointestinal tract of weaning piglets	14
Cross-sectional study of Mycoplasma hyopharyngis, Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae, Mycoplasma hyorhinis and Mycoplasma hyosynoviae in the tonsils of fattening pigs from Central-Eastern Europe	14
The first detection of swine orthopneumovirus in a pig farm in Sweden: a case report	14
Effects of β-glucan on Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium swine colonization and microbiota alterations	13
Antimicrobial use in lactating sows, piglets, nursery, and grower-finisher pigs on swine farms in Ontario, Canada during 2017 and 2018	12

Can immunocrit be used as a monitoring tool for swine vaccination and infection studies?	12
Analysing biomarkers in oral fluid from pigs: influence of collection strategy and age of the pig	12
Risk assessment for Brucella suis biovar 2 in Danish pigs	11
Lungworms (Metastrongylus spp.) demonstrated in domestic pigs with respiratory disease: was there a clinical relevance?	11
Disease-associated Streptococcus suis (DASS) in lactation: detection patterns and implications for control	11
Factors influencing the bone mineral density in Duroc boars	11
Detection and quantification by molecular techniques of early infection by Lawsonia intracellularis in suckling piglets	11
Sex-based differences in the distribution of Aujeszky’s disease-seropositive Japanese wild boar	10
Study on the influence of different production factors on PSY and its correlation	10
Influence of parity and reproductive stage on the prevalence of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae in breeding animals in belgian farrow-to-finish pig herds	10
Detecting ear lesions in slaughtered pigs through open-source convolutional neural networks	10
Analysis of the drivers of ASF introduction into the officially approved pig compartments in South Africa and implications for the revision of biosecurity standards	9
Comparison of antimicrobial susceptibility of Glaesserella parasuis from different pig production systems in Taiwan between 2015 and 2020	9
Comparison of efficacy of needle-free injection versus injection by needle for iron supplementation of piglets: a double blind randomized controlled trial	9
Impact of supplementation with dihydroxylated vitamin D3 on performance parameters and gut health in weaned Iberian piglets under indoor/outdoor conditions	9
Economic feasibility of interventions targeted at decreasing piglet perinatal and pre-weaning mortality across European countries	9
Part I: understanding pain in pigs—basic knowledge about pain assessment, measures and therapy	9
The role of gilts in transmission dynamics of swine influenza virus and impacts of vaccination strategies and quarantine management	8
In vitro evaluation of gentamicin activity against Spanish field isolates of Brachyspira hyodysenteriae	8
Evaluation of PCV2 vaccine immunogenicity and efficacy using ELISpot to detect virus-specific memory B cells	8
Genomic characteristics and epidemic trends of NADC30-like PRRSV in China	8
Effects of synthetized porcine follicle-stimulating hormone and synthetized human chorionic gonadotropin on reproductive efficiency in pigs	8
Short communication: Estimation of the dietary standardized ileal digestible valine to lysine ratio required for 40 to 130 kg pigs during the finisher periods	8
Postpartum dysgalactia syndrome in sows: effects on behavior of sows and piglets	8
Streptococcus equi subspecies zooepidemicus – a case report of sudden death in a German sow farm	7
Correction to: Is a new generation of mycotoxin clay adsorbents safe in a pig’s diet?	7
Gastric ulcers in finishing pigs: the evaluation of selected non-dietary risk factors and impact on production performance	7
First molecular detection of porcine rotavirus B (RVB) in Poland – case study and genome analysis	6
A single recall vaccination lapse in sows triggers PRRSV resurgence and boosts viral genetic diversity	6
Longitudinal study on the influence of sow and piglet vaccination on seroprevalence of Salmonella Typhimurium in rearing pigs and at slaughter in a farrow-to-finish production system	6
Porcine ear necrosis in nursery piglets is preceded by oral manipulations of the ear	6
Pathobiological analysis of African swine fever virus contact-exposed pigs and estimation of the basic reproduction number of the virus in Vietnam	6
Effects of cloprostenol sodium and carbetocin on synchronous parturition and colostrum composition in large white sows	6
Effect of Ningxiang pig-derived Lactobacillus reuteri supplementation on the growth performance, lipid metabolism, and gut microbiota of finishing pigs	6
The kinetics of maternal and self-developed Streptococcus suis-specific antibodies	6
Retrospective assessment of porcine circovirus 3 (PCV-3) in formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissues from pigs affected by different clinical-pathological conditions	6
Landscape review about the decision to euthanize a compromised pig	6
Development of a urogenital scoring system and evaluation of macroscopic parameters influencing the sexual cycle in slaughtered sows	6
A proposal of a fecal scoring system based on physicochemical analyses of suckling pig feces	6
Foot lesions and forelimb skin abrasions in suckling piglets: development and risk factors	6
Occurrence of claw asymmetries in fattening pigs and potential impact on the development of sole ulcerations	6
The role of human–pig interactions in modulating gut microbiota, stress, and performance	5
Feed intake patterns of modern genetics lactating sows: characterization and effect of the reproductive parameters	5
Influenza surveillance in pigs: balancing act between broad diagnostic coverage and specific virus characterization	5
Relationship between piglets’ survivability and farrowing kinetics in hyper-prolific sows	5
Diagnostic performance of ELISA kits and expanded antigen panels for hemagglutination inhibition assays in pig herds enzootically infected with porcine Influenza A viruses	5
The evaluation of an artificial intelligence system for estrus detection in sows	5
Detection and genetic characterization of enteric viruses in diarrhoea outbreaks from swine farms in Spain	5
Longitudinal study of the mcr-1 gene prevalence in Spanish food-producing pigs from 1998 to 2021 and its relationship with the use of polymyxins	5
TbpB-based oral mucosal vaccine provides heterologous protection against Glässer’s disease caused by different serovars of Spanish field isolates of Glaesserella parasuis	5

Dietary 5-hydroxytryptophan supplementation improves growth performance and intestinal health of weaned piglets	5
Co-occurrence of sudden feeding behaviour deviations and welfare issue onsets in growing-finishing pigs	5
Minimum carbon dioxide is a key predictor of the respiratory health of pigs in climate-controlled housing systems	5
High incidence of stillbirths in a free farrowing system linked to uterotonic misuse and improper farrowing management: a case report	5
Effects of different tooth grinding procedures on the occurrence of tooth injuries, skin lesions, performance and behaviour of suckling piglets	5
Evaluating postmortem tongue fluids as a tool for monitoring PRRSV and IAV in the post-wean phases of swine production	5
Evaluation of carcass quality, body and pulmonary lesions detected at the abattoir in heavy pigs subjected or not to tail docking	5
Duration of maternally derived antibodies of porcine parvovirus in growing pigs and presence of antibodies in gilts and sows vaccinated with three different parvovirus vaccines	5
Preference and possible consumption of provided enrichment and bedding materials and disinfectant powder by growing pigs	5
A single, episodic event of unilateral/bilateral scrotal swelling in a group of adult boars at an Austrian boar stud	4
Gluconic acid improves performance of newly weaned piglets associated with alterations in gut microbiome and fermentation	4
Correction: Prevention of umbilical outpouchings and mortality in pigs: Meloxicam, tying, cutting, and chlorhexidine versus amoxicillin or no treatment? A clinical field trial	4
Large litters have a detrimental impact on litter performance and postpartum maternal behaviour in primiparous sows	4
Exploring the role of riboflavin in swine well-being: a literature review	4
Optimizing internal biosecurity on pig farms by assessing movements of farm staff	4
Zoonotic rat hepatitis E virus infection in pigs: farm prevalence and public health relevance	4
Isolation and possibility of vertical transmission of G9P[23] and G12P[7] group A rotavirus strains in pigs	4
Trends in seroprevalence of influenza A virus infections in pigs in France (2008–2022)	4
Mechanisms and applications of probiotics in prevention and treatment of swine diseases	4
Editorial: from Brambell to beyond: advancing pig welfare through the five freedoms framework	4
Severe claw lesions in pregnant sows reduce prolificacy and increase litter heterogeneity	4
Field study on the suitability of oral fluid samples for monitoring of Lawsonia intracellularis and Brachyspira hyodysenteriae by multiplex qPCR under field conditions	4
Rethinking the fight against pig-related human salmonellosis in the European union	4
Killing underweighted low viable newborn piglets: Which health parameters are appropriate to make a decision?	4
Does lifting female piglets by one hind leg increase the risk of umbilical and hind leg lesions?	4
Development and evaluation of a standardised sampling protocol to determine the effect of cleaning in the pig sty	4
Epidemiological trends of antibiotic resistance in pathogenic Escherichia coli in swine farms from the Northwest Iberian Peninsula and evaluation of air sampling for antibiotic resistance surveillance	4
Autogenous Streptococcus suis serotype 1 bacterin: immunogenicities of sow and gilt vaccination protocols	4
Effects of combined application of benzoic acid and 1-monolaurin on growth performance, nutrient digestibility, gut microbiome and inflammatory factor levels in weaned piglets	4
Performance of commercial growing-finishing pigs fed supplemental isoquinoline alkaloids: a statistical process control analysis	4
Assessment of abdominal lesions in pigs with wounded umbilical outpouchings transported to slaughter	4
Clinical and pathological characteristics in 214 Danish weaners euthanized because of umbilical outpouchings	4
Effect of lairage time prior to slaughter on stress in pigs: a path analysis	3
Pyrrolizidine alkaloid intoxication outbreaks in fattening pigs associated with drought-related feed contamination	3
Prevalence estimation of Pestivirus scrofae (atypical porcine pestivirus) among Hungarian pig herds and the effects of different sample types on detection rates	3
Epidemiology of Astrovirus, Norovirus and Sapovirus in Greek pig farms indicates high prevalence of Mamastrovirus suggesting the potential need for systematic surveillance	3
Correction: Risk factors associated with post-weaning diarrhoea in Austrian piglet-producing farms	3
The mycotoxin deoxynivalenol (DON) can deteriorate vaccination efficacy against porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) at subtoxic levels	3
Umbilical outpouchings in Danish piglets and weaners: prevalence and clinical characteristics—a cross-sectional study at herd level	3
Is a new generation of mycotoxin clay adsorbents safe in a pig’s diet?	3
Virulence characteristics and antibiotic resistance analysis of Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from pig farms in Xinjiang, China: revealing potential zoonotic risks	3
Pathological and bacteriological findings in sows, finisher pigs, and piglets, being culled for lameness	3
Assessment of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) farm surface contamination through environmental sampling	3
Rationalizing the use of common parameters and technological tools to follow up Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae infections in pigs	3
Combined in-vitro and on-farm evaluation of commercial disinfectants used against Brachyspira hyodysenteriae	3