OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Porcine Health Management is 6. 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
Analysing biomarkers in oral fluid from pigs: influence of collection strategy and age of the pig	12

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
Detection and quantification by molecular techniques of early infection by Lawsonia intracellularis in suckling piglets	11
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
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
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
Part I: understanding pain in pigs—basic knowledge about pain assessment, measures and therapy	9
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
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
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
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