| an epizootic of african swine fever in belgium and its eradication. | in march 1985 an outbreak of african swine fever was diagnosed in belgium, in the province of west flanders. the source of the infection was probably pork imported from spain which was fed to only one boar. a total of 12 farms were infected in the epizootic out of 185 farms which were in contact. severe control measures were imposed and the pigs on 60 farms were slaughtered (34,041 animals). in september 1985, it was concluded that african swine fever had been eradicated. this conclusion was bas ... | 1987 | 3603981 |
| factors related to the incidence of clinical encephalomyocarditis virus (emcv) infection on belgian pig farms. | we set up a matched case-control study of potential risk factors for clinical encephalomyocarditis virus (emcv) in 58 pig farms in west flanders (belgium). in total, 29 farms experienced a clinical outbreak of emcv confirmed by emc virus isolation. mortality was seen only among suckling piglets (18 case farms), in piglets and other age-groups (4 case farms), or only among fattening pigs (7 case farms). five farms had reproductive problems among the sows. control farms were matched geographically ... | 2007 | 17098310 |
| prevalence of herds with young sows seropositive to pseudorabies (aujeszky's disease) in northern belgium. | in belgium, pseudorabies in swine has been the subject of a mandatory eradication programme since 1993. from december 1995 to february 1996, a survey was conducted in the five provinces of northern belgium to estimate the provincial pseudorabies virus (prv) herd seroprevalence. seven hundred and twenty randomly selected herds were included in this survey. to detect recently infected animals, only young sows were sampled. the results show that 44% of these herds had an important number of prv-ser ... | 1999 | 10530424 |
| seroprevalence of f4+ enterotoxigenic escherichia coli in regions with different pig farm densities. | sera of young sows from 135 closed belgian pig breeding farms were examined for the presence of serum antibodies specific for the f4 fimbrial antigen of enterotoxigenic escherichia coli (etec). since 80% of all pig farms in belgium are located in the provinces west-vlaanderen (44%, approximately 18 farms/10 km2), oost-vlaanderen (20%, approximately 9 farms/10 km2), antwerpen (10%, approximately 5 farms/10 km2) and vlaams-brabant (6%, approximately 3 farms/10 km2), the farms examined were randoml ... | 1999 | 10512045 |
| survey among belgian pig producers about the introduction of group housing systems for gestating sows. | there is a global move from individual to group housing of gestating sows. in the european union, individual gestating stalls will be banned by 2013. just like in other industrialized regions, these stalls have been the standard housing system for intensively kept sows from the 1960s onward in the flemish region of belgium. because the socioeconomic consequences for the pig industry may be far-reaching and because farmer attitude may influence the realization of the hoped-for improvement in anim ... | 2010 | 21036931 |
| manure treatment according to the trevi-concept. | in flanders great amounts of livestock, especially pigs, lead to a surplus of manure that can not be spread on farmland because of the prevailing fertilizing restrictions. aside that, flemish government obliges farmers with a surplus of 7500 kg total p2o5 production to treat this excess of manure partially or totally. trevi n.v. developed a manure treating system that starts with the separation of the raw manure in a solid fraction and a liquid fraction. the solid fraction can be exported after ... | 2003 | 15296146 |
| immunoblotting, elisa and culture evidence for chlamydiaceae in sows on 258 belgian farms. | the prevalence of chlamydiaceae infections on 258 closed pig breeding farms in belgium was examined. for this purpose, 258 farms were randomly selected in the provinces west-vlaanderen (44%), oost-vlaanderen (20%), antwerpen (10%) and vlaams-brabant (6%). of all farms examined, 96.5% were positive for chlamydia-specific antibodies in elisa and most were moderately to strongly positive. elisa results revealed only 9 (3.5%) sero-negative farms. none of the elisa negative sera reacted in immunoblot ... | 2004 | 15019112 |
| risk analysis of the spread of classical swine fever virus through "neighbourhood infections" for different regions in belgium. | risk factors associated with the occurrence of "neighbourhood infections" [epidemiology of classical swine fever. in: truszczynski, m. (ed.), proceedings of the workshop on diagnostic procedures and measures to control classical swine fever in domestic pigs and the european wild boar. pulaway, poland, pp. 119-130] during classical swine fever (csf) outbreaks were examined based on information collected during a csf-epidemic, which occurred in the east flanders province of belgium in 1994. the on ... | 2003 | 12900147 |
| the sensitivity of flemish citizens to androstenone: influence of gender, age, location and smoking habits. | skatole and androstenone are the main boar taint compounds. whereas nearly everybody is sensitive to skatole, the sensitivity to androstenone is genetically determined and differs between countries. in this study the methodology for testing androstenone sensitivity was refined and applied to 1569 consumers that were approached at six shopping malls in flanders. participants were asked to smell the contents of four bottles (three were filled with water and one with androstenone solved in water) a ... | 2011 | 21396787 |
| descriptive epidemiology of a classical swine fever outbreak in the limburg province of belgium in 1997. | this paper describes the epidemiological characteristics of the 1997 classical swine fever (csf) outbreak that occurred in the limburg province of belgium, where there is a policy of non-vaccination, intensive surveillance and eradication. between 30 june and 17 july 1997, eight herds, located in three different areas, were confirmed to be csf-positive. csf virus was transmitted from the primary infected herd of one area to another five herds in the same area and to one herd in a different area. ... | 2001 | 11315525 |