| [descriptive summary of the classical swine fever control in wild boar in germany since 2005]. | classical swine fever (csf) in wild boar repeatedly appeared in different federal states of the federal republic of germany since 1995, from which it has been successfully eradicated sometimes fast, sometimes in a more time taking way using oral immunization as a main element of control. since 2005 the cases focused solely on north rhine-westphalia and rhineland-palatinate. in the present study, therefore, the situation of csf in wild boar has been closely investigated concerning the period 2005 ... | 2014 | 24511824 |
| age-related and regional differences in the prevalence of hepatitis e virus-specific antibodies in pigs in germany. | an increasing number of acute autochthonous human hepatitis e virus (hev)-infections was noticed in germany and other developed countries, most likely the result of a zoonotic virus transmission from pig, wild boar and deer. currently there is still a lack of profound data concerning the actual prevalence of hev-specific antibodies in domestic pig herds in germany, in particular for regions with high pig density, and its age-dependency. 2273 domestic pig sera were collected in 2011 mainly from b ... | 2013 | 24238666 |
| aspects of clinical features, diagnosis, notification and tracing back referring to trichinella outbreaks in north rhine-westphalia, germany, 1998. | 52 cases of human trichinellosis were notified from 11 towns in north rhine-westphalia from november 1998 to march 1999. after non-typical symptoms in the enteral phase, fever, muscular ache, headache, oedema, disorder of vision and rash occurred in the parenteral phase. trichinellosis was serologically confirmed by elisa, ifat or western blot. raw sausage and minced meat produced from raw pork could be determined as probable source of infection with 44 and eight notified cases, respectively. wh ... | 2001 | 11484350 |
| [way, aim, state and perspective of the aujeszky's disease (ad) eradication program in north rhine westphalia]. | in august 1991 a program to eliminate aujeszky's disease from the whole pig herds in north rhine westphalia within six years was initiated. the wide area vaccination program combined with the eradicating program was so successful that most farms in north rhine westphalia were free of infection till february 1995, only 1% of the farms have not taken part in this program. as a consequence of the different situation of the control of the aujeszky's disease in other states changes of the decree whic ... | 1995 | 8585075 |
| prevalence of levamisole and benzimidazole resistance in oesophagostomum populations of pig-breeding farms in north rhine-westphalia, germany. | the objective of this cross-sectional study was to estimate the prevalence of anthelmintic resistance in porcine strongylid populations in northern north rhine-westphalia. a random, weighted sample of 144 pig-breeding farms, stratified by organisation and herd size, was selected from a total of 706 farms with at least ten sows associated with three breeding organisations. on 61 of all visited farms, no or insufficient strongylid eggs were found in the faecal samples. eighty-three farms were surv ... | 2002 | 11822739 |
| [the epizootiology and pathogenic significance of infections with isospora suis in ten piglet production operations in nordrhein-westfalen]. | from july 1993 to june 1994 2036 fecal samples from 196 litters from 10 pig farms were collected. three or four piglets from each litter and the respective sows were examined 3 times at 2, 3 and 4 weeks after farrowing. i. suis was detected in all 10 farms. the rate of infection of the litters was 62.2%. 71.6% of all litters with diarrheic problems were i. suis positive. the percentage of i. suis in the feces of piglets was 17.4% at the age of 2 weeks, 41.3% at the age of 3 weeks and 39.1% at th ... | 1996 | 8765537 |