| mycobacterium bovis infection in domestic pigs in great britain. | mycobacterium bovis, the causative agent of bovine tuberculosis (tb), infects a wide range of wild and domestic mammals. despite a control programme spanning decades, m. bovis infection levels in cattle in great britain (gb) have continued to rise over recent years. as the incidence of infection in cattle and wildlife may be linked to that in swine, data relating to infection of pigs identified at slaughter were examined in this study. between 2007 and 2011, almost all m. bovis-infected pigs ori ... | 2013 | 24095608 |
| detection and surveillance for animal trichinellosis in gb. | the zoonotic disease trichinellosis is considered one of the re-emerging diseases with surveillance and control methods constantly gaining more importance worldwide. recent change in european union (eu) legislation introduces trichinella-free production, and the possibility of risk-based monitoring for trichinella in pigs. this has increased the role of wildlife surveillance programmes and their impact on protecting human health as well as highlighted the need for harmonised surveillance protoco ... | 2008 | 18160221 |
| descriptive and social network analysis of pig transport data recorded by quality assured pig farms in the uk. | the aim of this study was to examine farm-to-farm pig movement connections, and the usage of hauliers and abattoirs, for farms in the united kingdom (uk), to determine the interconnectivity of the pig farm network and the implications this may have for the transmission and control of salmonella, which was chosen as an example of an important endemic disease. data were collected from three quality assurance schemes on the use of abattoirs and livestock hauliers by commercial pig farms, and the su ... | 2013 | 22959427 |