Dynamic of swine influenza virus infection in weaned piglets in five enzootically infected herds in Germany, a cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Within the last decades industrial swine herds in Europe grown significantly, creating an optimized reservoir for swine influenza A viruses (swIAV) to become enzootic, particularly in piglet producing herds among newborn, partly immunologically naïve piglets. To date, the only specific control measure to protect piglets from swIAV is the vaccination of sows, which provides passive immunity through maternally derived antibodies in colostrum of vaccinated sows. Interruption of infection chains through management practices have had limited success. This study focused on weaned piglets in five enzootically swIAV infected swine herds in North-West and North-East Germany and aimed to better understand swIAV infection patterns to improve piglet protection and reduce zoonotic ri

SUBMITTER: Schmies K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11446054 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature