Cross-Correlation between Biosecurity Measures and the Detection of Viral and Bacterial Agents on German Farms with Respiratory Disease.

ABSTRACT: Effective porcine health management relies majorly on diagnostic tests, vaccination, treatment strategies, and a proper biosecurity management plan. However, understanding the link between circulating microbes and biosecurity measures on a pig farm is not evident. Substantial progress has been made in recent years with the availability of new diagnostic tools (e.g., sequencing-based diagnostics) and extensive biosecurity management questionnaires. However, the interpretation and correlation of these results are hampered by the abundance of gained (meta)data. Therefore, we aimed to cross-correlate viral and bacterial pathogens with respiratory tropism detected by third-generation nanopore metagenomic sequencing with biosecurity measures assessed by Biocheck.UGent™. The study was conducted o

SUBMITTER: Stadler J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12017083 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature