Schediwy, Marion; Balmer, S; Bredtmann, Christina Maria; Hadorn, D; Bless, P; Rosato, Giuliana; Sydler, T; Harisberger, M; Graage, R; Saura-Martinez, H; Posthaus, Horst; Gurtner, Corinne (2018). Reviving post-mortem diagnostics as a tool to increase porcine herd health and strengthen early detection of pig diseases - the PathoPig project 2014-2016. Schweizer Archiv für Tierheilkunde, 160(6), pp. 375-384. Gesellschaft Schweizer Tierärztinnen und Tierärzte 10.17236/sat00164
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INTRODUCTION
Post-mortem diagnostics are an important tool for disease diagnosis and therefore early detection of (re-)emerging animal diseases and zoonoses as well as nationwide disease surveillance programs. To counteract the decline of porcine necropsies in Switzerland over the last ten years, the Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office (FSVO) launched a national project in 2014 called PathoPig. Post-mortem examinations of pigs from herds with health problems were financially supported by the FSVO. During the first 3 years of the project, the number of pig necropsies increased by 195% (mean). An underlying cause of disease was identified in 74% of the cases. These findings resulted in specific recommendations by the attending veterinarians or by the Swiss Porcine Health Service. A follow-up survey revealed that herd health had improved in 90% of the farms implementing the recommendations.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
05 Veterinary Medicine > Research Foci > Veterinary Public Health / Herd Health Management 05 Veterinary Medicine > Research Foci > Host-Pathogen Interaction 05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP) > Institute of Animal Pathology 05 Veterinary Medicine > Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathobiology (DIP) |
UniBE Contributor: |
Schediwy, Marion, Bredtmann, Christina Maria, Rosato, Giuliana, Posthaus, Horst, Gurtner, Corinne |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 630 Agriculture 500 Science > 570 Life sciences; biology |
ISSN: |
0036-7281 |
Publisher: |
Gesellschaft Schweizer Tierärztinnen und Tierärzte |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Pamela Schumacher |
Date Deposited: |
23 May 2019 12:51 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:27 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.17236/sat00164 |
PubMed ID: |
29905161 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Détection précoce de maladie Early disease detection Früherkennung PathoPig Rilevazione precoce della malattia Schweinegesundheit Sektionsdiagnostik diagnosi post-mortem diagnostiques post-mortem necropsy necroscopia nécropsie porcine herd health post-mortem diagnostics postmortale Untersuchungen salute della mandria suina santé des troupeaux porcins |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.127546 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/127546 |
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