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Quantifying welfare impairment from respiratory disease in fattening pigs using adaptive conjoint analysis

Abstract Respiratory disease remains highly prevalent in pig production and constitutes a major health and welfare challenge worldwide. However, most studies assessing pig welfare impairment from respiratory disease rely on isolated animal-based indicators, limiting integration a...

Discontools supplement Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae infections in pigs: update and knowledge gaps

This manuscript reviews current knowledge on Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae , the primary agent of enzootic pneumonia in pigs, integrating advances in epidemiology, pathogenesis, immunity, diagnostics, and control. The pathogen is globally endemic, with transmission driven mainly by di...