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Welfare-Adjusted Life Years (WALY): A novel metric of animal welfare that combines the impacts of impaired welfare and abbreviated lifespan.
to the premature death from the same cause. The years lived with impaired welfare are the product of the average duration of each welfare impediment, reflecting the actual condition that compromises ...
Clinical problems due to encephalomyocarditis virus infections in two pig herds.
Manag, Volume 2, p.19 (2016) Abstract: BACKGROUND: Infections with encephalomyocarditis virus may cause myocarditis and sudden death in young pigs and reproduction disorders in sows. The presence of ...
Infectious Bursal Disease: a complex host-pathogen interaction.
the exact cause of clinical disease and death are still poorly understood, as it is not clearly related to the severity of the lesions and the extent of the bursal damage. Recent works however, pointed ...
Avian influenza outbreak management: action at time of confirmation, depopulation and disposal methods; the 'Belgian experience' during the H7N7 highly pathogenic avian influenza epidemic in 2003.
onset of hypoxia. The foam that blankets the broiler house induces physical hypoxia — the same cause of death as the approved method using carbon dioxide gas (CO (2)). The article illustrates the ...
[Clinical signs and diagnosis of a severe primary infection with BVDV subtype 1b in a dairy herd].
(2004) Keywords: Abortion, Veterinary Animals Bovine Virus Diarrhea-Mucosal Disease Cattle Diarrhea Diarrhea Viruses, Bovine Viral Female Fetal Death Male Phylogeny Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications, ...
Reproductive failure in sows following experimental infection with a Belgian EMCV isolate.
a transplacental infection with fetal death was demonstrated following inoculation of pregnant sows with a Belgian encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV) isolate. Eight multiparus sows were inoculated between 60 and 92 ...