Jalusa Deon Kich

TL;DR: Pre-slaughter contamination at lairage was the variable most strongly associated with carcass contamination, and the AmpGenKanTet profile was the most prevalent in carcass isolates and was associated with farm origin.

TL;DR: The results correlate microbial shifts with Salmonella shedding status in pigs, further defining the complex interactions among the host, pathogen, and microbiota of this important public health issue and food safety concern.

TL;DR: The chemical results indicate that the treated effluent can be reused for cleaning swine facilities, and the microbiological results show a need of additional treatment to achieve a complete inactivation for cases when direct contact with animals is required.

TL;DR: A proteomic analysis, based on two-dimensional gel electrophoresis of soluble protein extracts, immunoblot and mass spectrometry, which was carried out aiming the identification of gene products and antigenic proteins from the M. hyopneumoniae pathogenic strain 7448 produced a proteome map that is expected to serve as a reference for comparative analyses for methabolic studies based on cells cultured under modified conditions.

TL;DR: A VNTR-based PCR assay for M. hyopneumoniae strain identification, useful for enzootic pneumonia (EP) diagnosis, strain typing, and distinction of circulating field isolates from vaccine strains in animals vaccinated against EP is developed.