Abstract
Although vaccination is the main measure to control influenza A virus (IAV) in swine, there is limited information on the efficacy of sow vaccination on reducing IAV infections in pigs at weaning. We assessed the effect of sow vaccination on IAV infection in pigs at weaning in a cohort of 52 breeding herds studied prospectively. Herds were voluntarily enrolled according to their IAV history, sow vaccination protocol and monitored during six months (prospective longitudinal study). On each herd, nasal swabs were collected monthly from 30 pigs at weaning and tested for IAV by RT-PCR. IAV was detected in 25% (75/305) of sampling events. Of 9,150 nasal swab pools (3 individual nasal swabs/pool), 15% (458/3050) of pools tested IAV positive. IAV infections in pigs at weaning were lower in vaccinated herds compared to non-vaccinated ones. Moreover, no significant differences were seen between prefarrow and whole herd protocols, or the use of commercial versus autogenous IAV vaccines. Prefarrow and whole herd vaccination protocols reduced the odds of groups testing IAV positive at weaning in comparison with no vaccination. Our results are relevant when considering implementation of sow vaccination to control influenza infections in pigs at weaning and, hence, minimize transmission to growing pigs and other farms.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 183-193 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | Transboundary and Emerging Diseases |
Volume | 68 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors are grateful to the participating veterinarians and producers who submitted samples for the study. Thanks to My Yang for her laboratory support, and Aaron Rendahl and Nitipong Homwong for their help in the statistical analysis. This research was partially funded by University of Minnesota (UMN) Swine Disease Eradication Center (SDEC) in collaboration with Novartis, Pfizer Animal Health, Merck and Newport laboratories.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Blackwell Verlag GmbH
Keywords
- control
- influenza
- influenza vaccination
- pigs
- sow vaccination
- swine influenza
PubMed: MeSH publication types
- Journal Article