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Determinations in Nanomedicine & Nanotechnology

The Importance of Performing Necropsy at the Pig’s Farm as a Tool for the Surveillance of Endemic or Emerging Pig Diseases

  • Open or ClosePerfumo CJ1*, Cappuccio J2, Machuca M1 and Quiroga MA1

    1Laboratorio de Patología Especial “Dr. B. Epstein”. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata Argentina

    2Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, CONICET, Argentina

    *Corresponding author: Perfumo CJ, Laboratorio de Patología Especial “Dr. B. Epstein”. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata Argentina

Submission: October 06, 2021;Published: October 21, 2021

Abstract

There is abundant information related the causes/ categories of death and their relationship with management and environmental factors affecting the pre / post weaning piglets [1-4]. On the contrary, in the growing and fattener stages, the references are scarce. Mostly are referred to farms dedicated exclusively to fattening, particularly in the USA and Europe, where pigs from 9 to 12 weeks old, from different sources and even from different countries are fattener [5-8].

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