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Bulletin No. 15 - Summer 2003
Parasitology- No Category
URBAN J.
Impact of A. suum.
Pig Progress, June 2003: 22
The frequency and level of A. suum exposure skews the immune response unfavorably for the control of microbial pathogens, with severe consequences on pig performance. The effect of A. suum infection alone can be marginalized by good management. However, an appropriate immune response to microbial infection will be compromised when A. suum persists in the environment. While the impact of A. suum on particular infectious agents needs to be studied, a shift in antibody classes that accompanies a strong infection with A. suum will impact not only on other infectious agents but on vaccination protocols that require specific arms of the immune system to be activated in order to be effective.
