Watch your Strep: Keep your guard up for this evolving bacterium
Few things remain the same for long on a hog farm. By the very nature of today’s production system, pigs are continuously moving on or off a site. Seasons change as do health challenges, and any number of stressors can surface to further test the pig population.
2 June 2020
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| References | ||||
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| 1 Iowa State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary | ||||
| Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine. Swine Index of Diseases: Streptococcal Infections. | ||||
| 2 Shelyakin PV, Bochkareva OO, Karan AA, Gelfand MS. | ||||
| (2019) | Micro-evolution of three Streptococcus species: selection, antigenic variation, and horizontal gene inflow. | BMC Evol Biol. 2019;19:83 | ||
| 3 Ibid. | ||||
| 4 Iowa State University. | ||||
| Swine Index of Diseases: Streptococcal Infections. | ||||
| 5 Ibid | ||||
| 6 Ibid. | ||||
| 7 Ibid. | ||||
