Molecular approaches to the diagnosis and monitoring of production diseases in pigs

Giles, Timothy A., Belkhiri, Aouatif, Barrow, Paul A. and Foster, Neil (2017) Molecular approaches to the diagnosis and monitoring of production diseases in pigs. Research in Veterinary Science, 114 . pp. 266-272. ISSN 1532-2661

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Abstract

Production disease in pigs is caused by a variety of different pathogens, mainly enteric and respiratory and can result in significant economic loss. Other factors such as stress, poor husbandry and nutrition can also contribute to an animal's susceptibility to disease. Molecular biomarkers of production disease could be of immense value by improving diagnosis and risk analysis to determine best practice with an impact on increased economic output and animal welfare. In addition to the use of multiplex PCR or microarrays to detect individual or mixed pathogens during infection, these technologies can also be used to monitor the host response to infection via gene expression. The patterns of gene expression associated with cellular damage or initiation of the early immune response may indicate the type of pathology and, by extension the types of pathogen involved. Molecular methods can therefore be used to monitor both the presence of a pathogen and the host response to it during production disease. The field of biomarker discovery and implementation is expanding as technologies such as microarrays and next generation sequencing become more common. Whilst a large number of studies have been carried out in human medicine, further work is needed to identify molecular biomarkers in veterinary medicine and in particular those associated with production disease in the pig industry. The pig transcriptome is highly complex and still not fully understood. Further gene expression studies are needed to identify molecular biomarkers which may have predictive value in identifying the environmental, nutritional and other risk factors which are associated with production diseases in pigs.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/966046
Keywords: Biomarkers; Pigs; Production disease; Molecular diagnostics
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > School of Veterinary Medicine and Science
Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rvsc.2017.05.016
Depositing User: Eprints, Support
Date Deposited: 12 Dec 2017 12:24
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 19:55
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/48688

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