Abstract:SummaryThis paper deals with pigs kept in environments, where they are exposed to a high number of pathogenic microbes and have reduced feed intake and growth, even when no obvious acute illness exists. According to the presented article this chronic drain on production is called immunologic stress. Sentinel immune cells (e.g. macrophages) supervise the diverse microbial environment by detecting pathogen -associated molecular patterns (PAMPs), which are molecules associated with groups of pathogens. The immune… Show more
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