Comparison of effects of a single dose of MHYOSPHERE® PCV ID with three commercial porcine vaccine associations against Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (Mhyo) and porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) on piglet growth during the nursery period under field conditions.

Pigs routinely undergo stressful vaccination procedures, which are often unavoidable given the unavailability of safer alternatives, challenging animal welfare. The available vaccines for Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (Mhyo) or Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) are mostly administered intramuscularly in association to prevent Porcine respiratory disease complex (PRDC). MHYOSPHERE® PCV ID is the first vaccine protecting from both agents by intradermal route. This randomized, blind-field trial aimed to compare the effects of MHYOSPHERE® PCV ID with those of three different intramuscular associations of commercially available vaccines. A total of 7072 21-day-old piglets from 12 consecutive batches in one farm were randomly vaccinated with MHYOSPHERE® PCV ID (G1) or Ingelvac CircoFLEX® + Hyogen® (G2), Porcilis® PCV + M + PAC® (G3), and Porcilis® PCV + Hyogen® (G4). Growth performance during the nursery period and adverse reactions (ARs) after vaccine administration were monitored. Average Daily Weight Gain (ADWG) during the first 7 days post-weaning in G1 was 10.92, 3.03, and 20.08 g/day higher than in G2, G3, and G4, respectively, and 0.65, 4.06, and 9.58 g/day higher than in G2, G3, and G4 during the entire nursery period, respectively. G1 ADWG was significantly higher than G4 during both periods and significantly higher than G2 during the first 7 days post-weaning. Incidence of systemic ARs in G2 and G4 was 0.03% and 0.32%, respectively; none were recorded in G1 and G3. Replacing the usual intramuscular vaccination with MHYOSPHERE® PCV ID results in higher growth performance during the first weeks after weaning with no systemic ARs.

[The air belongs to us: the importance of maintaining air quality]. / El aire es nuestro: la importancia de mantener su calidad.

Interest in identifying the long-term harmful effects of atmospheric pollution on respiratory health, and concern about this issue, has prompted several studies, whose results have been published throughout this year. On the occasion of the Spanish Society of Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery's Year of the Environment, from the Section of Occupational and Environmental Respiratory Diseases, we review the advances made in the effects of atmospheric pollution on respiratory health and the actions undertaken by the Society. The main objective of the Society's Year of the Environment is to inform citizens in general and respiratory patients in particular of the benefits of breathing clean air. The first step in achieving this aim is education. The goal is to educate young people in lasting habits that promote a respectful attitude to the environment, inculcating them with the need for sustainable development through responsible energy consumption and reduction of the emission of pollutants. Informed citizens will demand public health policies aimed at maintaining the quality of the air we breathe from politicians. The website www.elaireesnuestro.com provides information and educational material on the subject.

El aire es nuestro: la importancia de mantener su calidad / The air belongs to us: the importance of maintaining air quality

La preocupación y el interés por conocer los efectos perjudiciales a largo plazo de la contaminación atmosféricaen la salud respiratoria han impulsado la realización de diferentes estudios, algunos de cuyos resultadosse han publicado a lo largo del año. Con motivo del año SEPAR medioambiente, desde el área de enfermedadesrespiratorias de origen ocupacional y medioambiental (EROM) revisaremos los avances en los efectos de lacontaminación atmosférica en la salud respiratoria y las acciones emprendidas por SEPAR. El objetivo principaldel año medioambiente SEPAR es informar al ciudadano en general y al enfermo respiratorio, en particular,de los beneficios de respirar un aire limpio. La educación es el primer paso para conseguir nuestros objetivos.Se trata de educar a los más jóvenes para introducir unos hábitos de conducta duraderos que promuevanuna actitud respetuosa con el medio ambiente, inculcar la necesidad de un desarrollo sostenible a través deun consumo energético responsable y una reducción en la emisión de contaminantes. El ciudadano informadoreclamará a los gobernantes políticas de salud pública dirigidas a mantener la calidad del aire que respiramos.La web www.elaireesnuestro.com ofrece contenidos didácticos e informativos(AU)

Interest in identifying the long-term harmful effects of atmospheric pollution on respiratory health, andconcern about this issue, has prompted several studies, whose results have been published throughout thisyear. On the occasion of the Spanish Society of Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery’s Year of the Environment,from the Section of Occupational and Environmental Respiratory Diseases, we review the advances made inthe effects of atmospheric pollution on respiratory health and the actions undertaken by the Society. Themain objective of the Society’s Year of the Environment is to inform citizens in general and respiratorypatients in particular of the benefits of breathing clean air. The first step in achieving this aim is education.The goal is to educate young people in lasting habits that promote a respectful attitude to the environment,inculcating them with the need for sustainable development through responsible energy consumption andreduction of the emission of pollutants. Informed citizens will demand public health policies aimed atmaintaining the quality of the air we breathe from politicians. The website www.elaireesnuestro.comprovides information and educational material on the subject(AU)