Inés Ruedas Torres

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Inés Ruedas Torres graduated from the Complutense University of Madrid in July 2017 with a degree in veterinary medicine. She worked as a research assistant for the University of Cordoba through the Operational Programme for Youth Employment 2014-2020, in the department of comparative anatomy and pathology until July 2019. Currently, she is a project manager and is doing her doctoral thesis on porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome in the same department.

Inés Ruedas Torres 12 Articles

The pig's respiratory system and its defense mechanisms

What kind of cells make up the respiratory defense system of pigs? How do they organize and communicate with each other?

Viral pneumonia in pigs

A discussion of the different micro and macroscopic lesions caused by PRRSV, PCV-2, swine flu virus, and porcine respiratory coronavirus.

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Swine pneumonias caused by bacteria

This article describes the principal lesions that characterize the main bacterial pneumonias. Although most are opportunistic agents, there are two primary bacterial agents capable of causing lesions on their own.

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Principal co-infections of the porcine respiratory system

M. hyopneumoniae is involved in most of the co-infections of the porcine respiratory system. How does it act and what effects does it have?

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The economic impact of pneumonia processes in pigs

What is the actual effect of pneumonia on the farm's economic performance? What similarity is there between pneumonia and heat stress?

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Necropsy manual: Necropsy of a piglet in lateral decubitus (I)

This new section, coordinated by the pathological anatomy team of the University of Cordoba, Spain, will show us, in a very visual and practical way, how to perform a necropsy on a pig.

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Necropsy manual: Necropsy of a piglet in lateral decubitus (II)

In this second installment, we cover extracting the tongue, trachea, lungs, and heart in one piece. We will extract the organs of the abdominal cavity, both the digestive system and the urinary and genital tracts. In the head, we will access the nasal turbinates, brain, and cerebellum.