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It leads to significant economic losses in the pork industry, as a consequence of low feed conversion efficiency in pigs and liver condemnation at slaughter. Despite ascariasis still being widespread on pig farms in many developing and the industrialised countries, there are surprisingly limited data on porcine ascariasis in China, where nearly half of the world\u2019s total pork is produced.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>In the present study, using the recently developed <jats:italic>A. suum<\/jats:italic>-haemoglobin (<jats:italic>As-<\/jats:italic>Hb) antigen-based serological test, we screened 512 individual serum samples from fattening pigs from 13 farms across seven distinct locations of Sichuan Province in China for anti-<jats:italic>Ascaris<\/jats:italic> antibody.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The prevalence of anti-<jats:italic>Ascaris<\/jats:italic> antibody ranged from 0% to 100% on the distinct farms, with the mean (overall) seroprevalence being\u2009&gt;\u200960%. There was no significant difference in seroprevalence between the intensive and extensive farms.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>To our knowledge, this is the first study to measure anti-<jats:italic>Ascaris<\/jats:italic> seroprevalence in China. The results of this \u2018snapshot\u2019 investigation indicate that <jats:italic>Ascaris<\/jats:italic> infection in commercial pig farms in Sichuan Province is seriously underestimated, encouraging future, large-scale serological studies to assess the distribution and extent of <jats:italic>Ascaris<\/jats:italic> exposure and infection in various regions of China and the world.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s13071-020-3935-4","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,2,12]],"date-time":"2020-02-12T16:07:16Z","timestamp":1581523636000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":17,"title":["High anti-Ascaris seroprevalence in fattening pigs in Sichuan, China, calls for improved management strategies"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"13","author":[{"given":"Youle","family":"Zheng","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yue","family":"Xie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Peter","family":"Geldhof","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Johnny","family":"Vlaminck","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Guangxu","family":"Ma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Robin B.","family":"Gasser","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1359-8913","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Tao","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2020,2,12]]},"reference":[{"key":"3935_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"220","DOI":"10.2527\/jas1985.601220x","volume":"60","author":"OM Hale","year":"1985","unstructured":"Hale OM, Stewart TB, Marti OG. 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