Bill Wang

The trends of the swine industry in China should be explained in two parts: pork consumption and pig production.

How can we monitor our program? Which pigs should be sampled? How many? How often should we sequence the virus/es present in our farms?

Four veterinarians talk about gilt acclimation: programs they put in place, how the immune status is measured and special management scenarios for introducing those gilts into the main herd.

The authors share their strategies in the face of tail biting outbreaks as well as on-going preventative measures.

What is the preferred exposure method?, and the best status of the incoming gilts?, should they be raised on-farm or purchased?, … Veterinary practitioners from Germany, North America, China, and Spain share their opinions.

The authors share their experience on tail biting risk factors identification as well as the production of non-docked pigs.

Key swine veterinary practitioners describe the “PRRS-ception” of this disease in the most important pork producing regions.

Modern startup farms may have less pressure of respiratory diseases infection in winter as they usually have good ventilation design. However, the clinical case described here is an App outbreak in a startup farm with modernized ventilation design.