Articles - Pig health

Main elements that can be found in the digestive environment and how they are involved in gut health.

10 recomendations to face African Swine Fever (ASF).

How have the farms adapted to the new situation? What measures are being taken to avoid the onset of digestive problems without using antibiotics? ...

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

What is the "gut health" concept that everyone talks about? Why is it important?

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.

In recent years, pig production has been subject to several changes that have forced farmers to adapt. Some of these changes have a direct impact on the nursery.

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, serum virus neutralization test, haemoagglutination test, and immunoperoxidase monolayer assay are explained.

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

Feeding, biosecurity and concomitant diseases as factors involved in the perpetuation of Salmonella in the farm.

The average mortality increased by 2.5% due to the animals that presented with myelitis and ascending infections along the spine. Find out how the problem could be solved without returning to tail docking.

Nowadays several laboratory techniques allow to evaluate the cellular immune response.

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

Prevention against ASF involves farmers, farm staff, veterinarians, lorry drivers, hunters and the Official Veterinary Services.

Establishing Day 0 is a crucial step in disease control and elimination programs and should be carefully performed by swine health professionals.

This article discuss about the protection of the placenta, the colostrum, the immunity conferred by milk and the congenital acquired immunity of the piglet.

There is an increase of respiratory distress and loss of body condition with an increase of mortality in the weaning and growing pigs…

Montse Torremorell speaks about different alternatives that are being explored to obtain live animal samples at a reasonable cost.

Changes on the source of replacement animals are always difficult decisions. Monitoring through testing before the introduction of the new animals into the farm is not sufficient.

The immune, endocrine and central nervous systems communicate through anatomical and hormonal-neuropeptides pathways.

Most infections with occupational diseases occur at slaughter, when humans handle potentially infected meat or body fluids. We’ll introduce two major ones here: erysipelas and S. suis infection.

Returns increase in a PRRS-positive farm in the middle of a census increase plus a change of management in the batch farrowing system, from 3 weeks to 1.

Some of the take-home messages of this article are: M. hyo transmits slowly within exposed populations, but pigs can shed for long periods of time.

Total born, use of toxin binder, farrowing assistance and health status show an association with sow mortality due to uterine prolapses.