Articles - Pig health

What laboratory diagnostic methods can I use to diagnose atrophic rhinitis? Which one should I choose according to the situation? How do I interpret the results?

Are you aware that using certain medications in acidified water may limit their efficacy? Do you know the pH of the water before starting a medication in water?

The collection of tongues from stillborn piglets as a system to monitor the stability at farrowing serves to improve PRRS virus detection.

Previous articles addressed genetic criteria and proper management guidelines. In this article, Tim Snider, Regional Director for Veterinary Services at PIC Europe, explains the basics of PIC's health program.

What causes can lead to increased feed conversion ratio and mortality with worsened average daily gain?

Autogenous vaccines fill the gaps left by commercial vaccines. The fact that they use on-farm strains makes them very specific and versatile.

What if this novel vaccination route could easily be incorporated into current animal husbandry practices and protect animals against disease?

What can produce an increase in the feed conversion ratio and worsen average daily gain without altering mortality?

We conclude this two-part series by Professor Pejsak by examining how immune stress affects the pig's body, gut, and production.

What can cause an increase in the feed conversion ratio of pigs without altering mortality or average daily gain?

What exactly goes on in a pig's body when exposed to acute or chronic stress? What implications does stress have on production? Professor Pejsak draws on decades of research to answer to explain.

Consider these factors when deciding to eliminate or control PRRSv.

What laboratory diagnostic methods can I use to diagnose parvovirus? Which one should I choose according to the situation? How do I interpret the results?

You've probably heard that one of the ways the ASF virus can enter a country is through contaminated food. Here's why it's so risky.

In this second article Antonio Vela, Francisco José Pallarés, and David Espigares answer questions about the diagnosis, monitoring, and eradication of pleuropneumonia caused by Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (App).

The Hungarian PRRS eradication program is based on a territorial approach as it is the only approach by which the infection or reinfection of PRRSV-free pig herds can be avoided with high probability.

The biosecurity ring analysis method is applicable on any type of farm and offers an overall perspective that helps us make organized and rational decisions.

Here are things to keep in mind when interpreting a positive or negative ELISA result.

How well do you understand ELISA testing? This is how it works, what it detects, and how to interpret results.

In this last article of the series, we discuss management strategies and the vaccines available to control swine influenza.

A study reviews all ASF transmission routes described.

How to interpret a negative or positive PCR result with specific examples of what could be happening.

In spite of decades of research on S. suis vaccines, autogenous bacterins are almost the only preventive strategy available that swine producers have access to, but which are their weak spots?

A new herd, in a high density swine region, despite effective biosecurity barriers, gets infected by App