Articles - Pig health

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

Pros and cons of rendering carcass disposal systems, alkaline hydrolysis, anaerobic digestion, gasification, and homogenization.

This article considers the component parts of disease transmission, how it applies to the pig feed ingredient supply chain, and how manufacturers of final feed can mitigate the risk of disease transmission through contaminated ingredients.

In this article we summarize further discussions that we had with Dr. Nauwynck about his research findings on PRRS virus-host evolution.

Since 2017 the number of gilts coming into heat (with standing reflex) has gradually fallen to levels less than 50-60% of the gilts ready to be inseminated...

In this series of articles, we will review some important disease transmission events that occurred through the feed supply chain and we will outline the characteristics of a comprehensive feed biosecurity program that considers the biosecurity of feed ingredients and also the milling and delivery processes.

Although cleaning between batches appears to be a basic task that all farms should be doing correctly, after talking to the authors we see that there is still a lot of room for improvement.

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

What factors cause increased mortality and slow-growing piglets in the nursery phase? How can we address these issues?

The end goal of any control program should always be to stop the virus from circulating in the sows in order to create a flow of negative growing pigs.

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

How and when should I use controlled oral exposure? What are the risks?

Porcine Parvovirus was thought to be genetically stable, but now we know that it exists in a variety of forms, raising fresh questions about its control in sow herds.

New approaches and technologies in objective monitoring of biosecurity reduce the risk of non-compliance or failure in application.

Dr. Hans Nauwynck, a well-known professor at the University of Ghent, reviews with us the most important findings that he has made in PRRS virus research since it was first discovered 30 years ago.

Pork producers and veterinarians need to be aware that the porcine parvovirus (PPV) has been evolving into new strains.

In the fourth article of our series, we review the opinions from our group of global swine health experts on the potential relationship, if any, between the rise in nursery mortality that some countries have observed over the last few years and antibiotic reduction strategies.

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

Neonatal diarrhea is a common and often frustrating pathology, Today, four swine specialists give us their opinions about this problem, sharing their knowledge and point of view from different geographic locations.

In this second article of our series, our swine health experts share their perspectives on the most important strategies for the reduction of antibiotic use in their respective countries.

Biosecurity and prevention measures must take into account that as low as 5 units of ASF virus are enough to produce infection.

What are the most common mistakes when using oral fluid? How to make the most of this diagnostic technique.

In this first article of our series, we will compare and contrast the perspectives of four pig health experts from some of the most important pork producing countries (i.e. USA, Italy, Denmark and Spain) on antibiotic reduction strategies for pig farms.

The three most important things in respect to a PRRSV control program are: 1) planning; 2) planning and 3) planning; and the success of the program depends also on three important factors: 1) people; 2) people and 3) people!