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Canadian swine producers can now vaccinate for mycoplasma pneumonia when they process baby pigs. A new label claim makes RespiSure-ONE the only vaccine approved for administration at one day of age.

The scientific program focused on the epidemiology, pathology, and vaccinology surrounding A.p. Over 100 guests attended from Asia, South America, Eastern Europe and the EU to share knowledge about the disease.

In pigs, the importance of the correct flow rates for different classes of stock is well known but the quality of this water is sometimes neglected, says Paul Thompson, veterinary consultant to pig-breeding company ACMC Ltd.

South Dakota State University is partnering with animal health leader Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. to develop a new technology to protect pigs against a deadly form of E. coli.

The laminated flipchart contains photos illustrating lesions associated with FMD in domestic and feral swine.

Neogen Corporation has announced the development of a breakthrough pathogen detection and identification technology that provides next day, DNA-specific test results for seven pathogenic E. coli strains. The technology could be adapted to target almost any bacterium of concern in almost any food sample type.

For pig herds using Vetscore monitoring the presence or absence of ‘milk-spot’ livers gives very useful information as to the prevalence of ascarid worms on the farm.

Pigs respond better to treatment when they are treated earlier, and a new program from Pfizer provides training and tools to Canadian swine producers for identifying sick pigs. The ABC Pig training program – offered exclusively through veterinarians – provides a simple system to identify and quantify pigs in acute, subacute and chronic stages of disease.

Antibiotic therapy is generally only effective if the correct dose is administered.

Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health announces today that it has shipped 12 million doses of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccine to South Korea to assist in the country’s efforts to halt the ongoing FMD outbreak.

The fourth edition of the European PCV2 Research Award sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim saw a record number of applications showing the continued interest in Porcine Circovirus Type 2 (PCV2) research: 13 researchers from ten different countries submitted proposals.

Swine influenza virus (SIV) continues to evolve and challenge swine herds. Pfizer Animal Health has responded by updating FluSure XP® to include an H1N2 strain.

Important findings from joint research project published in Nature

The recent discovery of Aujeszky’s Disease in pigs in the Pyrenees Atlantic region of France reminds us that we cannot take the absence of notifiable diseases for granted.

EXCEDE® is now approved by the U.S. Center for Veterinary Medicine and the Food and Drug Administration for the control of swine respiratory disease (SRD) associated with Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae, Pasteurella multocida, Haemophilus parasuis and Streptococcus suis in groups of pigs where SRD has been diagnosed.

Pork producers in US can now vaccinate for mycoplasmal pneumonia at day one.