Tiamulin hydrogen fumerate in-feed antibiotic for the control of PRDC
Under the conditions of this study, in-feed tiamulin hydrogen fumerate produces a positive clinical benefit in pigs experiencing PRDC or experimentally challenged with M hyo.
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Day one Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae vaccination now possible with RespiSure-ONE®
Pork producers in US can now vaccinate for mycoplasmal pneumonia at day one.
Novartis Animal Health sponsors symposium on infection prevention and control
During the recent 21st International Pig Veterinary Society (IPVS) Congress in Vancouver, Canada, Novartis Animal Health sponsored a satellite symposium entitled: “Management of pneumo-enteric infections including vector control”
Diagnostic tests for pleuropneumonia (Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae) (2/2)
The best approach is to submit dead pigs or live affected pigs to the diagnostic laboratory for post-mortem examination.
Ventilation of pig lungs
This video shows what it looks like when you are inhaling and exhaling air. Their is a Combi-tube in the esophagus and it is being ventilated by a BVM
Diagnostic tests for enzootic pneumonia (Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae)
There are a number of laboratory tests that can be used in the diagnosis of enzootic pneumonia (EP). The choice of test and the approach to the investigation depends on the clinical circumstances and the rationale for doing the testing.
Control: prevention and treatment
Basic preventative measures of management should be included in the control of the disease, such as adequate temperature control of the barns, a complete all-in all-out hygiene and disinfection, and the avoidance of any mixing of animals from distinct sanitary origins.
Swine influenza: epidemiology and emergence of new viruses
The first swine influenza viruses were all H1N1 and were for about 60 years in North America. In the middle 1980’s, there appeared in European pigs H3N2 viruses that were derived originally from humans and had adapted to pigs and were therefore known as human-like H3N2 viruses. These viruses have since appeared in other parts of the world most notably as H3N2 in the USA in 1998. These viruses however contained bits of human, avian and swine viruses and were therefore called triple re-assortants.
Clinical signs and autopsy findings: can porcine circovirus be diagnosed on the farm?
The autopsy is always an important diagnostic element for the majority of diseases, and this is the same for porcine circovirosis.
Ventilation – heating and cooling
The purpose of a ventilation system is to remove excessive moisture and heat produced by animals in order to maintain an indoor climate within certain limits
What causes coughing in pigs?
Any factor that irritates or inflames the respiratory system will elicit the physiological response of either sneezing or coughing or both. Although alarming and indicative of disease, coughing is at least a sign that normal physiological responses are taking place and should not in isolation be necessarily seen as a bad thing. We may have sudden or generalized outbreaks of coughing as well as a constant coughing in pig groups. There are infectious pathogenic agents that are normally associated with coughing or laboured breathing in pigs such as Actinobacillus, Bordetella, Haemophilus, Pasteurella Streptococcus, Mycoplasma, SIV, PRRSV or PCV2.