Porcine multi-systemic wasting syndrome (PMWS): a review
By A.W. (Dan) Tucker, Lecturer in Veterinary Public Health and Pig Medicine, University of Cambridge, UK and Meritxell Donadeu, PIC Europe.

Basic Pig Husbandry - The Litter
By Graeme Taylor and Greg Roese, Livestock Officers Pigs, Intensive Industries Development, Tamworth - This Primefact is one of five articles providing an overview of basic pig husbandry, covering boars, gilts and sows, the litter, weaners and grower...

Basic Pig Husbandry
By Graeme Taylor and Greg Roese, Livestock Officers Pigs, Intensive Industries Development, Tamworth - This article is a collection of 5 Primefacts, providing an overview of basic pig husbandry, covering boars, gilts and sows, the litter, weaners and...

Basic Pig Husbandry - The Boar
By Graeme Taylor and Greg Roese, Livestock Officers Pigs, Intensive Industries Development, Tamworth - This Primefact is one of five articles providing an overview of basic pig husbandry, covering boars, gilts and sows, the litter, weaners and grower...

Nebraska Swine Report 2006
By the University of Nebraska - This page links all of the Nebraska Swine Report 2006 articles.

Diagnosing SIV and the Strain of SIV in a Swine Herd
By Robyn Fleck, DVM, Technical Services Veterinarian, Schering-Plough Animal Health - In this Technical Service Update, Dr Fleck looks at methods of sample collection for diagnosing swine influenza virus (SIV) in a herd.

PMWS - Controlling Secondary Infections
By David G S Burch BVetMed MRCVS, Octagon Services Ltd - Apart from a high mortality, which may peak in weaners at 35%, what else do we see with PMWS (Post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome) and why. As the name of the syndrome describes, the disease...

Evaluating the Impact Under Commercial Conditions of Increasing Dietary Energy
By Denise Beaulieu, PhD and John Patience, PhD and published by the Prairie Swine Center - The primary objective of pork production is to produce lean meat in a cost effective and sustainable manner. From a nutritional perspective, energy is perhaps the...

Laboratory diagnosis of porcine infertility in the UK
By C. Bidwell and S. Williamson, VLA, Bury St Edmunds and S. H. Done VLA, Thirsk.

Improving Animal Welfare: EU Action Plan
By the European Commission - Concrete measures to improve the protection and welfare of animals over the next five years are outlined in a new Action Plan on the protection and welfare of animals, adopted by the Commission today. The Action Plan aims...

Pig Loading Decision Tree
By Sarah Fischer, Ontario Pork - This article is a flow chart that looks at the decisions farmers need to make when loading pigs.

Easing Problems Caused by Urease
By Alicia Roberts, Ontario Pork - Piglet health is under close watch now that University of Guelph researchers have identified a potential leading factor in post-weaning piglet diarrhea. The symptom is caused by an enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC), specifically...

The Effects of Housing Grow-Finish Pigs in Two Different Group Sizes on Health Status and the Presence of Injuries.
By B. R. Street, T. S. Samarakone and H. W. Gonyou and published by the Prairie Swine Center - Traditionally pigs have been housed in group sizes of approximately 25 pigs per pen. However, the swine industry is beginning to shift towards housing grow-finish...

Effect of Timing of Vaccination with a Commerically Available Bacterin on PCV2-Associated Lesions
By T Opriessnig, Iowa State University and XJ Meng, Virginia Polytechnic and State University - Vaccines play an important role to minimize economic losses associated with diseases such as mycoplasmal pneumonia. On the other hand, several groups have...

Prebiotic Feed Additives: Rationale and Use in Pigs
By John A. Patterson and presented at the 2005 Banff Pork - Disease has always been a critical issue in pig production, affecting not only animal health and well-being, but also the physical and economic health of the producer.