Erysipelas: Why is it Still a Problem after 100 Years?
Mark White BVSc LLB DPM MRCVS of the Haven Veterinary Group explores the clinical picture, diagnosis, epidemiology, treatment, control and prevention of this common disease.

Pregnancy Housing Affects Offspring Performance
Sow stalls are much criticised by animal welfare groups although a 2004 review showed no evidence of any harm to sows in a well managed confined housing systems. New work from Virginia Tech, summarised for ThePigSite by editor Jackie Linden, shows that...

Timing Crucial for Circovirus Vaccination
The timing of vaccination against porcine circovirus (PCV) and the thoroughness of the vaccination programme are essential to ensure a reduction in death loss in the herd improved weight gain, writes ThePigSite Senior Editor, Chris Harris.

Solving Tail-Biting Problems
From Pork Information Gateway. Todd See gives an overview of the environmental, management and nutritional causes of tail-biting.

Handling and Restraining Pigs
All stockmen that handle and restrain pigs should be shown the correct techniques relevant for the size/age of the pig. Correct handling and restraining a pig will reduce the risk of injury and stress to both the pig and stockman. This article from...

Processing Piglets Properly
Improving well-being during piglet processing: time is what matters most, writes Ed Pajor for Pork Information Gateway.

Managing Respiratory Disease
Respiratory disease in grow-finish pigs is more challenging than ever, but good management strategies can minimize the effects. By Paul Yeske, veterinarian with the Swine Vet Center in St. Peter, Minnesota

Torque Teno Virus in Pigs - a Review
Torque Teno Virus (TTV) was first mentioned in the scientific literature in 1997 and for several years, it was thought not to cause any disease. Early work focussed on its occurrence and prevalence, writes Jackie Linden in a review for ThePigSite. However,...

Beware of Lazy Reporting on Antibiotics
Veterinarian David Burch (BVetMed, MRCVS) demonstrates that cephalosporins and fluoroquinolones from animal production have played a negligible role in the development of antibiotic resistance in human pathogens.

Infectious Encephalomyelitis in Post-Weaned Pigs
In its quarterly report covering the period April to June 2008, the UK's Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) reports its investigation into an unusual case of infectious encephalomyelitis, which involved the death of 30 weaned pigs. No definitive aetiology...

Torque Teno Virus - a New Threat to Pigs?
Torque teno virus has recently been identified as an emerging disease in pigs, and appears to interact with both PCV2 and PRRSV, says DuPont Animal Health Solutions in the latest DAHS Swine Technical News Bulletin.

UK Pig Disease Quarterly Surveillance Report - April-June 2008
The latest report from the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA)highlights an upturn in the incidence of PMWS, pneumonia and pleurisy, but there is evidence of benefits following the use of PCV2 vaccines. There have been no outbreaks of Notifiable Diseases...

Implications of a Future Ban on Gestation Crates in Michigan
The majority of consumers would be in favour of a ban on sow crates during pregnancy, and this would come as no surprise to producers, writes Jackie Linden, editor of ThePigSite, in a report of the findings from a survey by Michigan State University on...

Know the Early Signs of Disease
Good performance requires carefully monitoring your show pigs. Any time a show pig is under stress, which often is the case after the long ride and new pen environment at a show, it is more susceptible to disease, says Pfizer Animal Health.

Pharmacokinetic / Pharmacodynamic Relationships of Valnemulin (Econor) for Porcine Proliferative Enteropathy 'Ileitis'
By D.G.S. Burch (Octagon Services Ltd) and U. Klein (Novartis Animal Health Inc.)

Salmonella in Livestock Production in GB: 2007 Report
From UK Veterinary Laboratories Agency. The number of pig Salmonella incidents and isolations reported in 2007 was below the previous year. Salmonella typhimurium remained the most common serovar, being found in 7 out of 10 incidents.

Pharmacokinetic / Pharmacodynamic Relationships of Tiamulin (Denagard) for Respiratory Infections in Pigs
By D.G.S. Burch (Octagon Services Ltd) and U. Klein (Novartis Animal Health Inc.)

Keeping Pigs Healthy During a Stressful Show Season
From Pfizer Animal Health. Preventing disease is always better than treating disease.

The SIV Challenge
From Pfizer Animal Health. The evolving nature of the swine influenza virus (SIV) makes it hard to control, especially in show pigs.

NADIS Health Bulletin - August 2008
NADIS Health Bulletins are designed to improve farm income, animal health and welfare by promoting disease control and prevention. This issue is by Mark White, BVSc DPM MRCVS, and covers porcine ringworm.

Banff Pork Seminar 2008 Proceedings
This article lists the presentations given at the 2008 Banff Pork Seminar and provides links to the respective articles.

What’s New With Swine Flu?
By Michael Kuhn, DVM, Pfizer Animal Health.

UK Pig Disease Surveillance Report (July 2008)
The latest UK Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) Surveillance Report for Pigs. Highlights include three reports of swine influenza due to different virus strains, indicating a changing seasonality for this pathogen; swine dysentery; rotavirus; meningitis...