Clinical Signs of Stress in Finisher Pigs Transported to Market in the Summer
By Janet Sunstrum, BSc; Cate Dewey, DVM, PhD; Charles Haley, DVM, PhD. NC State Swine Extension. Swine News Volume 30, number 8.

Porcine Circovirus Associated Diseases (PCVAD) in Canada - Prevalence, Co- Factors, and Risk Factors
By Laura Batista, Université de Montréal, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and presented at the 2007 Banff Pork Seminar.

Porcine Circovirus Disease (PCVD) – Have we won the war in Europe?
By Joaquim Segalés, Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA) – Dept. Sanitat i Anatomia Animals, Facultat de Veterinària, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and presented at the 2007 Banff Pork Seminar.

Firewall tactics from PRRS vaccination strategy
By John Richardson, Pig Business Manager at Intervet. Pig mortality clearly has a financial penalty - typically adding 50 pence to the cost of producing each pig sold for every one per cent increase in mortality. However, the angst that these escalating...

Banff Pork Seminar 2007 Proceedings
This article lists the presentations given at the 2007 Banff Pork Seminar and provides links to the respective articles.

FOOT AND MOUTH, Surrey, UK: Third Interim epidemiology report
By Defra - This article is the FMD 2007 Epidemiology Report on the probable release of FMD virus at the Pirbright site and the transmission of infection to the first infected cattle herd, from investigations up to 29 August 2007 (Day 26)

Circovirus Vaccines Improve Performance
By Joe Vansickle, senior editor for National Hog Farmer magazine. Trials show circovirus vaccines are producing marked reductions in finishing mortality, boosting pig performance and percentages of hogs marketed.

UK Pig Disease Quarterly Surveillance Report (to June 2007)
By Veterinary Laboratories Agency - This report monitors trends in the major endemic pig diseases and utilises the farmfile and VIDA (Veterinary Investigation Disease Analysis) databases. The report is compiled using disease data gathered by the network...

A Quick Test for Classical Swine Fever
By Kayla Duffield, Ontario Pork Newsletter. A Quick Test for Classical Swine Fever that will help keep foreign markets open

Responsible Use of Antibiotics in Food Animals
A National Institute for Animal Agriculture Publication. Activists continue to apply increased pressure on antibiotic use in food-producing animals, and activists’ messages are being more than heard.

FOOT AND MOUTH, Summary epidemiology report
By Defra - This article is the FMD 2007. Summary Epidemiology Report giving the situation at 16:00 Wednesday 15th August 2007, as published by Defra.

Colloquium on Prospects for Development of an Effective PRRS Virus Vaccine
By College of Veterinary Medicine University of Illinois. Development of economical and effective control strategies for Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) remains an important goal for the swine industry.

Disease Focus : FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE
Detailed information about Foot and Mouth Disease from our Pig Health database. Read all about FMD including the clinical signs plus view photo's of the symptoms. Links to further reading also provided.

PCV2 Vaccine Gets Green Light in UK
By Sam Walton, Pig World. Circovac, Merial's PCV2 vaccine, will reach the UK in September. Citing increased vitality, improved growth rate, lower mortality and better feed conversion, its manufacturer says the two-jab vaccine should give a ten to one...

Understanding the Spread of PRRS Between Herds
By Cate Dewey Department of Population Medicine University of Guelph. This article is from a collection of the scientific papers presented at the 2006 London Swine Conference.