Single Dose Therapies Can Help Control Disease
By Dr Don McDermid, Manager of Veterinary Services for Swine, Pfizer Animal Health, Canada. Producers know how quickly disease can spread in a herd, not to mention the dramatic impact it can have on their profitability. Swine respiratory disease (SRD)...

Field Experiment with Enterisol® Ileitis in Spain
By José Luis Lorenzo and Mª Luisa Rosas of MAPORC S.C. Segovia. Ileitis is a very common disease, and its prevalence is very high on most farms in Spain.

Castration of Pigs
By Dr. Allen Harper, Extension Animal Scientist – Swine, Tidewater AREC and published by Virginia Cooperative Extension, Livestock Update. Castration of male livestock intended for meat production is a long standing management practice.

Shoulder Sores in Sows
By Mark White BVSc DPM MRCVS, NADIS Health Buletin. Ulceration of the skin over the point of the shoulder producing a “shoulder sore” is a common finding in indoor sows.

UK Pig Disease Quarterly Surveillance Report (to September 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...

Antibiotic Feed Additives: Politics And Science
By Chris Harris, ThePigSite Senior Editor. The debate regarding the use of antibiotic feed additives in food-producing animals has intensified in recent years according to Hector Cervantes Manager of Poultry Technical Services at Phibro Animal Health...

The Fourth IMS World Pork Conference
This article lists the presentations given at The Fourth International Meat Secretariat World Pork Conference and provides links to the respective articles.

Housing, husbandry and animal health and welfare in fattening pigs
By the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). Opinion of the Scientific Panel on Animal Health and Welfare on a request from the Commission related to animal health and welfare in fattening pigs in relation to housing and husbandry.

Tail biting: Vice with a £10,000 or more price tag
By NADIS advisers. Aberrant aggressive behaviour in pigs is widely referred to as vice. In the growing pig this can take the form of tail, ear, flank, stifle or even vulval or penis biting. However, tail biting is viewed as the most widespread and serious...

Starting Newly Weaned Pigs
By Ed Barrie - Swine Sow-Nursery Specialist/OMAFRA and published in October 2007 Pork News and Views. Starting newly weaned pigs on feed is a management intensive task.

Salmonella Control: The Dutch Experience
By Wayne Du - Pork Quality Assurance Program Lead/OMAFRA. This article looks at the Dutch salmonella control experience and research projects, summarising what can be learned.

PCVAD: When Immunology goes wrong, life on the farm becomes very expensive
By Thomas G. Gillespie, DVM Diplomate, ABVP Rensselaer Swine Service and presented at the Midwest Swine Nutrition Conference 2007.

A new Animal Health Strategy for the European Union (2007-2013) where “prevention is better than cure”
By The European Commission. The new Animal Health Strategy provides the framework for animal health and welfare measures over the next six years. Given the devastating impact that serious disease outbreaks can have on farmers, society and the economy,...

Midwest Swine Nutrition Conference 2007
Hosted by the Indiana Farm Bureau - This article is a collection of the research topics discussed at the Midwest Swine Nutrition Conference 2007.

Periparturient Risk Factors for Sow Mortality
By Maya Kuratomi, M.S., Sukumarannair S. Anil, D.V.M, Ph.D., University of Minnesota and published in Swine News, Volume 30, Number 8 NCSU.

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.

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

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...

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...