PRRS Control Pushes Performance Past 28 Pigs Sold/Sow/Year
By Intervet - Perfection is not what North Yorkshire pig producer Tim Chapman is aiming for, but by applying logic, modern technology and good stockmanship, the results achieved on his 260-sow herd are near perfect and could rival the very best production...

Ileitis Vaccination: Change Is Our Opportunity
Published by Pig Progress - Field study results from various regions in Germany where vaccination has been used to fight ileitis support the basic rule that ‘prevention is better than treatment’. None of the veterinarians dismiss the importance of...

Are there biological limits to production?
Summarized by Kim Williams, Alberta Pork - The swine industry has seen many changes in the last 20 years, some of which have had an effect on swine health, mostly due to the adoption of more intensive production practices.

NADIS Pig Disease Focus: Sunburn and Heatstroke
By NADIS - During a warm dry summer, the 2 separate conditions of sunburn and heatstroke tend to get linked together and whilst these are undoubtedly instances where the 2 conditions occur together they are distinctly different in their cause, development...

Impact of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae Bacterins on PMWS Incidence and Severity
By Schering-Plough Animal Health Corp. Global Technical Services - Recent research confirms that oil adjuvanted M. hyo bacterins do not increase the incidence or severity of PMWS. Reviewed by Dr. Pat Halbur, Iowa State University Vet. Diagnostic...

Different Approaches to Handling Circovirus
By John Harding, DVM, University of Saskatchewan - This article, presented at the London Swine Conference, is summarized by Jaydee Smith/OMAFRA and was reviewed by the editor of the Pork News and Views newsletter for accuracy and appropriateness.

Eradication of PRRS
By the University of Minnesota Swine Extension - At this time, elimination of PRRS virus from infected farms is possible by 4 primary methods.

Water medication for pigs
By Graeme Taylor, Greg Roese and Chris Brewster and published by NSW Department of Primary Industries - This Primefact examines the use of water medication systems as part of a herd health management program.

Reducing Transport Losses in Pigs
By Aces News, University of Illinois - Losses of pigs in transport to market can be cut by as much as one-half, according to ongoing research at the University of Illinois.

UK Pig Disease Quarterly Surveillance Report (to March 2006)
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...

Initial results of field vaccination against Ileitis in Belgium
By Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. - Boehringer Ingelheim's new vaccine against ileitis (also known as PIA) has been on the Belgian market since October 2005 and the first results from field use of the vaccine are now available. With the aid of...

Treatment of Ear Haematomas in Swine
Edited by Dr W E Morgan Morrow, NCSU Swine Extension - Ear haematomas [hematomas] in swine are commonly seen on the farm, and producers are often at a loss as to how they should be treated, if at all. This paper presented by Janet Sunstrum at the annual...

Measures to Reduce Animal Stress during Loading and Transport
By Arthur Churchyard, Ontario Pork Newsletter - Pig comfort during loading and transport causes stress and affects survival. This article looks at measures that can be taken to reduce stress.

Basic Pig Husbandry - The Weaner
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...

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.