Joint Ill
A useful single-page guide from BPEX to the treatment of joint ill in piglets.

Are We Underestimating the Impact of PCV2?
David Burch, a veterinarian, with Octagon Services Ltd, Berkshire, United Kingdom, discusses the role of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) in Asian pork production.

Diagnostics Never More Important than Now
Knowing exactly what is going on in your herd will help producers to identify specific diseases and protect their pigs against those diseases, writes Jo Alumbaugh for Farms.com.

UK Pig Disease Quarterly Surveillance Report - July-September 2008
The latest Surveillance records that there have been no outbreaks of Notifiable Disease or zoonoses associated with pigs, nor any food safety incidents. Porcine enterovirus A CPE type II was identified in tissue collected as part of an investigation into...

Sow Mortality Kills Profits
Clostridium novyi can cause sudden sow deaths around farrowing. This article from Alpharma in the series Defining Sow Productivity explains how infections can be controlled and mortality rates cut with the company's product, BMD.

Swine Diseases Have Changed
Changes in the pig industry have led to changes in the type and pattern of diseases, making multiple infections more common. DuPont Animal Health Solutions explains the changing face of disease control and emphasises the need for high levels of hygiene...

Circovirus Present in Boar Semen
In a paper entitled Shedding of porcine circovirus type 2 by boars and the role of PCV-2 in semen transmission, Darin Madson and co-workers at the Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine at Iowa State University found...

NADIS/BPEX Commentary - Respiratory Diseases
Pig veterinarian, Mark White, reports the results of a survey by UK vets into the incidence of respiratory diseases in growing pigs in the UK in the November 2008 issue of NADIS/BPEX Commentary.

Improving Efficiency
The National Pig Association (NPA) offers practical suggestions for improving efficiency within your business.

Controlling Clostridial Enteritis
This issue of Defining Sow Productivity from Alpharma covers clostridial enteritis in piglets.

FluSure XP™: Research-Backed Swine Influenza Virus (SIV) Vaccine for Combating Rapidly Evolving SIV Viruses
Introduction of the H3N2 influenza virus into the US swine population in 1998 has resulted in the emergence of multiple reassortant swine influenza viruses (SIVs) in every geographic region of the country, writes Michael Kuhn, DVM, Pfizer Animal Heal...

NADIS Pig Health Bulletin - Rotaviral Diarrhoea
Pig veterinarian, Mark White, explains why rotavirus has become a common causes of scours in baby piglets. With antibiotic treatment ineffective, he recommends management techniques and support therapy to control and treat the condition. The article was...

Defining Sow Productivity
This provides links to a series of articles from Alpharma. Within each article listed is a direct link to each article in the series.

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...

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.