Before Vaccinating against Respiratory Diseases, Calculate
Decisions to vaccinate growing pigs against respiratory disease is usually based on past experiences of clinical problems – or perhaps as a result of adverse British Pig Health Scheme (BPHS) reports – and therefore, the need to protect the next batch...

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.

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.

Calculate, Before You Vaccinate
Jane Jordan talks to John Richardson, Pig Business Manager about Intervet's new approach to managing the Porcine Respiratory Disease Complex. ResPig combines laboratory diagnosis with results from a practical farm assessment to determine optimal control...

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...

Industry standard values for improved performance
By John S. Richardson, Intervet, UK - You intend spending good money improving the health of your pigs, but how do you know if it is money well spent? What you need is "Industry standard values for improved performance".

Experts Speak Out On Erysipelas
By Dennis Dipietre, PhD, Agriculture Economist/Swine Industry Consultant and published by Schering-Plough Animal Health - Perhaps the greatest single challenge to pork producers attempting to establish long-term success, has been the need to create value...

Investing In Health: Closing The Door On Disease
By Intervet - Most producers associate PRRS or Blue Ear disease with the breeding herd - a virus that causes reproductive failure, poor litter sizes and low piglet viability. However, the damage PRRS can do to the finishing herd is equally, if not more...

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...

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...

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.

Effect of Timing of Vaccination with a Commerically Available Bacterin on PCV2-Associated Lesions
By T Opriessnig, Iowa State University and XJ Meng, Virginia Polytechnic and State University - Vaccines play an important role to minimize economic losses associated with diseases such as mycoplasmal pneumonia. On the other hand, several groups have...

Controlled reproduction of the pig: The benefits of P.G. 600
By Jan Baars, Annette Bonde Larsen and Marc Martens, Intervet. - P.G. 600 was developed in the beginning of the sixties and introduced on the Dutch market in 1965. Since then it has been registered in pig producing countries all over the world, including...

The role of Porcilis® AR-T in an Atrophic Rhinitis eradication programme
By Marc Martens, Intervet - Before 1960, it was assumed that pig farms once infected with Atrophic Rhinitis (AR) would always remain that way. Depopulation followed by complete repopulation with new AR-free animals was the only means to become free of...

M+Pac® Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae bacterin - Technical Overview
By Schering-Plough Animal Health - This article provides a technical overview of Schering-Plough Animal Health's M+Pac® Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae bacterin.

The Benefits of Planned Farrowing
By Ross Kelly BVMS, MRCVS, Schering-Plough Animal Health. In this article Ross Kelly looks at the benefits of planned farrowing, pointing out that sows, piglets and stockpersons all gain from the practice.