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Senecavirus A: Several questions remain unanswered
Senecavirus A (SVA) is detected in a pig’s tonsils about 40 days after infection with the virus — a finding that raises some interesting questions.
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Emerging technologies at AASV: Three cool tools headed to hog farms
The so-called Internet of Things — that emerging world in which everyday tools like thermostats and doorbells suddenly become indispensable smart devices — is not...
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Picking your battles is key to biosecurity success
Biosecurity is one of those on-farm topics that gets a lot of time and attention, but it can easily fall apart in the day-to-day reality of managing pigs.
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Today’s forecast: Scattered PRRS outbreaks with isolated sprinkles of PED
Forecasting swine-disease outbreaks might become a lot like predicting the weather as scientists combine monitoring disease data with computer models.
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What to do when emotions run high in a disease break
Any way you look at it, going through a disease break on a farm is difficult. “The pigs are easy; it’s the people that make things difficult.”
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Reducing stress can aid pig health, performance
Pigs can get stressed, just like people, and the impact can be just as serious.
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What’s your ‘risk attitude’? The role of human behavior in biosecurity
How human behavior impacts biosecurity decisions is a new frontier that’s critical to producers.
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Why did sow-mortality rates jump to 15%?
The spike in sow-mortality rates over the past decade has prompted the US pork industry to hunt for answers.
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Emerging technologies at AASV: Three cool tools headed to hog farms
The so-called Internet of Things — that emerging world in which everyday tools like thermostats and doorbells suddenly become indispensable smart devices — is not...
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Imported feed ingredients: Supplier’s sourcing, biosecurity, shipping vital to product integrity, safety
Brian Payne, DVM, technical services veterinarian at Zoetis, recently talked with editors of Pig Health Today about African swine fever (ASF) and the possible risks of...
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Understanding feed flow, biosecurity critical in ASF battle
The US pork industry is nervous about African swine fever (ASF) and other foreign animal diseases entering the country — and for good reason.
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Perineal scoring first clue to pelvic-organ prolapse in sow-mortality project
A large research project involving 104 US sow farms and 400,000 sows is expected to identify factors related to the recent increase in sow mortalities caused by...
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Managing pain, Strep suis infection in baby pigs critical for welfare
Growing pigs
The US pork industry has demonstrated high standards for animal welfare, but there is still much to learn about mitigating pain — not only during processing, when pigs are often castrated and tail-docked, but also pain resulting from Strep suis infection.
Imported feed ingredients: Supplier’s sourcing, biosecurity, shipping vital t...
Zoetis News Center
Brian Payne, DVM, technical services veterinarian at Zoetis, recently talked with editors of Pig Health Today about African swine fever (ASF) and the possible risks of importing the virus through feed ingredients.
Nerem: Shift focus to responsible antibiotic use, not arbitrary reductions
Antibiotic Management
Some retailers and foodservice companies are asking for animals that have never received antibiotics (“no antibiotics ever” or NAE), but that request fails to recognize that animals — like people — get sick.
Simpler, less costly monitoring methods helping pork industry get a better read...
Diagnostics
Newer testing methods for the PRRS virus are not only simpler and less costly than traditional procedures, they are also helping farms more accurately track the virus through different production segments.
Dee: Mitigants combined with extended storage time help guard against virus tra...
African swine fever
Feed additives that mitigate viruses, combined with extended storage times, could help protect the US pork industry from African swine fever and other foreign animal diseases.
AVMA releases first-ever guidelines for depopulation of animals
Emerging diseases
The AVMA has published its first ever Guidelines for the Depopulation of Animals to help veterinarians support animal welfare in situations where the difficult decision to depopulate has been made.
Researchers create algorithm to predict PEDV outbreaks
Gut Health
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed an algorithm that could give pig farms advance notice of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) outbreaks.
What’s your ‘risk attitude’? The role of human behavior in biosecurity
Biosecurity
How human behavior impacts biosecurity decisions is a new frontier that’s critical to producers.
Seven tips for fine tuning sow feed efficiency
Breeding herd
Want to know what’s really impacting your bottom line? Get down to slat level, says a sow-management specialist. That’s where the less obvious feed-related factors could be stealing your ROI.
Brenneman: ‘Have conversations about what’s going on at the farm’
Consumer education
The pork industry needs to do a better job telling its story — particularly about how it is improving, evolving and serving the best interests of consumers, producer Erin Brenneman told Pig Health Today.
PCR falls short in monitoring PRRSV transport biosecurity
Research
Transport biosecurity is a growing priority as evidence shows that contaminated livestock trailers are a significant risk in spreading viruses between herds.
Adequate gilt acclimation helps minimize the PRRSV ‘tax’
PRRS
By Clayton Johnson, DVM Carthage Veterinary Service Integrated Veterinary Network
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