A simple scoring system can provide insights into tail biting and lameness
Jul 22, 2019Susan Spiegel
Tail biting and lameness directly impact the well-being of growing pigs, which in turn impacts their productivity and the farm’s economics.
Resurgence of ‘old’ bacterial diseases in pigs: Why?
Jul 16, 2019Susan Spiegel
Three bacterial diseases considered under control recently flared up creating new challenges in hog operations. The older diseases include Haemophilus parasuis (parasuis), Streptococcus suis (strep)...
Know the feed risk factors for African swine fever
Jul 11, 2019Susan Spiegel
As African swine fever (ASF) continues its insidious spread through China and surrounding countries, the need to keep it out of US herds becomes more imperative.
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Pork industry makes progress on pain management
Jul 11, 2019Susan Spiegel
Pain management for pigs has always been a challenge, partly because it’s difficult to measure levels of pain and partly because there are no FDA-approved drugs labeled for pain management in pigs.
National ASF-surveillance plan: What you need to know
Jul 08, 2019Susan Spiegel
The pork industry leans heavily on diagnostics to minimize the impact of disease, but they’re especially critical for monitoring African swine fever (ASF) and other trade-limiting foreign animal...
Data show filtered farms break less often with PRRS
Jul 05, 2019Susan Spiegel
Nine years of data from the Morrison Swine Health Monitoring Project show farms with air-filtering systems have fewer outbreaks of PRRS than farms without filters.
It’s back: Clinical outbreak of PCV2 in genetic herds reported
Jul 01, 2019Susan Spiegel
A clinical outbreak of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) occurred this past winter in otherwise healthy, well-vaccinated herds, Clayton Johnson, DVM, of Carthage Veterinary Service, told Pig Health...
African swine fever, Strep suis hot topics at 2019 Leman Conference
Jun 26, 2019Susan Spiegel
The threat of African swine fever and its impact on the global protein market will be among several keynote lectures planned during the upcoming 2019 Allen D. Leman Swine Conference in St. Paul,...
Connor: ASF fears prompting broader view of biosecurity
Jun 24, 2019Susan Spiegel
Maintaining good biosecurity has long been key to advancing the health, well-being and productivity of hog farms, but the threat of African swine fever has raised the bar and prompted veterinarians...
Summer Solstice Special: Managing Heat Stress in Pigs
Jun 19, 2019Susan Spiegel
Like the rest of the industry, we miss being in Des Moines this week for World Pork Expo. Here are a few highlights from Pig Health Today's 2018 coverage -- proof that some stuff never gets old.
