Australia’s experience with castration alternative should give global confidence, producer says
Feb 14, 2019Susan Spiegel
Australian consumer acceptance of a technology that offers an alternative to physical castration should give more pork producers the confidence to use it, says one of Australia’s leading pork...
How FADs have affected foreign markets
Feb 07, 2019Susan Spiegel
Since the middle of the 20th century, numerous foreign animal disease (FAD) outbreaks involving the pork industry have been recorded throughout the world.
Veterinarian says both pigs, caregivers suffered in antibiotic-free study
Jan 10, 2019Susan Spiegel
A study looking at how pigs challenged with PRRS performed in an antibiotic-free production setting needed to be stopped for welfare reasons so the pigs could be treated with antibiotics.
Tails or testicles: Which are better for PRRSV monitoring?
Jan 04, 2019Susan Spiegel
Pooled serum samples are a common method to monitor PPRSV in piglets. But this typically involves a limited number of samples, which reduces the sensitivity and makes detection especially challenging...
Parvovirus still poses threat to breeding herd
Dec 14, 2018Susan Spiegel
For as long as anyone can remember, pork producers have vaccinated gilts for parvovirus. Now that outbreaks are rare, is it necessary to vaccinate the entire breeding herd?
Raising pigs without antibiotics? Plan to ‘sweat the small stuff’
Dec 12, 2018Susan Spiegel
Follow this rule if you’re raising pigs without antibiotics: “Sweat the small stuff.” That’s the advice from Doug MacDougald, DVM, for any farm that wants to eliminate antibiotics without...
Brenneman: ‘Have conversations about what’s going on at the farm’
Dec 03, 2018Susan Spiegel
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...
17 years of detective work, shared experiences helping pork industry get ahead of PRRS
Nov 29, 2018Susan Spiegel
The evolution of knowledge about PRRS is now enabling pork producers and their veterinarians to make headway combatting this difficult and costly disease.
Scientist ‘pops the hood’ on US pork industry’s newest vaccine for PCV2
Nov 28, 2018Susan Spiegel
What is “cell-mediated immunity” and how does it affect vaccine performance? Are two PCV2 genotypes necessarily better than one? And what does a monster from Greek mythology have to do with...
Veterinarians in best position to be ‘ambassadors’ for antimicrobials in pork production
Nov 19, 2018Susan Spiegel
Veterinarians can leverage their credibility to help consumers understand the complexity of the decision-making process for antimicrobials used in pork production.
