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What’s in a name? Understanding how flu viruses are identified can help fine-tune swine vaccine strategies
By Micah Jansen, DVM, Veterinary Manager, US Pork, Zoetis
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Herd-status classification is first step to Mycoplasma control
By Lucina Galina Pantoja, DVM, PhD, Director, US Pork Technical Services, Zoetis
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Controlled exposure to M. hyo is valuable tool for eliminating the pathogen
By Amy Maschhoff, DVM, The Maschhoffs, LLC
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Tackle post-weaning E. coli issues with aggressive cleaning, vaccination
By Ryan Strobel, DVM, Swine Vet Center
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Maintaining welfare standards in the face of a pandemic
By Joseph F. Connor, DVM, MS Carthage Veterinary Service, Ltd.
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Cutting your losses: When to treat and when to euthanize
By Joseph F. Connor, DVM, MS Carthage Veterinary Service, Ltd.
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Managing pig flows when harvest capacity is restricted
By Joseph F. Connor, DVM, MS, Carthage Veterinary Service, Ltd
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Managing MLV PRRS vaccines for optimum performance and returns
By Joseph F. Connor, DVM, MS, Carthage Veterinary Service, Ltd.
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Finding opportunities to improve pig health during these challenging times
By Joseph F. Connor, DVM, MS, Carthage Veterinary Service
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Moving pig health to the back burner — if only for a moment
By Larry Rueff, DVM, Swine Vet Services, Greensburg, Indiana
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Lessons from the barn: Avoiding gremlins
By Joseph F. Connor, DVM, MS, Carthage Veterinary Service, Ltd., Carthage, Illinois
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Three-phase plan helps seize control of PRRS
By Jose Angulo, DVM Managing Veterinarian, PRRS specialist Pork Technical Services Zoetis
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Larger litters, more competition for colostrum make pigs more susceptible to clostridial enteritis
By Daniel A. Nelson, PhD, Senior nutritionist, pork technical services, Zoetis
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Biosecurity: A practical approach
By Joseph F. Connor, DVM, MS, Carthage Veterinary Service, Ltd.. Carthage, Illinois
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Foreign animal diseases and the line of last resort
By Larry Rueff, DVM, Swine Veterinary Services, Greensburg, Indiana
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Debriefing: Retrospective on the VFD experience
By Clayton Johnson, DVM Carthage Veterinary Service Integrated Veterinary Network
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Adequate gilt acclimation helps minimize the PRRSV ‘tax’
By Clayton Johnson, DVM Carthage Veterinary Service Integrated Veterinary Network
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Early identification key to managing lameness in sow herds
By Claire LeFevre, DVM, Carthage Veterinary Service, Ltd., Carthage, Illinois
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Can’t we just let boars be boars?
By Larry Rueff, DVM Swine Veterinary Services Greensburg, Indiana
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Is it time to eliminate PED from US herds?
By Joseph F. Connor, DVM, MS, Carthage Veterinary Service, Ltd., Carthage, Illinois
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Five steps to better Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae control
For pig producers and veterinarians, the health and economic impact of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae is clear. In the US, enzootic pneumonia caused by M. hyo is considered one of the “big three”...
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Tips for proper selection of cleaning, disinfection products
By Neal Benjamin, DVM Carthage Veterinary Service Carthage, Illinois
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Pay more attention to your sow herd’s lifeline
By William R. Fombelle, DVM Carthage Veterinary Service, LTD Carthage, Illinois
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Gilt acclimatization, reduced shedding keys to curbing downstream M. hyo disease
By Paul Yeske, DVM Swine Vet Center St. Peter, Minnesota
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Crossing the line: Biosecurity for employee entry is still a work in progress
By Derald Holtkamp, MS, DVM Associate Professor Iowa State University
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Our strategy for eliminating M. hyo from breed-to-wean herds
By Attila Farkas, DVM Carthage Veterinary Service, Ltd. Carthage, Illinois
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The cost of being wrong: Why cost-benefit analyses are replacing guesswork on swine farms
By Derald Holtkamp, MS, DVM Iowa State University, College of Veterinary Medicine Ames, Iowa
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Steps to keep the incidence of stillborns at bay
by Megan Schnur, DVM Carthage Veterinary Service, Ltd. Carthage, Illinois
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Genetic diversity, changing clinical picture make IAV-S detection challenging
By Phillip Gauger, DVM, MS, PhD Associate Professor Iowa State University Influenza A virus in swine (IAV-S) remains among the top health challenges facing the US swine industry and, worse...
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Lessons learned from PRRS outbreak investigations
By Derald Holtkamp, MS, DVM, Iowa State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, Ames, Iowa
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Why PRRS elimination doesn’t work in some herds
Amber Stricker, DVM, discusses reasons why successful PRRS elimination isn’t always achieved in some herds.
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Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae: Elimination or control?
By Clayton Johnson, DVM Carthage Veterinary Service Integrated Veterinary Network
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Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae: ‘Fix the gilts, fix Mycoplasma’
There’s a lot we think we know about M. hyo under field conditions, but there’s a paucity of peer-reviewed literature to support much of the conventional wisdom we swine veterinarians apply to...
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Understanding risks for M. hyo disease can help protect US swine herds
By Maria Jose Clavijo, DVM, PhD Research Assistant Professor Department of Veterinary Diagnostics and Production Animal Medicine College of Veterinary Medicine Iowa State University, Ames,...
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IAV-S elimination in breed-to-wean herds is challenging — but possible
Influenza A virus in swine (IAV-S) continues to present an ever-changing health challenge in breed-to-wean populations.
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Proposed classification system to improve M. hyo control tested in commercial setting
By Lucina Galina Pantoja, DVM, PhD, Director, swine technical services, Zoetis
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Using diagnostics to optimize PCV2 vaccination
By Don McDermid, DVM, Swine Veterinary Services Manager, Zoetis, Kirkland, Quebec, Canada
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