February 2, 2022
Linhares: Digging deeper into PRRS outbreak management
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) has challenged producers and swine veterinarians for decades. During that time, outbreak management and ...
Krantz: Prioritize people to improve pre-wean mortality
Today’s sow farms are highly efficient production systems, yet pre-weaning mortality can remain a challenge. A lot of time and ...
February 1, 2022
AgView: Contact tracing for ASF and much more
African swine fever (ASF) has spread like a slow burn across the globe since the 2007 identification in the Republic ...
Canada develops plan to market hogs during ASF outbreak
Efforts are underway in Canada to develop an ASF-Free Compartments strategy allowing farms to market hogs in the event of ...
VanderWaal: Expect to see new PRRS sublineages emerge
US pig producers know that many different strains of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) exist, and that immunological cross-protection ...
January 20, 2022
Start with the gilt-development unit for Mhp elimination
US pig producers have made a big push to eliminate Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (Mhp) from their herds as a way to ...
January 14, 2022
Deen: We’re underestimating the cost of sow mortality
When a sow doesn’t reach her full potential, the cost to the farm and the cost to the income stream ...
December 21, 2021
Johnson: Make your farm a biosecurity fortress
From the person doing the power washing to the owner of the farm business, everyone involved in a pork-production system ...
December 10, 2021
Filtration audits help prepare for PRRS season
Regular biosecurity checks with a close look at filtration and ventilation systems will help prevent the spread of airborne pathogens ...
Forecasting swine disease outbreaks
Researchers want to move from monitoring disease in the US pig population to actually forecasting if and when a potential ...
December 3, 2021
Managing Strep suis in commercial pig production
Most, if not all, pigs harbor some strains of Streptococcus suis (Strep suis). Lately, challenges by the bacteria appear to ...
October 19, 2021
Connor: Cautious optimism in future management of ASF
African swine fever (AFS) has not been diagnosed in the US, but many industry experts feel its arrival is inevitable. ...
October 13, 2021
Not making biosecurity improvements can cost more than making them
Biosecurity ranks high on the list of concerns for swine veterinarians who want hog units tightened up to reduce disease. ...
October 12, 2021
Virus persistence challenges PRRS management strategies
Eliminating porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) is a promising achievement for some commercial herds and a goal for ...
September 30, 2021
Johnson: Batch farrowing shows benefits
Disease challenges eat into time and profits, and are all too common on US pig farms. That is one reason ...
September 20, 2021
Rethinking colostrum management and piglet survivability
Colostrum is vital to piglet survival but managing intake may benefit from some fresh thinking, according to Kara Stewart, associate ...
September 11, 2021
New approaches to influenza control look promising
Influenza-A virus of swine (IAV-S) is a thorn in the side of US pork producers, and it’s a difficult thorn ...
September 8, 2021
Revised herd classifications expand the PRRS road map
Since its introduction in 2011, the system to classify breeding herds according to their porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus ...
September 1, 2021
Strep suis continuously challenges US herds
It’s not unrealistic to say that if you checked the nasal cavities or tonsils of any group of pigs, you ...
August 19, 2021
Early identification critical in preventing sow lameness
Sow lameness continues to trouble hog operations in the US, causing high numbers of involuntary removals from herds. These expensive ...
