Category : Pig Care
February 1, 2022
Efforts are underway in Canada to develop an ASF-Free Compartments strategy allowing farms to market hogs in the event of ...
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January 20, 2022
US pig producers have made a big push to eliminate Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (Mhp) from their herds as a way to ...
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December 21, 2021
From the person doing the power washing to the owner of the farm business, everyone involved in a pork-production system ...
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December 3, 2021
Most, if not all, pigs harbor some strains of Streptococcus suis (Strep suis). Lately, challenges by the bacteria appear to ...
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September 11, 2021
Influenza-A virus of swine (IAV-S) is a thorn in the side of US pork producers, and it’s a difficult thorn ...
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August 19, 2021
Sow lameness continues to trouble hog operations in the US, causing high numbers of involuntary removals from herds. These expensive ...
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August 9, 2021
Water doesn’t get the attention it deserves because it is abundant, easy to access and inexpensive, but that will change ...
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August 4, 2021
Raising pigs without antibiotics requires extra management and different tools compared to traditional commercial hog production, reports Laura Carroll, DVM, ...
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July 20, 2021
Jeff Feder, DVM, with Swine Vet Center (SVC), has spent 15 years fine-tuning filtration systems in client hog barns. Today, ...
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June 2, 2021
Seasonal infertility continues to be a widespread problem for sow herds across the US. And if you don’t have a ...
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June 1, 2021
The pork industry has had a tremendous number of innovations over the years, said Joe Connor, DVM, in an interview ...
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November 20, 2020
In fall 2019, a client called into Four Star Veterinary Service clinic in Mexico, Indiana, and reported the loss of ...
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November 2, 2020
While their schooling focused on pigs, veterinarians on the job spend a lot of time working with clients and members ...
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October 30, 2020
The “Five Freedoms” have been the foundation for establishing sound animal welfare practices since they were developed by Britain’s Farm ...
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October 14, 2020
Markets for pork produced without antibiotics continue to grow. But this method of production is not for every farm, cautions ...
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October 11, 2020
Biosecurity protocols are critical to keeping the US hog herd healthy, and one of the regular tasks is to disinfect ...
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September 20, 2020
Pain management for pigs has always been a challenge, partly because it’s difficult to measure levels of pain and partly ...
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August 3, 2020
Bacterial pathogens like Streptococcus suis and Haemophilus parasuis continue to cause major issues for growing and adult pigs. Good solutions ...
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August 1, 2020
Sow mortality has been on the rise in the US pork industry, reaching upwards of 15% in many sow-production systems, ...
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May 20, 2020
The standard 200 mg iron shot for baby pigs at processing may not be enough iron to last until weaning. ...
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March 16, 2020
Nothing grabs the attention of a grow-finish unit and its veterinarian faster than an uptick in mortalities.
“Grow-finish mortality is one ...
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February 20, 2020
Pre-wean mortality has increased over the last 15 years, and it’s a major concern for US pork producers and veterinarians. ...
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February 12, 2020
Classical education emphasizes the need for industries to adopt new technologies to keep up with external demands and constantly changing ...
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February 5, 2020
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Full interview: Disease elimination can lower the cost of production
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February 3, 2020
Pre-wean mortality continues to be a challenge to producers across the industry as genetic improvements allow sows to be more ...
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December 23, 2019
Identifying the source of wean-to-finish mortality can be a challenge, since factors affecting that stage of production may have originated ...
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November 25, 2019
Maintaining a healthy herd takes time, energy and constant emphasis on biosecurity, Amy Maschhoff, DVM, told Pig Health Today. She ...
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November 3, 2019
Everyone needs a good bed — and apparently sows are no exception.
During farrowing and lactation, sows can easily develop shoulder sores, ...
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September 26, 2019
Tail biting in pigs remains something of a mystery. What triggers a pig or pigs to bite tails? Why do ...
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August 30, 2019
Taking care of every single pig seems like a daunting task when producers have hundreds or thousands of pigs under ...
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August 29, 2019
Producers know that if a pig has good gut health in the nursery, it’s more likely to get off to ...
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August 26, 2019
A pelvic organ prolapse (POP) is a dramatic, easy-to-identify event within the farrowing room. The difficult part is figuring out ...
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August 14, 2019
Animal welfare can mean different things to different people. For Mary Battrell, DVM, a swine veterinarian for Smithfield Foods, animal ...
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June 17, 2019
The US pork industry has a good track record for using antibiotics responsibly, but how should it be graded for ...
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May 13, 2019
Biosecurity is one of those on-farm topics that gets a lot of time and attention, but it can easily fall ...
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May 2, 2019
Pigs can get stressed, just like people, and the impact can be just as serious. Stress is caused by any ...
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April 8, 2019
Disease management can be challenging. You go through the barns and see pigs coughing, or maybe you see lethargic pigs ...
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March 27, 2019
A critical part of humane animal care on pig farms is responsible and timely euthanasia. However, identifying individuals for the ...
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March 25, 2019
Sow longevity is no longer a given in US swine herds. In recent years, producers have focused on pigs per ...
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February 27, 2019
When it comes to sow productivity, culling and mortality issues, “the simple answer is there’s no simple answer,” John Deen, ...
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January 30, 2019
The US pork industry has demonstrated high standards for animal welfare, but there is still much to learn about mitigating ...
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January 16, 2019
Some retailers and foodservice companies are asking for animals that have never received antibiotics (“no antibiotics ever” or NAE), but ...
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December 19, 2018
Producer and consumer choice are equally important when it comes to producing quality pork products — and it’s important not ...
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December 5, 2018
After 37 years of swine veterinary practice, John Baker, DVM, Boonville, Indiana, sees producers and veterinarians entering a new era ...
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November 28, 2018
What is “cell-mediated immunity” and how does it affect vaccine performance? Are two PCV2 genotypes necessarily better than one? And ...
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November 26, 2018
Producers looking to raise pigs with little or no antibiotics should consider nutritional strategies that help pigs build more immunity, ...
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November 5, 2018
When you give someone something to read, the expressed competency level is about 10%.
When you talk to them on the ...
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October 11, 2018
What’s old is new again — or at least that’s what some high-health herds are finding with Streptococcus suis (Strep suis). ...
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July 12, 2018
Nearly a thousand swine veterinarians, producers and industry leaders from the US and 20 other countries are expected to attend ...
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May 25, 2018
A growing number of Seneca Valley virus (SVV) outbreaks wastes the time and money of people who investigate suspected foreign ...
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April 9, 2018
Teaming up to share ideas and troubleshoot swine-health issues can be good for pork producers and the industry, said Joel ...
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April 7, 2018
With so much attention being placed on antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance, animal agriculture can sometimes feel as if it’s ...
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March 26, 2018
Although antibiotics provide a treatment option for Streptococcus suis — a common, widespread bacterium in swine — long-term management hinges ...
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March 19, 2018
Planning, paperwork and prevention are the priorities on hog farms in response to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) expanded ...
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December 7, 2017
Watching pigs may not be glamorous or stimulating, but it’s a responsibility that Bob Blomme, DVM, takes very seriously.
“We can ...
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November 26, 2017
Taking time to walk the pens, make eye contact with each pig and pull the sick ones for individual care ...
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