Are you giving M. hyo the attention it deserves?
Mar 19, 2019Susan Spiegel
Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M. hyo) isn’t a new problem in the pork industry. I’s been around for years, but that’s exactly the point: Why is the industry still wrestling with it?
Mycoplasma control starts with stabilizing sow herd
Mar 14, 2019Susan Spiegel
Economic losses caused by the bacterium Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae run between $3 to $10 per finishing hog due to reduced pig performance, according to Elise Toohill, DVM, Carthage Veterinary Service.
Don’t lose sight of M. hyo while battling other swine pathogens
Jan 28, 2019Susan Spiegel
TOOLBOX, Issue 1: An interview with
Lucina Galina Pantoja, DVM, PhD,
Director, Swine Technical Services,
Zoetis
Gilt acclimatization, reduced shedding keys to curbing downstream M. hyo disease
May 30, 2018Susan Spiegel
By Paul Yeske, DVM
Swine Vet Center
St. Peter, Minnesota
Large field trial showed Fostera Gold® PCV MH was effective against prevalent PCV2d genotype
Apr 20, 2018Susan Spiegel
DISCOVERIES, Issue 3: A large, commercial field trial conducted with Fostera® Gold PCV MH showed it was also effective against PCV2d, the most prevalent genotype of the virus circulating among US...
Our strategy for eliminating M. hyo from breed-to-wean herds
Apr 02, 2018Susan Spiegel
By Attila Farkas, DVM
Carthage Veterinary Service, Ltd.
Carthage, Illinois
Pigs vaccinated with Fostera®PCV MH equally protected, weighed nearly 8 pounds more in large comparison trial
Mar 21, 2018Susan Spiegel
DISCOVERIES, Issue 1: Pigs vaccinated with Fostera® PCV MH were equally protected against porcine circovirus (PCV) type 2d as well as Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M. hyo) and weighed 7.78 pounds more...
New claim provides flexible dosing for M. hyo medication
Jan 10, 2018Susan Spiegel
Pork producers battling swine respiratory disease associated with Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M. hyo) now have more flexibility when using Lincomix® (lincomycin hydrochloride) Type A medicated...
Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae: Elimination or control?
Oct 13, 2017Susan Spiegel
By Clayton Johnson, DVM
Carthage Veterinary Service
Integrated Veterinary Network
Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae: ‘Fix the gilts, fix Mycoplasma’
Sep 25, 2017Susan Spiegel
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...
