National Hog Farmer

Selected Protocols Ensure Sow, Pig Health 

Oct 15, 2008 - By John Thomas, Laurelyn Keener and Locke Karriker, DVM, Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal

In most farrowing operations, the number of pigs weaned per litter is impacted more by preweaning mortality than by the number of pigs born alive. Significant...

Boehringer Ingelheim Announces Circovirus Research Recipients  

Oct 9, 2008

Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. (BIVI) announces the recipients of its annual research awards program for porcine circovirus-associated disease (PCVAD)...

NPPC Testifies on Use of Antibiotics in Pork Production  

Oct 9, 2008

Antibiotics are a necessary tool to protect animal health, stated National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) representatives as they urged legislators in a congressional hearing ...

Protect Yourself this Flu Season 

Oct 3, 2008

The National Pork Board is urging pork producers, farm workers, veterinarians and others who have contact with pigs to get a flu shot...

Learning Biosecurity's Value The Hard Way 

Sep 15, 2008 - By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor

Iowa producer takes a disease hit when basic transportation biosecurity practices are violated. Craig Rowles, DVM, closely scrutinizes extra costs at...

Practical Steps to Truck Biosecurity 

Sep 15, 2008 - By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor

Keeping the transport-monitoring program simple and practical, yet comprehensive, makes biosecurity principles more workable. When Ron White, DVM, went...

Researchers Scramble to Solve Failure to Thrive Syndrome 

Sep 15, 2008 - By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor

Teams around the United States are hard at work trying to decipher why healthy-looking nursery pigs are starving out. A puzzling pig-wasting problem spreading...

Swine Flu An Ongoing Problem 

Sep 15, 2008 - By Bill Minton, DVM Chickasaw, OH

Evolution ensures survival for this multi-species virus. Swine Influenza Virus (SIV) continues to evolve. During the last decade, many strains commingled...

Prioritize Biosecurity 

Sep 15, 2008

If you question the value of transportation biosecurity in protecting your hog enterprise, then listen to what agricultural economist Steve Meyer had...

Leman Swine Conference Scheduled for St. Paul 

Aug 7, 2008

The Allen D. Leman Swine Conference is targeted for Sept. 20-23 at RiverCenter, St. Paul, MN...

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