National Hog Farmer

NPPC Urges USDA Review Of Mexico’s Disease Status  

Nov 6, 2008

Following meetings in late October with Mexican government officials, the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) pressed the U.S. government to prioritize completion of risk assessments for classical swine fever (hog cholera) in a number of Mexican states....

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...

12 Risk Factors Worth Checking 

Oct 15, 2008 - By Sarah Probst-Miller ,* DVM, Carthage Veterinary Service, Carthage, IL

Getting pigs born alive and started right in the first few days of life can reasonably be called risk management. It is estimated that any increase in...

Decision Trees Help Visualize a Resolution 

Oct 15, 2008 - by Locke Karriker, DVM, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

Decision trees can be made using several common software packages, including Microsoft PowerPoint, most word processors, and many drawing programs. Essentially...

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 ...

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...

Animal Drug Review Legislation Reauthorized 

Aug 5, 2008

The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) today lauded Congress for approving legislation to reauthorize an animal drug review law and to add a new generic animal drug review statute...

Neonatal Scours Test Producers' Patience 

Jul 15, 2008 - By John Waddell, DVM Sutton, NE

Across the industry, the issue of neonatal diarrhea does not raise concerns to the level of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome or circovirus....

Fighting PRRS Still Causes Plenty of Pain 

Jun 15, 2008 - By Keith Wilson, DVM Worthington, MN

A PRRS break and high production costs can destroy an operation. I have been in veterinary practice more than 20 years. I saw my first case of porcine...

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