Circovirus Grips Industry
Producers and veterinarians alike are struggling to find ways to manage a tiny, common swine virus, and understand why it is suddenly creating havoc in...
Iowa Producers Question DNR Evaluation Rule
The Iowa Pork Producers Association (IPPA) is concerned about the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) director evaluation rule approved by the...
Parasuis Persists In Production
Haemophilus parasuis or HPS is a bacterial disease that can cause death or chronic lameness, and is often referred to as a high-health disease. Many conventional...
Hip Injection Saves Fingers
Giving inoculations to sows in farrowing crates or gestation stalls has just become a lot safer. The Canadian Pork Council's Canadian Quality Assurance...
Antibiotics Remain a Top Herd Health Aid
Despite the use of conscientious health and biosecurity practices across the pork industry, pigs still get sick. That is why U.S. pork producers will...
Neutralizing Chronic, Acute Disease Challenges
Sow and gilt health maintenance in gestation is impacted by a host of factors. The traditional approach to sow and gilt health uses and synonymously....
Strep Suis Still Steals Profits
Streptococcus suis will be experienced by virtually every production system. It can be referred to as an old problem, but it continues to cause significant...
Less-Invasive Rupture Repair
An innovative procedure for repairing scrotal hernias is fast, cheap and highly successful. With a 90% success rate at affected farms served by the Carthage...
Dealing with Postweaning Diarrhea
Postweaning diarrhea is a syndrome with many causes, but most cases are due to K88 and F18 strains of Escherichia coli. A 200-sow, farrow-to-finish, single-site...
Health Aspects Of Different Weaning Ages
Weaning age in baby pigs has seen its ups and downs over the years in U.S. pig production. Recently, we've seen a trend toward stabilizing and increasing...
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