Antimicrobials in Water a Viable Option
Research trials bear out the value of water-based medications in treating segregated early weaning nurseries. Researchers at Kansas State University (KSU)...
Sudden Finisher Deaths Baffling
Few finisher problems have been more frustrating than those sporadic, unexpected and unexplained deaths of nearly market-ready hogs. These losses are...
Smithfield Foods Reduces Antibiotic Use
Smithfield Foods announces it has adopted a new policy that limits the use of antibiotics for growth promotion in pork production that belong to the same...
Swine Flu Evolution Continues
Each year presents new challenges in detection and control of this changing viral respiratory disease. Swine influenza virus (SIV) used to be an infection...
Denmark's Ban Adds To Pig Health Problems
Danish public health officials have embarked on a plan to reduce the use of growth-promotant antibiotics as a means of improving the health of pigs and...
Veterinarians Receive PRRS Update At World Pork Expo Meeting
For the second year in a row, the American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV) held an educational meeting for ...
Animal Health Sales Rise in 2004
Sales of antibiotics used to treat, prevent and control disease and maintain animal health rose 7.5% in 2004, according to data provided by animal health manufacturers and distributors....
Knocking Down Pneumonia
A carefully structured control program has guided a Minnesota swine operation to clean up Mycoplasmal pneumonia problems on several sow farms. Because...
Battling PRRS Virus Aerosol Spread
USDA researchers have confirmed that the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus moves by aerosol. Now the challenge is to develop...
Respiratory Disease Challenges
Respiratory diseases represent a major challenge due to pig flow, sourcing, transport, numbers of pigs per site, sow herd age and care, and the emergence...
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