Porcine Health Management

Coccidiosis is one of the main diseases affecting suckling piglets and is endemic worldwide. This work aimed to evaluate the profitability and economic impact of different toltrazuril administration protocols in commercial piglets.

A case of dysgalactia associated with Mycoplasma suis is described for a Belgian sow herd. In a 440-sow farm, clinical signs started in August when some sows showed signs of dysgalactia one week after farrowing.

Timely detection of respiratory problems in fattening pigs remains difficult, in most cases coughing is not detected until the clinical signs are already moderate to severe. In current management systems, observation of fattening pigs during an extended...

Lameness is one of the most common reasons to euthanize sows. However, lameness is a symptom, and the specific diagnosis of lame sows often remains unresolved. In many cases, post mortem examination is needed in order to get a proper diagnosis. The...

Vaccines are produced in a sterile way. Under farm conditions however, they are not administered with sterile disposable syringes. It is likely that the contamination level of syringes influences the efficacy of the administered product and causes...

PRRS MLV vaccines are used to prevent reproductive disorders due to PRRSV in sows. Vaccine efficacy was proven only in sows vaccinated once or twice. In vaccinated herds, sows receive multiple vaccine boosters. To date, no data are available on the...

Vaccination is a cornerstone of infectious disease control, especially in intensive swine farming systems with high infectious pressure. Despite being very vulnerable, newborn piglets are not commonly vaccinated because most vaccines are susceptible to...

Current vaccines against Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae only provide partial protection against clinical symptoms and lung lesions. New vaccine formulations that include novel strains of the micro-organism formulated with innovative adjuvants could improve...

Immune transfer via the colostrum in the pig can be investigated using a total IgG test in early life. However, the effectiveness of the different types of IgG for the immune response remains unknown. This is the reasoning behind looking at antibodies...

The method of attenuation influences the properties of modified live virus (MLV) vaccines. PRRSV is typically attenuated on simian cells, but a new vaccine, Suvaxyn PRRS MLV (vaccine S), was attenuated on a hamster-origin engineered cell line expressing...

Post-weaning diarrhea (PWD) remains a major cause of economic losses for the pig industry. Coliprotec F4/F18 is a live non-pathogenic E. coli vaccine for active immunization of pigs against F4-EnteroToxigenic E. coli (ETEC) and F18-ETEC. This study...

Coliprotec F4/F18 is a live non-pathogenic E. coli vaccine for active immunization of pigs against F4-EnteroToxigenic E. coli (ETEC) and F18-ETEC. This study describes the implementation of Coliprotec F4/F18 and a feed program having an increased protein...

Organic and inorganic acids are used to lower the pH of drinking water to increase the digestive enzymes activity, regulate the gut microbiota and reduce water contaminants. These products can interfere with the efficacy of oral live E. coli vaccines...

The pig respiratory disease complex is an important health concern for swine producers. Many pathogens are involved but M.hyopneumoniae (Mhyo) and PRRSv play a major role. For practical reasons Farmers requested a mix of two vaccines. This case report...

Weaning is associated with stress, digestive disorders and growth performance depression, consequently antibiotics and minerals (ZnO) are used. Due to an increasing regulatory and consumer demand to reduce usage of those substances, because of concerns on...