Porcine Health Management

Spanish piglets are usually vaccinated against PCV2 and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M.hyo). In the market there are different possibilities, the aim of this field study was to compare two different vaccination protocols.

Acute Phase Proteins (“Hp” Haptoglobin; “CRP” C-Reactive Protein) have been proposed as suitable biomarkers for monitoring inflammatory response, welfare and may be an indicator of average daily weight gain (ADWG) in swine farms. The objective of...

PRRS is one of the most damaging diseases in the swine industry. The implementation of the sows and piglets vaccination as well as the 5 Step Programs, have had a significant positive impact on the productive parameters. This study analyzes the evolution...

Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (Ap) causes porcine pleuropneumonia, a disease of high dissemination, highly contagious and often lethal in pigs. Ap infections results in production losses, high mortality and decrease in the growth rate, in grower and...

The efficacy of vaccines may be compromised when piglets are vaccinated at the same time that a PRRS infection occurs. CIRCOVAC® is a PCV2 vaccine registered in sows and piglets. Vaccination in sows and piglets has been shown to be an effective strategy...

Mhyo is an important pathogen worldwide distributed and responsible for retarded growing, mainly in the finishing period. Use of bivalent vaccines to control of Porcine Circovirus type 2 (PCV2) and Mhyo is very extensive due to management convenience and...

Use of vaccines with various agents is widely accepted for effectiveness and management convenience. Until now, vaccines containing Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae and Parvovirus in combination are extremely used. Some studies have showed growing...

Haemophilus parasuis (HPS), present worldwide, is an important agent in porcine pathology, causing Glässer´s Disease (GD), responsible of direct losses due to mortality of growing piglets and indirect ones due to reduction of growth and increase of...

Haemophilus parasuis (HPS): important agent worldwide distributed, responsible of Glässer´s Disease (GD). Sometimes it shows up as asymptomatic but depending on the strain virulence it can appear as an aggressive agent. The aim of this study was to...

The combined administration of UNISTRAIN® PRRS (UP), PRRS MLV vaccine, and ERYSENG® PARVO (EP), inactivated Porcine Parvovirus and Swine Erysipelas, is licensed. PRRSV generates an immune response characterized by weak and delayed production of...

Pleuropneumonia is a word-wide disease causing substantial economic loss to the swine industry. The disease is characterized by hemorrhagic, fibrinous and necrotic lung lesions. The most accepted control measure for this disease is the generation of...

The objective of this study was to investigate how timing of intradermal PCV2 vaccination affected the serologic response of piglets. We aimed to evaluate if the serologic response differed for Study A: vaccination before compared to at weaning and Study...

Post-weaning Escherichia coli diarrhea (PWD) caused by enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC) remains a major cause of economic losses for the pig industry and provokes mild to severe watery diarrhea. Coliprotec® F4/F18, an oral live bivalent vaccine is now...

Post-weaning diarrhea (PWD), mainly caused by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli (ETEC), remains a major cause of economic losses for the pig industry. Coliprotec®F4/F18 is a live oral vaccine for active immunization of pigs against PWD caused by F4-ETEC...

The emergence of the so-called highly pathogenic isolates of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (HP-PRRSV) has raised new concerns about the control of the disease. Cells from the porcine monocyte-macrophage lineage represent the target for...