Health restart: the power of depopulation and repopulation to restore profitability
When losses and costs from poor health threaten the current and future farm profitability, perhaps a “clean slate” should be considered.
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Antibiotic reduction strategies for pig farms: Do we see a correlation with nursery increased mortality?
In the fourth article of our series, we review the opinions from our group of global swine health experts on the potential relationship, if any, between the rise in nursery mortality that some countries have observed over the last few years and antibiotic reduction strategies.
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22-Oct-2021xavier chehriwhat do you think about the impact of post weaning production system differences such as high diarrhea cross contamination or respiratory air borninfections when all piglets are in the same barn with no separated rooms (such as posr weaning barns in Europe) ? no separation walls allowing piglets cross contamination ? need to treat the entire barn instead of on room of 200 piglets only leading to significant antibiotic over consumption ?
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Antibiotic reduction strategies for pig farms: Successful strategies at the farm level (Part 2)
In this third article of our series, our global swine health experts continue sharing their perspectives on successful strategies for the reduction of antibiotics as well as learnings from some of the mistakes made along the way.
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16-Dec-2020Mr G HooperI am never quite sure why attention to C & D ranks so low in the list of wasy to reduce antibiotic use..? Biosecurity can be a tad vague.. Two things I would liek to see emphasised. 1) Robust cleaning regime with the use of GOOD detergent..!! not justa pressure washer.. Need to attack the biofilm.. 2) Use of the disinfectant often needs attentiontoo.. Choice? Effectiveness of the proposed disinfectant to inlcude DIFFICULT organism (Many do not) Plus Attention to Concentration and applciation rates, duration of contact. use of disinfectant onto dry surfaces to avoid dilution..
Antibiotic reduction strategies for pig farms: Successful strategies at the farm level (Part 1)
In this second article of our series, our swine health experts share their perspectives on the most important strategies for the reduction of antibiotic use in their respective countries.
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Antibiotic reduction strategies for pig farms: Perspective from global pig health experts
In this first article of our series, we will compare and contrast the perspectives of four pig health experts from some of the most important pork producing countries (i.e. USA, Italy, Denmark and Spain) on antibiotic reduction strategies for pig farms.
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What happens when M. hyopneumoniae enters a herd? Assessment of natural infection in gilts
Some of the take-home messages of this article are: M. hyo transmits slowly within exposed populations, but pigs can shed for long periods of time.
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Transmission of swine pathogens: a practical perspective
Pathogens that are transmitted mostly through direct, pig to pig, contact are generally contained with today’s biosecurity programs and pig flow strategies. However, pathogens using multiple routes of transmission seem to evade standard biosecurity programs.
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PRRS surveillance programs for farms, companies and regions
Surveillance includes the gathering, recording and analysis of data as well as the dissemination of information to interested parties so that actions can be taken to control disease.
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Strategic management of the replacement gilts for sustainable PRRS control
The desired result of the strategic management of replacement gilts at a company level is to minimize the economical losses potentially caused by PRRS.
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Introduction, dissemination and perpetuation of PRRS virus in a region
Among the numerous genetically distinct isolates that are identified in high pig density areas every year, only a few are able to be transmitted between herds and even less able to widely spread and dominate the entire region or system.
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