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How swine viruses spread: Delving into airborne transmission
- 30 minutes
“We know that vaccinating can decrease the amount of viruses in the air, so vaccination is a good mechanism to prevent airborne transmission” Swine veterinary consultant Dr. Carmen Alonso in Spain picks out lessons from her detailed studies of air samples inside and outside farms suffering an outbreak of PRRS, influenza A or porcine epidemic diarrhoea --- as well as poultry sites with highly pathogenic avian influenza.
PCV3: Emerging pathogen or incidental finding?
- 30 minutes
“Our recent work demonstrated the presence of the PCV-3 genome within mild-to moderate histological lesions of aborted fetuses.
Do PCV2-a based vaccines cross protect?
- 2 minutes
In this video Dr. Mike Murtaugh discusses vaccine cross-protection on various PCV2 strains: PCV2a, PCV2b & PCV2d. He also talks about the outbreaks of PCVAD and how correct usage of the vaccine is key.
SIGNS OF HYPOGALACTIA
- 5 minutes
Hypogalactia is likely to result in malnutrition of suckling pigs.
LIGHT-WEIGHT PIGLETS – HYPOTHERMIA LOOMING
- 5 minutes
Because hypothermic pigs
require more time after birth to ingest adequate colostrum
generally ingest less colostrum
INJECTING PIGS
- 5 minutes
Injecting, what’s the theory?
Most vaccinations in piglets are administered intramuscularly in the neck, behind the ear.
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