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How swine viruses spread
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How swine viruses spread: Delving into airborne transmission

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“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.

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PCV3: Emerging pathogen or incidental finding?

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“Our recent work demonstrated the presence of the PCV-3 genome within mild-to moderate histological lesions of aborted fetuses.

Dr. Mike Murtaugh discusses
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Do PCV2-a based vaccines cross protect?

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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.

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ANIMAL WELFARE
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ANIMAL WELFARE

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Give all the piglets the same opportunity:

Secure colostrum-intake for all

Combine different interventions

Iron supplementation from day 3 or later

Preventative pain treatment = not only for male piglets

Apply pain-relieving/ anti-inflammatory medication with a broad spectrum of activity for docked tails or arthritis

 Ileitis

PRODUCTION BENEFITS FROM IILEITIS VACCINE

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Porcine ileitis, a common disease also known as Porcine Proliferative Enteropathy, is caused by the bacterium Lawsonia intracellularis. The costs of the disease can be high and have been projected to exceed US$22 per affected pig and production losses can be significant even if physical symptoms aren’t apparent, writes JoAnn Alumbaugh.

 Ileitis

VACCINATION VS. ENTEROPATHY CUTS NEED FOR ANTIMICROBIALS

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Boehringer Ingelheim DENMARK - Two researchers from Boehringer-Ingelheim Vetmedica in Copenhagen have published a paper showing a highly significant reduction in the use of antimicrobials after vaccination of pigs against porcine proliferative enteropathy in a Danish specific-pathogen-free (SPF) herd.