"Stereotypies such as bar biting or sham chewing are frequent in pregnant sows kept in stalls, while they are less frequent in sows kept in groups"
"Surgical castration of pigs should be abandoned by 1 January 2018" Brussels Declaration, 2010
“Reduced piglet vitality and poor sow maternal behaviour are the main causes leading to piglet mortality”
Precision is the future of all food production including pork and prevention is the foundation of precision. In this series of articles, Dr. DiPietre will look at different aspects related with pig production and precision agriculture and what economic impact could they have in our farms.
Hypogalactia is likely to result in malnutrition of suckling pigs.
Phagocytes at work:
• A phagocyte attacks a bacterium and destroys it
• Important information required for the animal to express the appropriate immunological response is collected by the phagocyte
• The correct active immune response is induced
Phagocyte = a macrophage attacks bacteria
During the last fifty years or so, disease control in the pork industry has evolved mainly relying on antimicrobials, vaccines, elimination (depopulation, repopulation, eradication, modified early weaning), and/or regional control depending on the disease.
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