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Prevention Works is a holistic approach to swine health built on our range of innovative world-class vaccines complemented by:

  • Professional people with a passion for pigs
  • State-of-the-art diagnostics
  • Tools to evaluate the success of prevention

Our goal is going from prevention to prediction and beyond

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

“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.

Professor Segalés shares
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PCV3: Emerging pathogen or incidental finding?

“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?

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.

Update on Porcine Circovirus diseases
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Update on Porcine Circovirus diseases

Prof Joaquim Segalés and Dr Oliver Duran Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) was initially detected in the late 1990s in North America and Europe associated with a post weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome in pigs. 

Why does a pig cough
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Why does a pig cough?

Greg Stevenson

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ALL THE WORLD IS A DISTRIBUTION

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.

ASIAN MEETING HEARS HOW PIG FARMS CAN BE MORE RESILIENT AGAINST PRRS
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ASIAN MEETING HEARS HOW PIG FARMS CAN BE MORE RESILIENT AGAINST PRRS

Some highly positive messages about progress in the global fight against the Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome have been delivered to the latest Asian PRRSspective Symposium, which was held in November 2017 in Fukuoka, Japan, with the support of the Japanese Association of Swine Veterinarians.

WINNERS OF THE 2017 EUROPEAN PRRS RESEARCH AWARD ANNOUNCED
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WINNERS OF THE 2017 EUROPEAN PRRS RESEARCH AWARD ANNOUNCED

Ingelheim, Germany, 20 September 2017 – The winners of the 2017 European PRRS Research Award have been announced at this year’s international swine veterinary assembly by Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health.

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FINDING THE HIDDEN COSTS OF DISEASE

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.

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THE ECONOMIC IMPERATIVE OF PREVENTION

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.

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BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM INTRODUCES ONLINE BIOSECURITY RISK ASSESSMENT TOOL FOR SWINE FARMS WORLDWIDE

As an important pillar of the 5-Step Process, COMBAT enables us to understand current constraints (Step 3 of 5-Step Process ) by ANALYZE, VISUALIZE, BENCHMARK, and GUIDE TO IMPROVE Biosecurity and Management in farms.

The new tool is part of suite of solutions to improve farm biosecurity and control of PRRS (Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome)

COMBAT App version is an important extension of the online version within www.5stp.com, sharing the same user account.

Now, take your device and search “COMBAT PRRS” in App Store (iOS) or Google Play (Android), or scan the QR Code below: