Abstract: Superficial inguinal lymph nodes for screening dead pigs for African swine fever
African swine fever (ASF) has spread across the globe and has reached closer to North America since being reported in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. As a...
BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES
Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (Mhyo) and Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) are responsible for significant production and economic losses worldwide1, 2. The objective of the study was to evaluate the effect on growth performance of the new intradermal vaccine...
by Dr. Chunyan Zhang, Geneticist, Genesus Inc.
In commercial pig production, feed is the largest production cost component accounting for 55-65% of the total cost. Improvement of feed efficiency has always been a priority in pig breeding and selection programs....
Determining the Economics
of a Nutrition Program
by Clarence Froese, M.Sc., Director of Nutrition, Genesus Inc.
Feed is the largest single variable cost in pig production. Setting dietary specifications and selecting appropriate ingredients for each production situation are two critical components of...
BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES
MHYOSPHERE® PCV ID is a new, all-in-one intradermal vaccine against M. hyopneumonaie (Mhyo) and PCV2. The aim of this study was to assess its efficacy in the reduction of Mhyo-like lung lesions and PCV2 viraemia under field...
Chad Bierman, PhD, Geneticist, Genesus Inc.
Profitability is driven by many different components of swine production. It has been suggested that the number of full value pigs sold out of pig operations may be the largest factor affecting profitability (Boyd,...
Source: PigHealthToday.com
A new study shows that a modified-live virus (MLV) vaccine for porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) provides protection against the highly pathogenic European field isolate AUT15-331 (PRRSV-1, subtype 1) — with a single dose given to...
High dietary protein can potentially increase susceptibility of weaned pigs to enteric pathogens; it has been hypothesized that dietary supplementation with functional amino acids may improve growth performance of pigs during disease challenge. A recent study, published in the...
Van Poucke1*, S.; Michiels1, A.; Galé2, I.; Angelats2, D.; Nodar2, L.
1HIPRA Benelux, Ghent, Belgium. / 2HIPRA, Amer (Girona), Spain. *Corresponding author (sjouke.vanpoucke@hipra.com)
BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES
Oedema Disease (OD) is an enterotoxaemia caused by certain Escherichia coli’s (E. coli) colonizing the small...
Agosto1 , M.; Corletti1 , G.; Fernandez2 , S.; Boix3 , O.
*Corresponding author (oriol.boix@hipra.com)
1 SuperPorco S.R.L., 2 Hipra Argentina, S.A., 3 HIPRA, Amer (Girona) Spain.
INTRODUCTION
One of the most common problems faced in the field is the increase in sow...