Camprodon, A.; Jordà*, R.
*Corresponding author (ramon.jorda@hipra.com)
HIPRA, Amer (Girona), Spain
INTRODUCTION
Vaccination against Swine Erysipelas (SE), Porcine Parvovirus (PPV) and Leptospira infections in sows during lactation is part of the infertility prevention plan on pig breeding farms1-3. The safety of reproductive vaccines...
Chad Bierman, PhD, Geneticist, Genesus Inc.
Disease challenges in swine production continue to reduce output and temper profitability potential (VanderWaal and Deen, 2018). Treatments are expensive and vaccines are not fully effective. Moreover, existing pathogens can transform into new variants,...
Reduced growth and less efficient use of nutrients is found in sub-clinical disease. Health and nutrient requirements need to be better understood now that in-feed antibiotics have been eliminated. The efficiency of utilization of dietary threonine for growth in...
Sánchez-Matamoros*1, A.; Boix1, O.; Deroo2, E.; Defoort2, P.; Blanch1, M.; Gale1, I.
1HIPRA, Amer (Girona), Spain. / 2PROVET, Kortemark, Belgium.
*Corresponding author (almudena.sanchez@hipra.com)
BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES
Oedema disease (OD) is an enterotoxaemia caused by the Verotoxin 2e (Vt2e) of E. coli. The subclinical...
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Dylan Lape, DVM
Pork Veterinary Solutions
March 31, 2021
Last Updated May 6, 2021
Introduction:
In modern swine production, quite possibly the most important topic we as veterinarians
discuss with clients is biosecurity. We determine all of the risk events, testing protocols,
cleaning...
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INTRODUCTION
Protection against Swine Erysipelas (SE) and Porcine Parvovirus (PPV) mainly comes from humoral immunity induced by consecutive vaccinations. Therefore, when a serological analysis is performed by means of a serological profile in a herd of vaccinated
breeders,...
Clarence Froese, M.Sc., P.Ag., Director of Nutrition, Genesus Inc.
Proteins consist of a number of structural components including amino acids. During digestion the bonds holding these components together are broken, hence freeing the individual amino acids to be absorbed into...
Chad Bierman, PhD, Geneticist, Genesus Inc.
What is disease resilience and why is it important?
Disease challenges in swine put downward pressure on the economics of pork production. Disease resilience is important because it is a phenotypic descriptor for individual...
DeGroot, M.*; Cardinal, F2.; Galé, I3.; Rodríguez-Ballarà, I3.; Nodar, L3. 1HIPRA HIPRA ANIMAL HEALTH CANADA INC., (Otawa), Canada. mike.degroot@hipra.com 2 Triple V. (Acton Vale) Quebec, Canada. 3 HIPRA HQ. (Amer) Girona, Spain.
INTRODUCTION
Edema Disease (ED) is an acute enterotoxaemia affecting...
Everestus Akanno, PhD., Geneticist, Genesus Inc.
The breeding objective of nucleus swine breeding programs is to improve performance of commercial crossbred pigs. However, what appear to be the same traits (e.g., growth rate) may be expressed differently at the commercial...