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    Leman Conf: ASF outbreaks in the Dominican Republic

    Disease Notifiable diseases African swine fever
    calendar icon 11 December 2024
    clock icon 4 minute read

    Do face masks reduce exposure to swine flu?

    Disease Notifiable diseases H1N1 swine influenza
    calendar icon 2 December 2024
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    Pig farm workers can breathe in aerosols with swine influenza A virus

    McKean: Telehealth - what works, what’s legal?

    Disease Managing disease Veterinary
    calendar icon 30 October 2024
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    Telehealth may aid in a foreign animal disease response

    McKean: Nutritional interventions for E. coli in nursery pigs

    Disease Production stages Nursery/weaner
    calendar icon 7 October 2024
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    The swine industry has seen an increase in enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli outbreaks

    AASV: Storms can affect PED and PRRS transmission

    Disease Notifiable diseases PRRS
    calendar icon 25 September 2024
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    Weather events may increase the likelihood of biosecurity breaches

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    Japanese encephalitis virus: Australian outbreak on pig farms

    Disease Notifiable diseases
    calendar icon 4 May 2022
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    In the space of just one month, Japanese encephalitis virus went from being practically non-existent in Australia to infecting 50 pig farms across the eastern seaboard and the south of the country.

    AASV: State veterinarians share lessons from disease outbreaks for pig industry

    Disease Notifiable diseases African swine fever
    calendar icon 25 April 2022
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    Those lessons included: planning, depopulation and quarantines

    The Applied Animal Scientist Whither?

    Disease Managing disease Pig Welfare
    calendar icon 24 March 2017
    clock icon 12 minute read
    This paper has been prompted by changes in the supply of and demand for graduates with an interest, perhaps better stated as a passion, for working in the livestock industry.

    Evaluating Lameness in Sows

    Disease Genetics and reproduction Pig Welfare
    calendar icon 3 March 2017
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    There has been an increase in the culling of sows due to lameness. Three presentations discussed this topic during the 24th International Pig Veterinary Society Congress in Dublin, Ireland in 2016.

    Issues with Carbon Dioxide Stunning of Pigs

    Disease Managing disease Pig Welfare
    calendar icon 10 February 2017
    clock icon 5 minute read
    CO2 stunning can be reversible; pigs may recover consciousness, therefore the time between stunning and exsanguination is a determining factor for the efficiency of the stunning process.

    Variation in Pig Growth Rate and Live Weight

    Disease Genetics and reproduction Husbandry
    calendar icon 3 February 2017
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    Measuring variation in live weight in a population of pigs is conceptually very simple but problematic because it requires that large numbers of pigs are weighed periodically.

    Issues in Group Housing of Sows

    Disease Pig Welfare Group housing sows
    calendar icon 20 January 2017
    clock icon 5 minute read
    Group housing of sows requires careful management, since a whole range of issues can become problematic. Two of these issues, belly nosing and roundworm infections, were discussed during the 24th International Pig Veterinary Society Congress in Dublin, Ireland in 2016.
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