Save time, work and water when cleaning the buildings.

The use of milk replacers is helpful, both to increase the number of weaned piglets and to simplify the management of nurse sows.

A gilt who has compromised limb health on entry to the breeding herd is more vulnerable to early removal as a result of lameness and more vulnerable to the negative production affects associated with it.

The transmission of PEDV through the feed supply chain is an example of a complex disease transmission pathway that triggered swine feed industry stakeholders to collaborate in understanding and addressing the risk factors.

This trick consists in creating a nest using the crates back corridor.

The accuracy and security provided by the combination of samples of weaned pigs and piglets at birth, either stillborn or live piglets, help us make a decision that will be crucial in any eradication plan.

Only a few EU countries are discussing national eradication as a possibility.

An erythema multiforme (EM) was noticed in the majority (90%) of breeding stock, associated with respiratory problems and without mortality.

The European market is saturated with pork since late summer. The WHO's report has been an ice-cold shower for the whole of the European pig sector.

This study investigated the prevalence of ETEC positive pigs in farms without clinical signs of diarrhea, and the antibiotic resistance pattern observed amongst ETEC strains isolates.

The only prospect for growth in both the EU and the US is increasing net export sales. We are at an interesting cross-roads about which pork producing nation or group of nations will capture that opportunity.

I truly believe some strains of this bacterium are pathogenic for piglets and can cause diarrhea and reduced growth rate; however, we do not know yet how to identify them!

The classification system for PRRSV status of herds is based upon a set of definitions reflecting the biology and ecology of PRRSV.

The tissue damage is the consequence of direct apoptosis (and necrosis) of alveolar macrophage and their neighboring cells due to the release of apoptotigenic cytokines, reactive oxygen species, and nitric oxide.

The rate and sequence of mucosal immune maturity from birth to an ‘adult-type’ pig is an important determinant of subsequent performance, health and survival, and hence impacts on the efficiency and profitability of pork production.

The week of birth is tattooed on the animals`ears to know their age at all times.

Senecavirus A (SVA) has been suggested as a causative agent of idiopathic vesicular disease in pigs. Additionally, a neonatal losses syndrome, affecting piglets of 0-7 days of age, associated with SVA has recently been reported.

A series of unsuccessful measures are taken until the problem is finally solved.

By moving beads stringed in a wire we will record the amount of feed consumed.

We think that in October the price will still fall in Spain. A correction for the alignment with our neighbours is prevailing.

If we back away from the specifics of E. coli and consider the big picture of infectious disease we can gain some broader insights on control methods.

We present the first results obtained by cross-matching data from different sources: production / reproduction data with data from feeding machines.

Foaming in swine manure is not a recent issue. The unusual aspect of foaming manure today is the significant increase in foaming events.

Bearing welfare in mind, which should be the size of the group of animals housed in a pen?

Having a correct lighting is basic for the productivity of the sow and the farm workers, and it can be increased considerably with solutions apart from artificial lighting.

US pork industry is enjoying the lowest feed costs in quite some time. A significant number of new hogs to be raised in the U.S. is expected. Will the production arrive ahead of the new slaughter capacity?

Currently, no single RT-PCR assay could be recommended as a universal method allowing for detection of all PRRSV strains with optimal sensitivity.

This trick helps to restrain the sows quickly in their cages to draw blood from them.

This article deals with the factors to be considered for deciding the optimal time of vaccination against PCV2  and shows the results of a study that evaluates the efficacy of different vaccination programs in PCV2 subclinically infected piglets.

Due to their higher energy, phosphorus and amino acids content when compared to corn, wheat and barley, DDGS are presented as a nutritional and cheap alternative feed in the animals diet.

The Spanish price can only fall, and it will inevitably drop week after week in September.

Infection with swine influenza virus and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome during the suckling period was associated with an increase in post-weaning mortality (more limited in the case of SIV and of larger magnitude for PRRSV).

Pig farming in Ukraine is developing lively. The market deficit lowers the entry barriers that are almost absent.

In Korea, it is common to vaccinate sows as a whole-herd mass vaccination program, where all sows are vaccinated quarterly with a type 2 PRRSV vaccine. Therefore, it is recommended to vaccinate breeding females quarterly with additional type 1 PRRSV vaccine to control type 1 PRRSV infection.

A good diet is not enough to prevent post-weaning diarrhoea in the youngest, lightest animals, since they do not eat as much as they should.

We move a plastic ring along the water drainpipe, leaving it at a series of pre-established marks.

The estimated cost of PRRS for European pig producers is 1,5b € every year.

The article suggests measuring external risks in order to compare swine farms based on a numerical figure, and thus initiate corrective measures to improve and numerically verify the improvements achieved.

The goal of this trick is to make a practical, simple and cheap catheter holder.

We can assure Pope Francis that neither of the two big regional trade agreements will result in “unfettered capitalism” but the one between the US and EU could result in the US having more than two kinds of cheese, (currently yellow and white)

This article summarizes the main points to beat heat stress in pigs.

The heat has brought about a drop by more than 2 kg/carcass in July. This has not caused an increase in the price, as the Spanish price is the highest in Europe, and pork price is very low.

A new revolution is about to reach the swine sector, we are talking about new information management.

The article suggests various environmental and feed program changes and assesses their effect on pig performance and feed cost.

Understanding potential causes of lameness can help reduce the levels of lameness in the breeding herd and thus improve farm productivity and sow welfare.

The objective of supplementing piglets with creep feeds is to reduce the number of under-developed animals during the first days after weaning and, albeit with some differences, it is beneficial for both 21-day and 28-day lactations.

With this aim, micro sprinklers soak periodically the area where we wish the animals to defecate.

Type 1 PRRSV is highly prevalent in Korean swine herds and currently reproductive failure is more important consequence of infection with type 1 PRRSV, than is respiratory diseases in growing pigs.

All sequenced PEDV isolates that were found recently within European countries were most closely related to so called S INDEL PEDV, which was originally described in the US in January 2014.

The aim of the main nutritional strategies is to ensure a beneficial effect on the digestive flora of piglets and their intestinal health after weaning, thus reducing the risk of colibacillosis.

This article describes a new syndrome in pigs that causes external and internal birth defects, especially in the liver and heart.

This behaviour avoids the submissive animals from having access to water with enough frequency.

The harsh reality is that the outlook is bleak in all Europe.

This type of investment may not be crazy when it comes to protecting farms with high genetic value (others are dependent on) or insemination centres.

The use of proven phytases in swine, is recognized to be an extremely useful tool for nutritionists not only in formulating more affordable feed without altering animal performance, but even improving it.

How much has disease changed from its first introduction? Currently, we can find a new variant that appears to be a much milder form of PEDv, there are sow herds with chronic PEDv ( ~10% of breeding herds), a few sow herds with re-breaks (~ 3-5% of herds), ….

COOL story can be summarized as “Be careful what you wish for, you might actually get it”.

Wrap the sow's card in a clear plastic bag and write down the data with a thick marker

According to the present status and the experiences obtained during the previous one and a half year, Hungary will get free of PRRS by 2020.

Interactions between nutritional strategies and prevalence / severity of GI clinical pictures caused by E. coli after weaning.