Enric Marco

Are you aware that using certain medications in acidified water may limit their efficacy? Do you know the pH of the water before starting a medication in water?

You can also facilitate your work using our Water Medication Calculator to perform the calculations.

Medicating water using a tank is an easy and flexible method used to administer drugs, but it can be imprecise if the products we use aren’t totally soluble.

Upon medicating water, the doses should be repeated with a time interval that prevents plasma levels from dropping below the minimum effective concentration and exceeding the toxic concentration.

We must know the environmental conditions to be able to correctly estimate water consumption.

Knowing the pattern of pig drinking behavior is essential for effective treatments.

After the banning of antibiotics as growth promoters, there was an increase in their total consumption due to the therapeutics treatments...

The knowledge and the experience of the veterinarian are important, but not enough. The most valuable information will be provided by the farmer, because they know their pigs and many details that the veterinarian may not see or know.

Many times we become surprised when we see the contents that come out of the pipes when we empty them out for the first time...

We must assure correct management, primarily in the following points: Number of animals / drinker, placement, flow, control of water consumption, design and height of the drinker.

Both "vehicles" for oral medication may be valid and often complementary, but as when making any decision we must consider several factors along with their advantages and disadvantages: cost, speed, flexibility, efectiveness...

A commercial product is formed by a combination of the active ingredients and excipients. The active ingredient is the compound with therapeutic properties and the excipient is what is added to transform the active ingredients into a combination suitable for administration.

It is very important to establish a series of preventive measures to prevent a worsening health status with the introduction of new serotypes.

The farms can be free from PRRS, enzootic pneumonia, atrophic rhinitis, pleuropneumonia, scabies, swine dysentery, and so on. However, why is it we are still unable to characterize farms as Salmonella-free?

When exposed, the pigs get infected in less time than the length of the transportation and the waiting period (prior to the slaughter) in the abattoir.

Enric Marco sums up the essential points to control post-weaning diarrhoea in our farm.

Enric Marco comments on the practical implications of a recent research article about PEDv excretion in semen.

Enric Marco comments on the practical implications of a recent article investigating the transmission of ASF through ingestion of flies.

Producing well with a low antimicrobial usage: Is it possible in high pig-density areas? And, what is the role of the age at weaning?

Can it be useful? How?