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DIRECTORY OF PIG DISEASE INFORMATION:  Alphabetic (cause, clinical signs, diagnosis, treatment, prevention)
 
Disease Outbreaks & Epidemics in Farm Animals:  Foot-and-Mouth  Influenza  PMWS  PRRS  Swine fever
 

PIG HEALTH, DISEASES, BREEDING, MANAGEMENT & SWINE WELFARE NEWS

*Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) - UK Mass Vaccination Project Results November 2008: PCV2 News
*Saliva Sampling - Effective Alternative to Blood Samples for Disease Surveillance: PCV2 / PMWSNews
*PRRSV in Wild Boar - Biosecurity & Control in U.S.A. : PRRSV / PMWS News
*Swine Dysentery Research - East Anglia UK: BPEX  Brachyspira hyodysenteriae Control: Octagon
*Check & Maintain Condition in Lactating Sows - United Kingdom Advice: BPEX
*MRSA INFECTION IN PIGS: Update (2Mb .PDF file)   PDIC Reports   Human symptoms: Mayo
*Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) in Mortality, Hospitalisation & Wasting Disease Problems in Growing Pigs: PMWS News
*New EU Animal Health Strategy Strategy "prevention is better than cure": 2008-2013

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*Probiotic Feed Additive for Weaners - Improvements not Sustainable: Research
*Abuse of Farmed Swine - Shocking New Video: Associated Press
Farm Animal Welfare - Why People Commit Cruelty & Neglect: The Drives towards Evil or Compassion
*Surviving the Credit Crunch: The Power of Positive Thinking!
*Keeping Turkeys : Pigs together - Campylobacter not a Problem: Research
*Porcine Circovirus Associated Disease PCVD Protection
      Cost / Benefit analysis for PCV2 piglet vaccines :  PMWS News
*Neonatal Survival Rates of Newborn Piglets improved by Selective Breeding
Reducing the need for confinement housing of sows & litters in Farrowing Crates: News
*Feral Pigs Disease Risk in U.S.A.:20 % of wild boar pseudorabies (Aujeszky's Disease) positive
10% brucellosis positive, Cattle infected with swine brucellosis: Sept 2008
*The Public Perception of U.K. Farmers - Consumer Survey: Aug 2008
*Respiratory Infections in Pigs - Effective Treatment with Tiamulin: August 2008
*Porcine Proliferative Enteropathy 'Ileitis' - Valnemulin Treatment: August 2008
*Porcine Proliferative Enteropathy 'Ileitis' - Tiamulin Treatment: August 2008

 

*MRSA in Pets, Horses & Farm Animals - AVMA Review article : October 2008
*Rising Concern about MRSA infection in Pigs: UK  U.S.A.  Denmark  France  Central Europe  Netherlands
*UK Pig Disease Reports from Veterinary Practices: NADIS
*NEW*Guide To Antimicrobial Use In Farmed Livestock - Pigs Ruminants Horses Poultry Dogs Cats Fish Swine

 
Guide to Antimicrobial Use in Animals 2008

 

*REVIEW - CONTENTS LIST - ORDERING PAGES
 
*NEW*Handbook of Pig Medicine - Diagnosis, control and treatment of diseases of pigs swine hogs sows boars weaner finishersHandbook of Pig Medicine

by Dr. Peter G.G. Jackson & Dr. Peter Cockcroft
Cambridge University Veterinary School
BOOK REVIEW

  • Clinical examination of the pig
  • Pig population medicine
  • Diseases of the musculoskeletal system
  • Diseases of the respiratory system
  • Diseases of the gastrointestinal system
  • Diseases of the skin
  • Diseases of the central nervous system
  • Diseases of the cardiovascular system
  • Diseases of the urogenital system & udder
  • Reproduction & obstetrics in the pig
  • Polysystemic diseases
  • Outdoor & organic pigs
  • The pet pig
  • Antimicrobial therapeutics
  • Anaesthesia, analgesia & surgical procedures in the pig
  • Sampling, euthanasia & post mortem examination of the pig
  • Haematology & biochemistry of the pig
  • Differential diagnosis in the pig Appendices
  • Notifiable diseases in the pig
  • OIE group A & B international trade notifiable pig diseases
  • Bibliography & Index

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