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How swine viruses spread: Delving into airborne transmission
- 30 minutes
“We know that vaccinating can decrease the amount of viruses in the air, so vaccination is a good mechanism to prevent airborne transmission” Swine veterinary consultant Dr. Carmen Alonso in Spain picks out lessons from her detailed studies of air samples inside and outside farms suffering an outbreak of PRRS, influenza A or porcine epidemic diarrhoea --- as well as poultry sites with highly pathogenic avian influenza.
PCV3: Emerging pathogen or incidental finding?
- 30 minutes
“Our recent work demonstrated the presence of the PCV-3 genome within mild-to moderate histological lesions of aborted fetuses.
Do PCV2-a based vaccines cross protect?
- 2 minutes
In this video Dr. Mike Murtaugh discusses vaccine cross-protection on various PCV2 strains: PCV2a, PCV2b & PCV2d. He also talks about the outbreaks of PCVAD and how correct usage of the vaccine is key.
CROWDED UTERUS
- 5 minutes
In hyperprolific sows with the potential to produce large litters, gestation length will typically last for 3 months, 3 weeks and 3 to 5 days. The more foetuses present, the less room there is for adhesion of the placenta of each individual pig to the uterine wall. To facilitate maximal embryonic development, it is important that the sow is optimally nourished prior to insemination. Also it is important to recognise and minimise stress factors such as fluctuations in environmental temperature, social stress such as fighting and exposure to toxins and infections e.g. PRRS. In hyperprolific sows particularly, these factors have significant negative impact on the forthcoming gestation.
LIGHT-WEIGHT PIGLETS – HYPOTHERMIA LOOMING
- 5 minutes
Because hypothermic pigs
require more time after birth to ingest adequate colostrum
generally ingest less colostrum
EFFECT OF CASTRATION ON THE WELFARE OF PIGS
- 10 minutes
"Surgical castration of pigs should be abandoned by 1 January 2018"
Brussels Declaration, 2010
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