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PAIN CAUSED BY PARTURITION IN SOWS (II): USEFUL INDICATORS AND PAIN RELIEF
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PAIN CAUSED BY PARTURITION IN SOWS (II): USEFUL INDICATORS AND PAIN RELIEF

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Pain is a sensory and emotional experience that has negative effects on animal welfare, directly affecting farm production items. There are many reasons why pigs can suffer from pain: routine farm management, such as tail-docking and castration, diseases, injuries and physiological events such as farrowing. Nowadays, pain measurement in farm animals is very complex, and it continues to be an important issue in veterinary and biomedical research.

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BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM ANIMAL HEALTH SUPPORTS INDEPENDENT PCV2 RESEARCH

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For the ninth time, Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health has funded independent European research projects related to Porcine Circovirus Type 2 (PCV2) infection and associated diseases. Over the past nine years, 26 research projects have been awarded with € 25,000 each accumulating to € 650,000 in total.

BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM ANIMAL HEALTH HAS BEEN SUPPORTING INDEPENDENT RESEARCH ON PCV2 FOR ONE DECADE
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BOEHRINGER INGELHEIM ANIMAL HEALTH HAS BEEN SUPPORTING INDEPENDENT RESEARCH ON PCV2 FOR ONE DECADE

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Ingelheim/Germany, 09 February, 2017 – For the tenth time, Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health has funded independent European research projects related to Porcine Circovirus Type 2 (PCV2) infection and associated diseases. Over the past ten years, 29 research projects have been awarded with € 25,000.

CIRCOVIRUSES – ALSO A RISK FOR SOWS
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CIRCOVIRUSES – ALSO A RISK FOR SOWS

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A practical example of a bio security-breach:
When purchasing gilts a gap in the vaccination-scheme occurred:
A batch of gilts was not vaccinated for Circovirus immediately after arrival in the quarantine but was delayed until 2 months later when thew hole herd was vaccinated.