Ken Steen Pedersen

Introduction:Antimicrobial resistance testing of enterotoxic Escherichia coli (ETEC) is used as a diagnostic decision tool for selecting classes of antibiotics for treatment in pigs. Resistance testing is often done on isolates from faecal samples collected from diseased case pigs with the advantage of high certainty of analysing E. coli stains that has caused disease in the individual pig. The ob ...

Introduction:Loose housing systems for sows may have increased the occurrence and importance of Ascaris suum. Anthelmintic treatments can result in resistance development. Therefore identification of risk factors and development of alternative control strategies is relevant.The objective of this study was to identify risk factors associated with Ascaris suum egg counts in sows and gilts from inten ...

Introduction  An important work function for the practicing veterinarian is to solve various problems in swine herds. Diagnostics and making a diagnosis are an important part of solving a problem.  The diagnosis is central for describing the problem, identifying the problem and, finally, making a change that will hopefully lead to the problem being solved. A diagnosis can ei ...