Dr Mike Varley

Introduction Through the late 1990's and on into the present century the global swine industry experienced very profound changes. The price crash in 1997/98 was especially traumatic and the outbreaks of CSF and FMD were also particularly damaging. A new emerging disease that became known as Post-weaning Multi-systemic Wasting Syndrome (PMWS) and its related Post-weaning Dermatitis Nephropathy Synd ...

Introduction Neonatal and pre-weaning mortality represents a very large wastage and loss of efficiency for most production farming businesses. Irrespective of the production system(intensive or extensive) the level of pre-weaning mortality still stands around 11-12% of all piglets that are born alive. The range in this probably is between 8% and 25% in general if we consider national statistics. E ...