Swine Biosecurity Technical Articles
Article published the August 6, 2021:
Introduction
During the last decades, the use of data by farmers has been limited. Most of the systems used were simple and mainly focused on the management of farm tasks, with limited or no capacity of a...
Article published the August 4, 2021:
Introduction
Talk about traditional bacteria in pigs, and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M. hyopneumoniae) will be among the first ones to be mentioned. The “tradition” of this microorganism may be...
Article published the August 4, 2021:
The global swine production industry has experienced a revolution in the last 30 to 40 years. Forty years ago, production was geographically centralized (i.e., all production activities were centrally loca...
Article published the August 4, 2021:
Introduction
As African swine fever virus (ASFV) continues to spread across Southeast Asia, classical swine fever virus (CSFV) expands within Japan, and foot and mouth disease virus (FMDV) reports continu...
Article published the May 4, 2021:
1 | PART 1: WHAT DO WE KNOW?
1.1 | Introduction
Effective biosecurity protocols are essential towards protecting the health status of swine farms. In the United States, tremendous resources have bee...
Article published the March 2, 2021:
Introduction
Salmonella is a worldwide-distributed pathogen that affects both humans and animals13. This microorganism is usually associated with intensive animal production, such as swine, since the confineme...
Article published the December 17, 2020:
1. Introduction
The first set of cases of African swine fever (ASF) in Latvia were detected in the wild boar population at the eastern border with Belarus in June 2014 [1–3]. The disease continued to spr...
Article published the December 1, 2020:
It is well known that heat stress or disease stress during gestation and lactation reduces sow herd productivity and profitability. Lactating sows need a high feed intake to maintain their body condition an...
Article published the November 24, 2020:
Plasma is comprised of a complex mixture of functional proteins that have a profound, positive impact on animals.
Consumed orally, functional proteins help the immune system to respond more quick...
Article published the July 10, 2020:
1. Introduction
African swine fever (ASF), a fatal disease in domestic pigs and wild boar, has become a serious economic threat to the pig farming sector with global ramifications, more than ever underlined b...