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Vaccinations are available for a number of diseases that affect swine. In some cases vaccination constitutes the major part of the control of the disease. In many other cases it is only a small part of the control program. Vaccination programs need to be tailored to each swine operation. Remember that vaccination only raises a pig's level of resistance. If other important management procedures are neglected, even this elevated level of resistance may be inadequate to prevent disease.
Vaccines must be stored and administered according to label directions if they are to be effective. Slaughter withdrawal time must be observed at all times to avoid illegal residues. The most common times for administering many vaccines are before breeding and before farrowing. This protects the sow and passes antibodies to the piglets for their protection.
Early vaccination will produce the greatest benefits in protecting pigs against enzootic pneumonia, according to one of Europe's leading pig experts.
Vaccination against Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae is an important tool for controlling the economic impact of the disease, says Professor Dominiek Maes, from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at Ghent University, Belgium.
Weight losses due to enzootic pneumonia are greater if pigs are infected early in life, says Professor Maes, speaking at a...
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Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health GmbH, have announced the pan-European launch of Enterisol® Ileitis, the first enteric vaccine to have received marketing authorization in the EU to improve pig’s weight gain and to reduce body weight variability. From now on, Enterisol® Ileitis is available in 19 European countries.
Ileitis (porcine proliferative enteropathy) is a common enteric disease of pigs which is transmitted by oral-faecal infection with the bacteria Lawsonia intracellularis. The...
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MERIAL launches new White Book on Classical Swine fever at recent Asian Pig Veterinary Society Congress, Manila, Philippines.
During the 2nd Congress of the Asian Pig Veterinary Society Congress (19 & 20 September 2005) held at the Edsa Shangri-la Hotel, Manila, a Corporate Symposium was organised by MERIAL on classical swine fever (better known in the Philippines as hog cholera). The Symposium focussed on a pig disease that continues to present challenges to veterinary scientists,...
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Researchers from Buenos Aires recently succeeded in developing a prototype vaccine for the Foot and Mouth Disease Virus in genetically modified plants.
In many cases, the development of vaccines in transgenic plants is a highly efficient, inexpensive, and also environmentally friendly way to produce a vaccine when compared to conventional methods. Due to the reduced production costs, low, middle and high income countries stand to profit.
Edible vaccines which are produced by molecular...
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Since the 1960s there have been outbreaks of African swine fever in France, Italy, Malta, Belgium and Holland. The disease, which is endemic in most of Southern Africa, is highly contagious. The virus can persist in meat up to 15 weeks, processed hams up to six months and up to one month in contaminated pens.
This week scientists at the Institute for Animal Health's Pirbright Laboratory will announce a complete genome sequence for the African swine fever virus, which will be used as a...
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Defra has started consulting on legislation to implement the European foot-and-mouth disease directive, which aims to introduce a consistent approach to tackling the disease across Europe.
It moves emergency vaccination to the forefront of control strategies, alongside the basic policy of slaughter of susceptible animals on infected premises and those identified as dangerous contacts. The government is legally obliged to implement the directive but there are some parts that leave room for...
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The movement of swine will be controlled in certain areas of the Western Cape after a large commercial piggery in Klapmuts tested positive for blue ear disease, said Agriculture MEC Cobus Dowry on Friday.
Dowry said: "A movement control system would be implemented immediately in the municipal areas of Drakenstein, Joostenburg, Philippi, Emfuleni and Malmesbury.
"This means all movements of pigs into and from these areas requires a "red" cross permit issued by the state vet Boland or the...
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A group of scientists from Fudan University has invented a new type of genetic vaccine to prevent foot and mouth disease in pigs — which, compared to normal vaccines, can enhance the animal's "immunity."
Last week, the group got a license from the central government to mass-produce the medicine, which researchers said will boost the country's pork exports....
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In recent years, in an effort to reduce their costs, there has been a tendency for producers to chop and change their vaccination programmes.
Such changes have been exacerbated by withdrawal of certain commercial vaccines, for example Suvaxyn E coli.
Not all vaccines used against one disease, such as E coli, are identical or necessarily compatible, points out Mark White, veterinary consultant to JSR Genetics. Where a two-dose primary course is required it may not be appropriate to use...
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The National Audit Office has warned that DEFRA still has work to do to make sure it is ready for another foot-and-mouth outbreak.
In a report published on Wed (Feb 2), the NAO said that the disease was still common in many parts of the world, and trade and travel meant that another outbreak was possible at any time.
Sir John Bourn, NAO comptroller and auditor general, said: "Continued vigilance is essential. DEFRA is now much better prepared than in 2001, but it still has work to...
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Vaccination has so far failed to localize the outbreak of an epidemic of pig plague at a farm in Russia’s Vladimir Region bordering on the Moscow Region, the deputy head of the local state veterinary inspector told Itar-Tass on Wednesday.
According to Nikolai Mitrofanov, a total of 200 pigs have already died since Tuesday night, and 300 more have fallen ill.
Specialists have already vaccinated the entire stock of 2,000 pigs, and the farm has been put on quarantine.
Veterinary doctors...
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UK livestock disease curbs strengthened but not infallible.
Nearly four years since Britain's farms were ravaged by foot-and-mouth disease, the country could still do more to thwart a repeat outbreak, according to the Royal Society.
Four million sheep, cows and other animals were slaughtered in 2001 in a desperate effort to control the most serious British epidemic of foot-and-mouth disease in over 30 years. At the time, authorities were criticised for their lack of preparedness....
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The UK could not effectively tackle foot-and-mouth disease using emergency vaccination if another outbreak were to occur in the immediate future.
That is the view of the Royal Society which published a report on Tues (Dec 21) reviewing the work undertaken by DEFRA to ensure the UK is better prepared for a future outbreak.
The report recognises that the government has already done significant work, but it also identifies problems with the use of emergency vaccination that urgently need to...
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Hong Kong health chief said yesterday piglets will be vaccinated next spring to prevent the possible spread of Japanese encephalitis, local radio reported.
York Zhou, secretary for health, welfare and food, was quoted by Hong Kong Commercial Broadcasting Co as saying that the government has enhanced the mosquitoes surveillance and was collecting information on the quantity of mosquitoes that may carry the JE virus, in an effort to control the breeding of those mosquitoes.
Chow said the...
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A vaccination programme for pigs against Japanese encephalitis will be in place before summer next year, Director of Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Thomas Chan says.
Speaking to the media today, Mr Chan said Japanese encephalitis virus will become more active in warm weather. Therefore, it is time to work out and refine details of the vaccination programme for implementation before the coming summer.
He expected the programme details will be finalised in several months, and the...
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The results of one of the largest abattoir surveys ever conducted, which examined more than 80,000 lungs from more than 800 farms, were presented at the recent International Pig Veterinary Society Congress in Hamburg.
It provided pig vets and producers with interesting statistics on the efficiency of the current range of commercially available Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae vaccines.
Checking lung lesions at slaughter is an important tool for vets to better monitor the health status of farms...
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Authorities this week announced that an outbreak of swine fever in Papua province has since April killed at least 8,700 pigs, mostly in the southern coastal region of Mimika.
Livestock health authorities have been shipping vaccines to the region in an effort to contain the virus.
Swine fever, also known as hog cholera, is highly infectious among farm-raised pigs and wild boars, but is not dangerous to humans.
Although pigs are not very popular in predominantly Muslim Indonesia, they...
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The Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization in Saskatoon has released a new guide designed to help swine producers maximize the benefits of vaccines.
Vaccination Guidelines for Swine was developed by the VIDO Swine Technical Group, with funding provided by pork producer associations in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario.
The package was modeled after a similar guide developed by the VIDO Beef Technical Group for beef producers and it contains much of the same background...
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