Pig health and welfare
Information, advice and case studies on keeping your pig herd healthy and disease free.
Worms
Facts about pig worms, how to reduce infection risk and case study on a successful worm-free herd.
Don’t allow worms to eat your pig profits
Ascaris suum (white roundworm)
Swine influenza
How swine influenza spreads, how to diagnose it, prevention and treatment.
Swine infuenza: NADIS pig health bulletin
Vaccination
Practical help on how to vaccinate piglets for pneumonia while keeping stress to a minimum
Minimising stress during piglet vaccinations
Twisted gut
How to avoid the risk of twisted guts leading to sudden death in pigs
Twisted gut risk in pigs during summer
Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea Virus (PEDv)
Facts on the PED virus, diagnosis, symtoms, treatment and prevention.
Biosecurity to help forestall new pig virus
Welfare
Welfare plays an important role in a healthy and productive herd.
Rearing entire male pigs without castration