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Campylobacter food poisoning – good news for pigs!

Campylobacter species are the commonest cause of food poisoning in man, affecting over 50,000 people in the UK and 69/100,000 population in Denmark each year, but Danish researchers have shown that potentially, only a small fraction of pig isolates are associated with man and these strains are also found in poultry, which appears to be a major source.

Author: David Burch | Tuesday 15 January 2008

The second most cause of enforced culling – Legs!

Foot and leg problems together with lameness are still a major reason why sows have to be removed from the herd in the first 3 parities.

Author: John Gadd | Thursday 03 January 2008

Feeding sorghum

Sorghum has re-surfaced recently as an alternative cereal, especially in Western Europe, where imports, particularly from the US, are more economically feasible. Of course, there is nothing new about sorghum, as many farmers in Kansas will readily attest. I recall diets in this state based entirely on sorghum, with no problems at all in growth performance or carcass quality. But, let’s start from the beginning!

Author: Dr Ioannis Mavromichalis | Monday 17 December 2007

Enzootic pneumonia – is it a good time to consider eradication?

With costs rising rapidly due to increases in feed prices, is it a good time to focus on improving health and considering eradication of such production depressing diseases as enzootic pneumonia?

Author: David Burch | Tuesday 11 December 2007

How to prolong sow productive lifetime

Last time I showed that Sow Productive Lifetime (SPL) was far too short these days. I have been on farms recently where the replacement rate of breeding sows was 45% and even 50% – a huge waste of investment in their superb genetics.

Author: John Gadd | Friday 30 November 2007

High cereal prices II

In my last blog, I discussed non-nutritional ways of addressing the problem of high cereal prices. Now, it’s time for nutritional suggestions. After all, feed used to make up at least 60% of the cost of raising a pig. Now, it is even higher!

Author: Dr Ioannis Mavromichalis | Monday 19 November 2007

Future availability of antimicrobials in pig medicine

There is a joint FAO/WHO/OIE expert meeting on the 17-21st November on critically important antimicrobials and their use in human and animal medicine – what will they do when these two lists overlap?

Author: David Burch | Tuesday 13 November 2007

Staring you in the face!

Supposing you were running a haulage business and the cost of fuel suddenly rose by 36% in six weeks, which you could do nothing about. Would it be putting your business in severe danger? This analogy might help to create a better insight in sow management.

Author: John Gadd | Monday 05 November 2007

High cereal prices I

High cereal prices are here to remain. At least, for some time, or until fuels stop competing against humans for food and feed energy! So, after accepting we have to deal with high cereal prices in animal feed, what is left to do?

Author: Dr Ioannis Mavromichalis | Tuesday 30 October 2007

Hospital Pens - Objections and Possible Solutions

Recently I discussed how hospital pens were frequently overcrowded, and to compound the error are usually sited in a spare pen right next to the healthy pigs. Almost universally the excuse is "But we haven’t enough spare room anywhere else!". Very often I find on touring the farm, that with a little bit of thought and imagination – you have.

Author: John Gadd | Friday 26 October 2007

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