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In the final part of ‘change is our opportunity’, data from five field studies using the first ileitis vaccine has been economic benefit across a number of experiments.

Field study results from various regions in Germany where vaccination has been used to fight ileitis support the basic rule that ‘prevention is better than treatment’. None of the veterinarians dismiss the importance of analysing the economic ad...

Pork can become infected by Salmonella anywhere, anytime – during breeding, weaning or in the slaughterhouse, Research shows that despite the difficulty of eradicating the bacteria chances of infection at the pig farm can be reduced.

The new blocking ELISA for the detection of serum antibodies against L. intracellularis can be used to examine large sample numbers in a routine laboratory.

Two large North American operations have experience in using the vaccine against ileitis, recently launched across 19 European countries. Both companies consider the vaccine to be an extremely effective tool, but have introduced a strict protoco...

Registration of herd treatments and concerns related to increasing bacteriological resistance characterised the changes to Danish legislation during the 1990s. In 2000, the introduction of a total antibiotic growth promoter ban led to an increas...

A symposium organised in October by Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health signalled the official introduction of the company?s ileitis vaccine across 19 European countries. The audience of over 150 veterinarians were reminded how researchers strove...

Effective vaccines for enteric diseases are necessary to reduce both direct losses caused by mortality and indirect production costs, for example lower feed efficiency, reduced growth rates and weight variation. Moreover, restrictions on antibio...