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Global pig statistics - Pig Progress
Questions for which this easy tool will present an easy answer. Using data from the United Nations’ Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), the long-term development of pig populations in all countries around the globe is made visible and comparable by just picking the countries of choice. Select the country of your choice and see the trend ...
Mastitis, Metritis, Agalactia (MMA) - Pig Progress
Age affected: Gilts, sows after farrowing. Causes: Mismanagement; infections. Effects: Within 48 hrs of farrowing – inappetence, hungry piglets, fever, hard udder. Generally caused by bacterial invasion of the udder and subsequent production of endotoxins (the cell wall lipopolysaccharide produced by bacteria like E. coli). Endotoxin cannot ...
Greasy Pig (Exudative Epidermitis) - Pig Progress
Greasy pig disease is caused by Staphylococcus hyicus, a skin bacterium which produces an exfoliative toxin which causes loss of skin cells. 6 serotypes and a large number of phage types of the organism exist.Other staphylococci (S. sciuri, S. chromogenes and S. aureus) producing one or more of the exfoliative toxins have also been identified in a few cases.
Congenital Defects - Pig Progress
Congenital defects are usually present at birth or become obvious shortly after birth. They may occur spontaneously during the development of an individual piglet, they may be hereditary, caused by infection during pregnancy, be of nutritional or toxic origin or the cause may be unknown. Examples of spontaneous abnormalities include cleft ...
Diarrhoea Neonatal (Scours) - Pig Progress
The sources of infection in neonatal diarrhoea are affected piglets, the piglet environment and the faeces of the sow. Each of the agents mentioned can occur in small numbers in the faeces of the sow, although adult animals are unaffected by the coccidia, rotavirus, E. coli and clostridial strains concerned because of immunity. Piglet to piglet transmission is most common within a …
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Welcome to the digital magazine section of Misset International, which covers the brands All About Feed, Dairy Global, Future Farming, Pig Progress and Poultry World. Misset International is part of Misset Uitgeverij B.V., specialising in the agriculture industry. To view the digital magazines, you need to be Logged in on this website – then ...
Health Tool - Pig Progress
Health Tool. This section contains both key reproductive issues, like abortion or boar infertility, as well as diseases which have an effect on the reproductive system. The Pig Health Tool gives nice and easy-to-access insights on the most common pig diseases and conditions. The tool focuses on causes, clinical signs and proven treatment and ...
Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) - Pig Progress
Foot-and-Mouth Disease is caused by the Foot-and-Mouth disease (FMD) virus, an aphthovirus. Seven distinct serotypes occur (A, O, C, S.A.T.1, S.A.T.2, S.A.T.3, Asia 1), each with several subtypes. The virus may be cultivated in bovine or pig kidney cells, or bovine tongue epithelium. It is stable between pH 6 and pH 8, is rapidly destroyed by ...
Mulberry Heart Disease (MHD) - Pig Progress
Mulberry heart disease results from a deficiency of Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol) in the ration, exacerbated by low methionine and cystine levels and high fat levels in the diet. Oxidised fat, copper and the wet storage of cereals, particularly propionic acid-stored barley may all reduce the Vitamin E levels. Selenium levels appear to be normal ...
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