Thomas Livestock Co.’s production manager and sow farms supervisor needed to be convinced that group housing would actually be good for the reproductive females, as the public perceives.
Research Review: Researchers examine floor space allowance for sow housing, trying to find the right balance to maintain animal welfare without compromising sow inventory and total production.
With continued progress, all farms should be “Presumptive Negative” by the end of March. Cautious eyes fall on April, May and June to see if PEDV reemerges.
Research Review: Further research is needed to investigate approaches to minimizing post-natal temperature decline, particularly for low birth weight piglets.
Accurate, rapid diagnostic measures such as the multiplex PCR test underpin the ability of the animal health community to rapidly respond to potential health threats to the industry.
ASF is a highly contagious hemorrhagic disease of pigs that produces a wide range of clinical signs and lesions that closely resemble those of classical swine fever.
