James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
With the batch concept in place the major events on a pig farm can be regimented into:.
Japanese encephalitis virus is an Flavivirus (International committee on Taxonomy of Viruses, 2017), an enveloped positive strand RNA virus endemic in eastern and south-eastern Asia (Williams et al,...
From Georgia 2007 to Thailand 2022, Greece 2022 and the Dominican Republic 2021, the same virus strain and sequence is recognised as ASF type 2 with minimal change to the virus. There have been no...
Areas of medicine storage, where veterinanians should be concerned, can be illustrated by a personal study that has taken place over 20 years (Carr personal observations) (Table 1)..
Pigs are prone to abscesses (Figure 2). Subcutaneous abscesses can be very large and may contain up to 6 litres of purulent material. The presence of an abscess can be confirmed by inserting a long...
PCV1 was recognised as a contaminant of porcine kidney cell lines (PK-15) in the 1970s. A range of common conditions was initially wrongly attributed to PCV1, e.g. stillbirths, mummified piglets,...
At any time it is vital to minimise feed wastage. As feed is the number one cost in the production of livestock it is essential that the veterinarian is aware of potential areas where wasted feed can...
The COVID pandemic has affected us all and we need to consider the impact on our clients. Would the COVID pandemic be better managed if vets were in charge? Many of the mistakes made are very basic...
Biosecurity is a word coined to describe the concept where pathogens' access to a farm is restricted, controlled, reduced or eliminated. It must be remembered that biosecurity is not disease control...
