Mark Howells

Howells Veterinary Services, York Road, Easingwold, York, YO61 3EB

Capturing batching options in pig farms

With the batch concept in place the major events on a pig farm can be regimented into:.

African swine fever variants currently outside Africa

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...

Medicine storage

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)..

Some skin conditions in pigs: types, control and prevention

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...

Porcine circoviruses

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,...

We cannot afford to waste feed on pig farms

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...

Biosecurity

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...