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Treatment of prolonged farrowing depends upon the cause. Illness in the sow should be treated. When manual examination after washing and disinfection reveals an open cervix, deliver any …

Foot-and-Mouth Disease virus is shed by aerosol and from ruptured vesicles on tongue, snout and feet. It infects by direct contact with infected pigs, by inhalation and by the consumption of …

Colitis can be caused by nutrition or by infection and is often caused by both. Both can allow undigested feed components to reach the colon as a result of poor digestibility of the feed …

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 …

Rectal stricture often follows untreated rectal prolapse in which the prolapse has sloughed and may also follow enteritis in which excoriation of the rectal mucosa and the associated …

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PRRS is a viral disease so there is no specific treatment. Supportive measures can reduce losses and include the use of aspirin for 7 days prior to farrowing in an outbreak, checking all sows for …

Most causes of agalactia in sows and gilts can be identified in the live animal, and post-mortem examination is rarely carried out. The teats are easily examined post-mortem and the …