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If you are already a member please login below: Username: Password: Anaemia:        Health Index            Article Index PIH-34 Baby Pig Anemia Purdue University Arthritis:    Health Index    Top of page Swine arthritis Iowa State University Herd Health:    Health Index    Top of page Identification and Control of Factors Limiting Pig Health, Productivity and Pork Quality The National Pork Producers Council Identification and Control of Factors Limiting Pig Health, Productivity and Pork Quality University of Minnesota Development and Evaluation of a Herd Health Monitoring System for Swine Operations University of Illinois Biochemical Markers of Sickness University of Illinois Health Considerations For The Year 2000 Kansas State University Evaluation of the Efficacy of Boot Baths in Biosecurity Protocols The National Pork Producers Council Footbaths - Good hygiene routines are essential for ensuring healthy stock Department of Agriculture and Rural Development N.I. Preventative Herd Health Program Kansas State University PDF Foreign Visitors and Livestock Diseases Alberta Agriculture Bacon Bits Are You Hosting International Visitors to Your Farm? National Pork Board PDF When Company Comes to the Farm National Pork Board PDF Industry's Role in Emergency Management in the U.S. National Pork Board PDF National Animal Health Emergency Management System Steering Committee Update National Pork Board PDF Role of Industry in Outbreaks National Pork Board PDF Facility Design and Health Interactions University of Pennsylvania Disease Eradication: Shoud We Go There? 2001 North Carolina Healthy Hog Seminar Serologic Profiling: Swine Pathogens 1994 North Carolina Healthy Hog Seminar Pig Disease Profile Garth Veterinary Group The Use Of Disinfectants In The Swine Industry 1993 North Carolina Healthy Hog Seminar Monitoring Lesions Of Slaughtered Pigs 1994 North Carolina Healthy Hog Seminar How Disease Slows Growth 1996 North Carolina Healthy Hog Seminar Case Studies In Swine Health 1996 North Carolina Healthy Hog Seminar Disease Prevention, Worth More Than A Thousand Cures North Carolina State University Swine Care Practices UC Davis Veterinary Health Status as a Risk Factor Manitoba Agriculture High-Health Pigs at Risk North Carolina State University PIH-68 Guidelines for the Development of a Swine Herd Health Calendar Purdue University Swine Herd health Program University of Florida The Stockperson and Swine Health Ontario Agriculture A Guide to Swine Health Oklahoma State University PDF PIH-79 Environmental Sanitation and Management in Disease Prevention Purdue University Selection and use of disinfectants in disease prevention Iowa State University G1410 Selection and Use of Disinfectants University of Nebraska Development and Implementation of an On-Farm Cleaning and Disinfection Audit National Pork Board The Art of Pressure Washing Ontario Agriculture Sequential Decontamination of Farrowing Crate Flooring North Carolina State University Introducing Breeding Stock into the Swine Herd Manitoba Agriculture Development of Effective Management Strategies for the Introduction of Gilts to the Breeding Herd Alberta Agriculture Slaughter checks - an aid to better herd health Iowa State University Management Practices for Swine Herd Health in Hawaii University of Hawaii G2507 - Herd Management for Disease Prevention University of Missouri Disease Impact on Modern Swine Production and Control with AI North Carolina State University G2508 - Herd Health Programs for Swine Seedstock Production University of Missouri Isolation Procedures for Farrowing Operations (263K) Texas A&M University PDF Isolation of Incoming Breeding Stock National Pork Board Isolation of Incoming Breeding Stock to Prevent Introduction to PRV National Pork Board Plan for Herd Health When Starting a Swine Operation (381K) Texas A&M University PDF Planned Animal Health and Production in Swine Herds Washington State University The Role of Swine Diseases in a Complex Adaptive System University of Minnesota Use of PigMon®, a slaughter monitoring system for market swine to identify hazards and on-farm critical control points for pathogens of public health National Pork Producers Council Production of a New Tool to Assess Effective Swine Disease Responses National Pork Producers Council Disinfection of Swine Barns Manitoba Agriculture Biosecurity and Disease Prevention North Carolina State University Biosecurity Guidelines Indiana State Board of Animal Health How to Design a Pig Barn Office with a Biosecure Entry Alberta Agriculture Bacon Bits Keeping Track of Your Farm's Biosecurity North Carolina State University Invest in Your Herd's Biosecurity, it Offers Great Returns North Carolina State University Biosecurity for Age Segregated Early Weaning Ontario Agriculture Assessment and management of protected pig units French Research Swine Days Biosecurity - How Do We Protect Our Farms? 2001 North Carolina Healthy Hog Seminar Biosecurity National Pork Board Biosecurity - It Pays National Pork Board Biosecurity to Prevent Pseudorabies National Pork Board G2340 - Biosecurity for Today's Swine Operation University of Missouri Biosecurity Antec International Value of All-in/All-out and Early Weaning South Dakota State University All in all out Department of Agriculture and Rural Development N.I. Managment To Reduce Disease North Carolina State University Health Management Of The Growing Pig North Carolina State University Euthanasia of Pigs on the Farm Manitoba Agriculture Recommended Techniques For Euthanasia North Carolina State University Euthanasia for Hog Farms North Carolina State University On-Farm Euthanasia Guidelines National Pork Board PDF On-Farm Euthanasia of Swine--Options for the Producer National Pork Board PDF Nursery Pigs: What Signs of Disease do Producers Observe? Ontario Agriculture Outline for an integrated modelling approach concerning risks and economic consequences of contagious animal diseases Netherlands Journal of Agricultural Science Swine Diseases - Reviews and Editorials WorldMedicus The principle of depopulation to control or eradicate disease Department of Agriculture and Rural Development N.I. Vaccination:    Health Index    Top of page Why Vaccinate? North Carolina State University Vaccines and Vaccinations Kansas State University PDF Vaccines And Vaccine Failure: Why Vaccines Don't Always Work 1996 North Carolina Healthy Hog Seminar PIH-122 Basics of Immunology Purdue University Vaccines for Farrowing Operations (462K) Texas A&M University PDF Antidiarrheal Vaccines Using a Bacterial Adhesin as a Vehicle National Pork Producers Council Duration of Vaccine-Induced Protective Immunity in the Sow National Pork Producers Council Storage and Use of Vaccines for Swine Manitoba Agriculture Vaccines - Their Use Handling and Care Oklahoma State University PDF G1445 Understanding Vaccines G02-1445-A (issued January 2002) University of Nebraska Causes of Vaccination-Immunization Failures in Livestock University of Nebraska Vaccination Practice in US Herds U.S. Agriculture Vaccines and their integrated use in prophylactic programs against the major infectious pig diseases, a review French Research Swine Days Development of Porcine Adenovirus-3 Based Vaccines Alberta Agriculture Swine Vaccination Diagram Agrilabs Oral Immunization to Induce Mucosal Anti-Viral Immunity National Pork Board Experimental Colonization of Piglets and Gilts with Systemic Strains of Haemophilus parasuis and Streptococcus suis to Prevent Disease National Pork Board General:    Health Index    Top of page Identification and Control of Factors Limiting Pig Health, Productivity and Pork Quality National Pork Board USDA Reminds Livestock Owners and Private Veterinary Practitioners to Report Unusual Animal Health Symptoms U.S. Department of Agriculture For Passengers Travelling To The United States From FMD Infected Regions of the World U.S. Department of Agriculture Protecting America From Foot-and-Mouth Disease and Other Highly Contagious Livestock Diseases U.S. Department of Agriculture Disease Prevention Guidelines for U.S. Livestock Shows, Agricultural Fairs and Other Agriculture-Related Events U.S. Department of Agriculture A New Method for Assessing Connectedness Between Herds North Carolina State University How To Find A Veterinarian You Can Work With North Carolina State University The Veterinary-Client-Patient Relationship 1995 North Carolina Healthy Hog Seminar Selection Of Pigs To Submit To The Lab, Selection Of Antiinfectives And Water Therapy 1995 North Carolina Healthy Hog Seminar Quality Laboratory Samples Necessary for Accurate Disease Diagnosis University of Nebraska Herd Infection through Semen Ontario Agriculture 1998 Leman Animal Health Conference Alberta Agriculture Bacon Bits Disease Issues from the 1999 Leman Conference Alberta Agriculture Bacon Bits Control of Intestinal Infection with Epidermal Growth Factor in Piglets Alberta Agriculture Identification and Control of Factors Limiting Pig Health, Productivity and Pork Quality National Pork Producers Council Cats Transmit Parasite to Swine North Carolina State University Risk of feeding food waste to swine: Foreign animal diseases U.S. Deptartment of Agriculture Foreign Animal Disease North Carolina State University Current Issues in Veterinary Medicine Alberta Agriculture Bacon Bits Seeking solutions to "suicide" swine diseases - Streptococcus suis, Actinobacillus suis and Haemophilis parasuis University of Guelph Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) -Based Assay for Detection of Eperythrozoon suis Infection in Pigs University of Illinois Influence of Spirulina platensis on Growth Performance of Weanling Pigs Kansas State University Risk factors associated with high mortality rates in pig herds French Research Swine Days A rapid and non-invasive method for jugular catheterisation in pigs: more than a research tool French Research Swine Days General Sows: PIH-37 Lactation Failure in the Sow Purdue University PIH-59 Infectious Swine Reproductive Diseases Purdue University G2315 - Infectious Causes of Infertility in Sows University of Missouri Swine Reproductive Problems: Infectious Causes University of Nebraska Reliability of sow "fever" as an indicator of lactation problems in swine neonatalogy French Research Swine Days Chemotactic activity of bovine and porcine milk onto swine lymphocytes French Research Swine Days Injection Guidelines:    Health Index    Top of page Injection Use and Quality Assured Pork Virginia Cooperative Extension Injection Guidelines Ontario Agriculture Injection technique Department of Agriculture and Rural Development N.I. G1443 Care of Veterinary Vaccine Syringes G02-1443-A (issued January 2002) University of Nebraska Evaluating Breakage Characteristics of Needles and Needle/Hub Assemblies National Pork Producers Council ASL-R1396 Strength Characteristics of Swine Injection Devices Iowa State University PDF ID-70 Residue Avoidance Program Injection Techniques In Swine University of Kentucky PDF Developing Standardization Procedures and Conducting Product Testing for Veterinary-Use Hypodermic Devices National Pork Board PDF Addressing Broken Needles and Physical Hazards in Pork Products National Pork Board PDF Pork Physical Hazards Summit National Pork Board PDF Salmonella:    Health Index    Top of page ASL-R1411 Salmonella Contamination of Swine Carcasses and Pork Products Iowa State University PDF ASL-R1507 Prevalence of Salmonella in Swine and Pork: A Farm to Consumer Study Iowa State University PDF Salmonella Abatement in the Pork Chain National Pork Producers Council Reduction of Escherichia coli and Salmonella seftenberg on Fresh Pork Using Ultraviolet Light National Pork Producers Council The Impact of the Salmonella Status of Market Weight Swine On the Salmonella Contamination Rates in Pork Meat National Pork Producers Council Transportation Related Stress and Shedding of Salmonella Typhimurium by Pigs National Pork Producers Council Alberta Study on Salmonella in Finishing Operations Alberta Agriculture Bacon Bits Salmonella as a Foodborne Pathogen in Pork North Carolina State University Antibody to Salmonella spp., Culture Status, and Associated Risk Factors Among Slaughtered Pigs National Pork Board PDF Effect of Sodium Chlorate on Salmonella Typhimurium in the Pig Gut National Pork Board PDF Effects of Methods on the Isolation of Salmonella from Swine Feces and Implications for Design and Interpretation of Epidemiologic Studies National Pork Board PDF Reduction of Salmonella by Bacteriophage Treatment National Pork Board PDF Applied Studies on Immune Stimulation by Lactobacilli for the Reduction of Human Foodborne Salmonella and Replacement of Subtherapeutic Antimicrobials National Pork Board PDF Articles on Salmonella. Diseases of Swine Sub-category Stress:    Health Index    Top of page Porcine stress syndrome Iowa State University Recognizing Stress Factors Manitoba Agriculture Assessment of Multiple Concurrent Stressor Effects in Swine University of Illinois Effect of Multiple Stressors on Grower Pig Performance University of Illinois Stress and Disease: Resetting the Biological Machinery of Growth University of Illinois Stress-Related Changes in Behavior, Performance and Immune Function in Pigs National Pork Board Ulceration:    Health Index    Top of page Controlling Ulceration Of The Pars Esophagea 1994 North Carolina Healthy Hog Seminar Shoulder Ulcers In Sows 1994 North Carolina Healthy Hog Seminar Gastric Ulcers in Pigs Alberta Agriculture Bacon Bits Controlling Gastric Acid Secretion During a Period of Feed Disruption - Does It Reduce Ulcers? Ontario Agriculture Investigating Gastric Ulcer Mortality on a Large Swine Operation Ontario Agriculture Pathogenesis of Porcine Esophageal Ulcers Using Barrows Fed A Finely Ground and Pelleted Diet North Carolina State University Spiral-shaped Bacteria in Pig Stomachs Ontario Agriculture Pigs Have Spiral-Shaped Bacteria in Their Stomachs - Is This an Important Finding? Ontario Agriculture Colitis:    Health Index    Top of page The Effect of Non-Specific Colitis on Grower Pigs Ontario Agriculture Nutritional Influences on Spirochaetal Colitis Alberta Agriculture SEW:    Health Index    Top of page Impact of wean-to-finish facility management on SEW performance and physiological responses The National Pork Producers Council SEW - Rules and Concepts Perdue University Estimate Value of SEW pigs Kansas State University PDF Biosecurity for Age Segregated Early Weaning Ontario Agriculture Segregated Early Weaning (SEW) as an Intervention Strategy to Reduce Bacteria of Public Health Significance in Food National Pork Producers Council Comparison of Growth and Immune Status of SEW and Non-SEW Pigs National Pork Producers Council Management Systems and Economic Analyses of Alternative Segregated Early Weaning National Pork Producers Council Effect of Isolated (Segregated) Early Weaning On Mucosal Immunity In Pigs National Pork Producers Council Estimating the Value of SEW Pigs Manitoba Agriculture Effect of Segregated Early Weaning on Performance of Single Source Pigs National Pork Producers Council Bioenergetics of Modern SEW Pigs Iowa State University SEW: Program, Problems, Performance, and Potential Profits Ontario Agriculture Articles on Early Weaning Management Sub-category MEW:    Health Index    Top of page Immune Enhancement and Medicated Early Weaning National Pork Producers Council Effect of Medicated Early Weaning on Serum-Borne and Locally-Produced Growth Factors and on Muscle Satellite Cell Responsiveness to Growth Factors National Pork Producers Council Immunological Basis of Medicated Early Weaning National Pork Producers Council Articles on Early Weaning Management Sub-category Antimicrobial use:    Health Index    Top of page Economic Impact of a More Restricted Antimicrobial Access Policy in the U.S. Pork Industry The National Pork Producers Council Economic Impact of a Ban on the Use of Over-the-Counter Antibiotics in U.S. Swine Rations Iowa State University PDF Economic Impacts of Potential Restricted-Use Policies for Antimicrobial Agents Used As Growth Promotants in Swine Production National Pork Board PDF Effect of Drug Combinations and Regimens on Antibiotic Resistance The National Pork Producers Council A Comparison of Resistance Patterns on Swine Farms Using or Excluding Antimicrobial Products The National Pork Producers Council Associated among therapeutic and in-feed antimicrobial use and resistance in fecal commensals and pathogens of swine The National Pork Producers Council Characterization of Multiple-Antimicrobial Resistance among Swine Salmonella The National Pork Producers Council Use Of Antimicrobials In Swine Production 1998 North Carolina Healthy Hog Seminar Medicated Feed Additives for Swine, MF2042 Kansas State University PDF Proposed Federal Regulations for Medicated Feeds Alberta Agriculture Bacon Bits On-farm antimicrobial use and patterns of antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella isolates collected on farms and at slaughter plants The National Pork Producers Council Understanding Your Medication Program North Carolina State University Six Steps To Antibiotic Selection For Nursery And Finishing Disease North Carolina State University Water Medication With Antibiotics North Carolina State University Agriculture's Role in Managing Antimicrobial Resistance Ontario Agriculture Survey of swine isolates for the presence/absence of resistance integrons The National Pork Producers Council A Survey of Patterns and Persistence of Antimicrobial Resistance on Swine Farms Using Three Different Antimicrobial Use Strategies National Pork Board PDF Antimicrobial Use and Antimicrobial Resistance of Salmonella from Nursery and Finishing Pigs National Pork Board PDF Patterns of Transmission of Antibiotic Resistant Salmonella to Swine National Pork Board PDF Alternatives to Antibiotic Use for Growth Promotion in Animal Husbandry: A Review of the Scientific Literature National Pork Board PDF Efficacy of Antimicrobial Peptide Precursors as an Antibiotic Alternative National Pork Board PDF Efficacy of Antimicrobial Peptide Precursors as an Antibiotic Alternative -Abstract National Pork Board PDF Associations among Therapeutic and In-feed Antimicrobial Use and Resistance in Fecal Commensals and Pathogens of Swine National Pork Board PDF Use of Animal Drugs in Livestock Management University of Nebraska G795 Antibiotic Use in Animals University of Nebraska Antibiotic Use in Swine University of Minnesota G265 Antibiotic Use in Animals University of Nebraska Antimicrobial Resistance and Antibiotic Use in Animals National Pork Board PDF Basic Guidelines of Judicious Therapeutic Use of Antimicrobials in Pork Production for Pork Producers National Pork Board PDF Basic Guidelines of Judicious Therapeutic Use of Antimicrobials in Pork Production for Swine Practitioners National Pork Board PDF Minimal Withdrawal Times for Drugs (US Only) Purdue University Veterinary Report Vol.23 No.1: NRC Reports on Antibiotic Use in Food Animals University of Illinois Antimicrobial Use Among Ontario Swine Producers Ontario Agriculture Antimicrobial Feed Additives and the Swine Industry Virginia Cooperative Extension Changing Attitudes and Actions - Livestock Medicines Courses in Ontario Ontario Agriculture Mechanism by which antimicrobials stimulate growth: effect of antimicrobial supplementation on serum IGF-I levels and tissues IGF-I mRNA expression National Pork Producers Council The Influence of Growth Promotant Antibiotics and Differing Management Schemes on the Presence and Prevalence of Salmonella spp. and O-serotypes of E. coli in Swine National Pork Producers Council The Managing of Disease to Produce Antibiotic/Residue Free Animal Food Products University of Nebraska Can Fermented Feeds Replace Antibiotics in the New Millennium? Ontario Agriculture Antimicrobial Growth Promoters What Good are They? Ontario Agriculture Control of Antibiotics in Danish Pigs Ontario Agriculture What Producers Should Know About Antimicrobial Resistance Ontario Agriculture Antimicrobial Resistance Questions & Answers Ontario Agriculture Antibiotic Resistance Alberta Agriculture Bacon Bits Antibiotic Resistance II Alberta Agriculture Bacon Bits Extra Label Drug Use Ontario Agriculture ID-69 Residue Avoidance Program Therapeutic Selection In Swine University of Kentucky PDF ID-66 Residue Avoidance Program Feed Additives And Residue Prevention In Swine University of Kentucky PDF ID-65 Residue Avoidance Program Feed Handling System University of Kentucky PDF In-feed antibiotics: Good or bad? University of Guelph In-feed metaphylactic strategies for growing pigs: meta-analysis and modelization applied to tetracyclines French Research Swine Days The Effect of Antibiotics Used to Control Pleuropneumonia on Antibiotic Resistance in Human Foodborne Pathogens National Pork Board PDF The Pork Industry Perspective on Antimicrobial Use and Its Potential Effects on Public Health National Pork Board PDF Articles on Drug Residues Nutrition Sub-category Immune Response:    Health Index    Top of page Supplemental Chromium Effects on Maternal and Neonatal Immunocompetence The National Pork Producers Council Effect of Dietary Zinc Source and Level on Performance, Zinc Status, and Immune Response of Nursery Pigs North Carolina State University Nutritional Immunology Revisited North Carolina State University Nutrition and Immunity North Carolina State University Macrophage Mac-1-Dependent Binding of Pathogen National Pork Producers Council Immunobiology of the Neonatal Pig National Pork Producers Council Impact of Immune System Activation and Amino Acid Regimen on Growth Rate, Efficiency of Feed Utilization and Body Nutrient Accretion in Pigs National Pork Producers Council Negative Effects of Disease on Growing Pigs Performance Can Be Reduced by Blocking the Pigs' Immune Response Ontario Agriculture Effect of Dietary Phosphorus and Stress on Immune Function of Weanling Pigs North Carolina State University ASL-R1371 Dietary Available Phosphorus Needs of Pigs Experiencing a Moderate and High Level of Antigen Exposure Iowa State University PDF ASL-R1372 Impact of Dietary Energy Source on the Responses of Pigs to an Acute Level of Antigen Exposure Iowa State University PDF ASL-R1373 Dietary B Vitamin Needs of Pigs Experiencing a Moderate or High Level of Antigen Exposure Iowa State University PDF ASL-R1374 Impact of Level of Antigen Exposure on Response of Pigs to Dietary Energy Sources Iowa State University PDF ASL-R1479 Effect of Dietary Peptidoglycan on Growth Performance of Chronic Antigen Exposed Pigs Iowa State University PDF ASL-R1480 Dietary Vitamin A, E, and C Needs of Pigs Experiencing a Low or High Level of Antigen Exposure Iowa State University PDF ASL-R1557 Effect of Protein Source (Casein vs. Soy) on Growth in Antigen Exposed Pigs Iowa State University PDF The Effect of Dietary Soy Genistein on Pig Growth and Immune Response during a Viral Challenge Iowa State University PDF Effects of dietary zinc and endotoxin challenge on immune function in weanling pigs Oklahoma State University How Does Intestinal Colonization Effect the Parental and Mucosal Immune Response of Piglets? National Pork Board E. Coli:    Health Index    Top of page ASL-R1420 Triplex PCR for Rapid Detection of Escherichia coli 0157:H7 Iowa State University PDF ASL-R1509 Sensitive PCR Method for Detection of Escherichia coli 0157:H7 and Other Shiga Toxin-Producing Bacteria in Ground Meat Iowa State University PDF ASL-R1514 A Novel Technique for E. Coli-Testing of Beef and Pork Carcasses Iowa State University PDF ASL-R1517 Prevalence of Virulence Factors Among Hemolytic Escherichia coli Iowa State University PDF ASL-R1601 Prevalence of Virulence Factors Among Escherichia coli Iowa State University PDF Yersinia Enterocolitica:    Health Index    Top of page ASL-R1506 Detection of Yersinia enterocolitica in Pigs and Pork Products Iowa State University PDF ASL-R1419 A PCR ELISA Method for the Detection of Yersinia Enterocolitica Iowa State University PDF ASL-R1604 Campylobacter spp. and Yersinia enterocolitica in Growing Pigs in Iowa and North Carolina: A Pilot Study Iowa State University PDF The Prevalence of Pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica Positive Swine Herds National Pork Producers Council Development of a PCR-ELISA Assay for Detection of Virulent Yersinia enterocolitica in Pigs National Pork Producers Council Rapid Detection of Yersinia enterocolitica in Pigs Using TaqMan System The National Pork Producers Council Health Index        Top of page        Article Index Home Page