tetano
Editor, Senior Moderator
An Elusive PathogenControlling new strains of swine influenza virus can be a difficult task.
After spending a weekend with my son hunting prairie dogs in Kansas, I couldn?t help but ponder the analogy between the prairie dog population we were trying to reduce and the elusive swine influenza virus (SIV) we are trying to control.
Hunting prairie dogs at the end of the normal season can be a difficult task, just as can be controlling new swine flu strains.
Case Study No. 1
A 300-sow, single-site, farrow-to-finish operation had been recently repopulated with gilts negative for porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS), Mycoplasma pneumonia, Actinobacillus pleuropneumonia (APP) and SIV. The well-managed, isolated unit has no other pigs within 10-12 miles.
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http://nationalhogfarmer.com/health-diseases/new-strains-swine-flu-0919/
After spending a weekend with my son hunting prairie dogs in Kansas, I couldn?t help but ponder the analogy between the prairie dog population we were trying to reduce and the elusive swine influenza virus (SIV) we are trying to control.
Hunting prairie dogs at the end of the normal season can be a difficult task, just as can be controlling new swine flu strains.
Case Study No. 1
A 300-sow, single-site, farrow-to-finish operation had been recently repopulated with gilts negative for porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS), Mycoplasma pneumonia, Actinobacillus pleuropneumonia (APP) and SIV. The well-managed, isolated unit has no other pigs within 10-12 miles.
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http://nationalhogfarmer.com/health-diseases/new-strains-swine-flu-0919/