The regulation of organ-development, as well as the performance of specific organs follows a certain nutritional cascade.
Up to 40 milking bouts per day!
Natural protective agents in the sow’s mature milk are active in the piglet’s intestines.
• No milk-no protective agents! ►pathogens readily multiply in the intestines
• Hourly milk-take is a prerequisite for a healthy gut and a healthy piglet
Milk production is at peak level on day 18 +/- 1 of lactation where up to about 16 litres/day is produced depending on:
Litter size and vitality of the suckling pigs
Genetic potential
Health status
The protective agents released during the entire lactation remain active in the piglets’ intestines.
Viral protection of sows and their foetuses against PRR-virus, Circovirus and Parvovirus inside the uterus.
A single vaccination of gilts against PRRS is insufficient for optimal protection. When facing PRRS-outbreaks, a stable herd immunity can only be achieved by total herd vaccination. Well tolerated sow vaccines allow vaccination of gestating sows during every stage of pregnancy.
During the last fifty years or so, disease control in the pork industry has evolved mainly relying on antimicrobials, vaccines, elimination (depopulation, repopulation, eradication, modified early weaning), and/or regional control depending on the disease.
US - For the second year, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. (BIVI), has awarded $50,000 in Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea (PED) research grants.
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