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Efficient Swine Respiratory Disease Control Requires Fast Action
2016-08-01 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
IRELAND - Merial Animal Health used its presence at the 24th International Pig Veterinary Society Congress (IPVS) in Dublin to highlight the threat of Swine Respiratory Disease (SRD) and its control in pig herds in the UK and Ireland.
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Researchers Find Fungus a Possible Precursor of Severe Respiratory Diseases in Pigs
2016-07-21 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
AUSTRIA - Respiratory diseases in pigs typically involve multiple infections from different pathogens. Some pathogens play a greater role than others in the progression of the disease. The fungus Pneumocystis carinii is a relatively common cause of pneumonia in Austrian pigs, but its role has so far remained largely unexplored. Pneumocystis is considered to be less dangerous than other pathogens, as it probably requires other underlying conditions to sufficiently weaken the immune defence of the animals first.
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IPVS: Diagnostics Help in Monitoring, Controlling Swine Respiratory Diseases
2016-06-23 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
IRELAND – From 7-10 June, the 24th International Pig Veterinary Society (IPVS) Congress gathered swine veterinarians from all over the globe. Thermo Fisher Scientific, world leader in serving science to deliver diagnostic tools and services, delivered a symposium on how diagnostics can help better monitor and control respiratory swine diseases, writes Nuria Martínez Herráez, editor of El Sitio Porcino, the Spanish sister of ThePigSite.
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Porcine parainfluenza virus type 1: Member of the porcine respiratory disease complex?
2016-05-27 23:38:00| National Hog Farmer
By Chris Rademacher, Philip Gauger, Kevin Lin, Jianqiang Zhang, Pablo Pineyro and Karen Harmon; Iowa State University Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine - College of Veterinary Medicine Researchers at Iowa State University study if porcine parainfluenza virus type 1 is a member of the porcine respiratory disease complex. read more
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New Fracking Study Finds Children at Greater Risk of Respiratory Health Problems
2016-05-12 16:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Unconventional oil and gas (UOG) operations such as fracking might allow for cheaper prices to heat your home, but a growing number of scientists are becoming concerned about its unacceptable health implications. In the first comprehensive literature review to date on the respiratory health risks associated with UOG, experts from the Center for Environmental Health, the Institute for Health and the Environment, Physicians for Social Responsibility and the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments...
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