Medicines in Piggery Pigs, like humans, can suffer from infectious diseases. Pigs deserve the protection of modern medicines. Just as in humans, piggery medicines are used to prevent and cure disease. These medicines fall into two categories: Vaccines....
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Pig Health and Biosecurity
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Enhancing Immunity
The best way to prevent viral diseases from occurring is through immunisation or vaccination. The pig's body can form antibodies for a disease. The antibodies destroy the virus or bacteria that causes the disease. The stronger the pig's immunity is the greater the...
Environment-Related Problems
Fungal Poisoning Mycotoxins develop in field grains, that do damage the grains and in improperly stored feeds as well. Over 200 mycotoxins identified to date, whereas at least seven have been reported to cause diseases in swine. Fungi produce more than one mycotoxin...
Respiratory System
The respiratory system of the pig commences at the nostrils which lead into two nasal passages. These contain the dorsal and ventral turbinate bones. (see picture below). The ventral turbinates consist of four thin main bones, two on each side separated by a...
Immune System
The various mechanisms that protect the pig from infectious agents can be considered in six groups: The complement system is a non-specific protective mechanism that acts on any foreign cells or viruses that do not possess certain pig proteins on their surface. It...