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2321237

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-5-3
pubmed:abstractText
Log book recording was done for twelve months on approximately 100 pig finishing farms in an Integrated Quality Control (IQC) project. This recording was designed to gain a better understanding of the extent and nature of the medication and vaccination on these farms. Vaccination against Aujeszky's disease was done on the majority of farms. This vaccination mainly consisted in a single, frequently intramuscular, injection. Vaccinations against swine influenza and infections due to Actinobacillus (Haemophilus) pleuropneumoniae were merely sporadic. The animals were dewormed in 58 per cent of the finishing periods, whereas they were given preventive treatment for sarcoptic mange in 23 per cent of the finishing periods. Not a single pig was treated with antibiotics and/or chemotherapeutic agents in 12.5 per cent of the finishing periods. The majority of finishing periods in which treatment was not carried out, were those having closed pig herds. To the extent that the farms were supplied with piglets by more breeders, there were fewer finishing periods during which treatment was omitted. The great majority of cases in which individual therapy was given, were treated for respiratory disorders. On 27 per cent of the farms, more than 10 per cent of the animals per finishing period were treated for respiratory disorders. Group medication was much less frequent: intestinal disorders did not have to be treated on 31 per cent of the farms, and 16 per cent did not require treatment for respiratory disorders. In the great majority of cases in which group treatment was required, this was given during the first sixty days of the finishing period. In view of the fact that there are marked differences in the degree to which pigs have to be medicated on the farms, recording the use of veterinary drugs on farms, could fulfil the function of a signal. On the basis of these signals, measures may be suggested in herd management programmes to ensure an effective and minimum use of veterinary drugs. Using a log book will also enable the pig farmer to estimate whether groups of animals may be sent to the slaughter-house without involving risks to public health.
pubmed:language
dut
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0040-7453
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
115
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
249-61
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
[Log book registration of farms for slaughtering pigs in the Integrated Quality Control Project. I. Use of drugs and vaccines].
pubmed:affiliation
Gezondheidsdienst voor Dieren in Noord-Brabant, Boxtel.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract