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November 2017
NationalHogFarmer.com
Keeping the
farm `clean' takes
many hands
PRRS still puzzling PAGE 10
The `why' of gut health PAGE 16
Pig Farmer of the Year PAGE 26
THERE’S A LOOMING
THREAT TO YOUR
HERD’S POTENTIAL.
It can affect more than 70%
of growing pigs each year.1
The economic consequences
can be major.2
It’s one of the 3 diseases
affecting pigs in all phases of
production.1,3
It’s always present and in
search of new hosts.4
1 USDA, APHIS, VS, NAHMS. Swine 2012 part II: reference of swine health and health management in the
United States, 2012. February 2016.
2 Dykhuis Haden C, et al. Assessing production parameters and economic impact of swine in influenza, PRRS and
Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae on finishing pigs in a large production system. In: Proceedings of the 43rd American
Association
November 2017 NationalHogFarmer.com
THERE’S A LOOMING THREAT TO YOUR HERD’S POTENTIAL
HOW INFLUENZA CAN WREAK HAVOC ON YOUR HERD. IT
’LL COST YOU. Once it replicates, the virus
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