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THANK YOU!!! SWINE VET CENTER THANKS YOU FOR YOUR BUSINESS AND WE'LL DO OUR BEST TO EARN IT IN 2012!

WE WISH YOU A HAPPY, HEALTHY AND SAFE NEW YEAR!

TGE...Prevention is the Key!

As the weather grows colder and snow blankets the landscape, an undesirable winter guest, Transmissi- ble Gastroenteritis virus (TGE), begins to show up in our barns. TGE is a virus that causes watery diarrhea, lethargy, dehydration and vomiting in pigs of all ages. It is especially damaging to pigs less than 2 weeks of age and typically causes 100% mortality in pigs less than 7 days of age when farrowing houses are infected. Older pigs will have watery diarrhea and may vomit, but mortality is generally low and signs usually clear up shortly after the virus has spread through the population. View the Swine Vet Center email for prevention details.

PRRS on the Move

Over the past few weeks, it seems as though PRRS has exploded over the Midwest. There have been numerous farms from multiple stages of production, across all production companies that have recently reported PRRS breaks. It is difficult to understand what exactly sparked all of this activity, but the things we do know about this time of the year lend themselves to an increase in PRRS movement.