Four Printing Errors in Managing for Herd Health

Fractions did not print correctly in the guide. If you received a hard copy, you will want to pencil in the following missing fractions. The online version of the guide should print correctly.

III. Breeding Herd, page 7

“Once pigs of any age ingest infectious eggs, a minimum of 1½-2½ months will be required for the eggs to hatch, the larvae to migrate through many tissues of the body, and newly mature roundworms to inhabit the intestines and produce millions of fertile eggs.”

IV. Farrowing, page 1

“Even a ½-mph draft on a newborn pig reduces its Effective Environmental Temperature (EET) by nearly ten degrees.”

VI. Diagnostics and Veterinary Services, page 2, sidebar

“Clinical Ileitis (Lawsonia) has been identified in ¼ of the herds so far.”

VIII. Pathologies Table, page 2

Disease: PRRS (first row in table). Transmission mode: “Infected swine shed to ½ year.”