BLOG: Viral matters

There have been a number of matters relating to viral infections in pigs that have tickled my interest recently. Swine influenza – It is the time of year when the seasons are changing and soon we will be entering the darker, colder six months of the year, when respiratory infections are rife. Last December I visited a pig farm that had just broken with pandemic H1N1 flu and managed to pick up a respiratory infection that lasted for six weeks and finally I was treated with antibiotics to get