Swine dysentery – Summer, the season for eradication

31-05-2007 | |
Burch
David Burch Pig health
Swine dysentery is one of the most damaging diseases in pig production and really should be eradicated. Brachyspira hyodysenteriae find it difficult to survive in hot, dry conditions, making summer the ideal time to attempt an eradication programme. At a recent conference on Colonic Spirochaetal infections in Animals and Humans in the beautiful and historic city of Prague, the continued presence and isolation of Brachyspira hyodysenteriae was discused. Brachyspira hy


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