4TH MERIAL FORUM

HAVE WE GOT PCVD &

SWINE INFLUENZA UNDER

CONTROL?

4TH MERIAL FORUM - BERLIN

Respiratory disorders in pigs:

field experience

SØREN SPANDET THIELSEN, DVM, Denmark

Ø-VET

8 swine veterinarians.

We are operating in Scandinavia,

Eastern Europe, Russia

and Ukraine

Swine flu: lung lesions

Swine flu: clinical symptoms

• Gilts > fever

• Coughing

• Huge weight heterogeneity at weaning

• Many sick pigs in the hospital unit

• Many secondary infections

1) Rotavirus

2) Streptococcus Suis

3) Salmonella etc.

Consequences

• Lower productivity

• 2 to 5 pigs per sow per year

• More antibiotics

• Increase of work load

• Economic consequences

Graph 2

Control parameters of

pH1N1?

• Vaccination

–No registered vaccine in

Europe at present

• NSAID

About pandemic H1N1

The Pandemic Influenza

is widespread all over Europe,

Russia and Ukraine.

… all over the World??

Swine flu vaccination rate

• In Denmark: 15-20 % of the sow herds

• In Europe:

–Big variability: few herds in some countries/ areas; up to 65% in the Netherlands

• By our own clients: Approx. 80 % of the sow herds

Why vaccinating in so many herds in

our practice?

• Agent is present

• Clinical symptoms are present

• A production loss is present

• Cost benefit is really positive

ENDEMIC INFLUENZA

• Widespread

• Vaccination during approx. 10

years

Other relevant issues

Foto af mavesår

Foto af mavesår

CONCLUSION

• The Pandemic influenza has come

to stay.

• In the pig production, we have to

learn how to handle it.

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING

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