Evidence-Based Recommendations for Herd Health Management of Porcine Post-Weaning Diarrhea.

ABSTRACT: Aided by their advising veterinarians, pig producers need to make difficult decisions regarding herd health management strategies. For instance, the preventive use of antimicrobials and medicinal zinc oxide must be substituted with more sustainable preventive approaches to porcine post-weaning diarrhea. Veterinarians and pig producers may find assistance in knowledge based on evidence in this regard; however, the overwhelming scientific literature is not always readily available. The overall aim of this paper is to suggest herd health management decision-support tools that can aid veterinary-assisted decision making in the control of porcine post-weaning diarrhea at a tactical level. The first objective was to validate the need for a herd health management concept, including two decision-s

SUBMITTER: Eriksen EO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9311872 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature