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Table 1 Information and vaccination strategies for each of the production units. N: nursery, F: finisher

From: Objective pathogen monitoring in nursery and finisher pigs by monthly laboratory diagnostic testing

 

1N

1F

2N

3N

3F

4N

4F

5N

6N

6F

SPF status [23]

Unknown

Unknown

Blue + AP12

Blue

Blue

Blue + M. hyo

Blue + M. hyo

Blue + M. hyo

Blue + M. hyo+ AP12

Blue + M. hyo+ AP12

swIAV status

Not diagnosed

Not diagnosed

Positive

Positive

Positive

Positive

Positive

Positive

Positive

Positive

Sows per year

400

400

770

560

560

-

2500

2500

735

730

No. of pen units

1800

600

3000

1500 + 1400

?

2020

2880

2500

?

1700

No. of produced 30 kg pigs per year

13500

-

33000

19000 (sell 5500 per year)

-

20000

-

80000

23500

-

No. of produced finishing pigs per year

-

4000

-

-

13500

-

12300

-

-

6000

Type of farm

Farrow-to-finisher

Farrow-to-finisher

Farrow-to-finisher

Farrow-to-finisher

Farrow-to-finisher

Nursery and finishers

Nursery and finishers

Sows and nursery

Farrow-to-finisher

Farrow-to-finisher

No. of geographical sites

1 nursery site (total 1)

1 finisher site (total 1)

2 nursery sites (total 7)

2 nursery sites (total 3)

2 finisher sites (total 3)

1 nursery site (total 3)

3 finisher sites (total 3)

2 nursery sites (total 3)

1 nursery site (total 1)

1 finisher site (total 1)

Production

Weekly

Weekly

Weekly

Every 14th day

Every 14th day

Every 14th day

Every 14th day

Weekly

Weekly

Weekly

Daily weight gain, g

459

1026

486

485 (site 1)

440 (site 2)

976 (site 1)

956 (site 2)

473

932

385

489

1022

% of dead pigs per pigs produced

1.3

2.9

1.8

2.2 (site 1)

2 (site 2)

1.6 (site 1)

2.4 (site 2)

1.6

1.7

4

1.8

4.5

Vaccination status

Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae

+

+

        

Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae+ parvovirus

+

+

+

+

+

  

+

+

+

Glässers disease (G. parasuis)

+

+

        

swIAV

+

+

 

+

+

  

+

+

+

A(H1N1)pdm09

  

+

     

+

+

M. hyopneumoniae

  

+

  

+

+

 

+

+

PCV2

   

+

+

  

+

  

E. coli+C. perfringens

+

+

+

+

+

  

+

+

+

E. coliF4/F18

  

+

+

+