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A Pocket Guide to
 
RECOGNISING & TREATING PIG INFERTILITY

by
 
Michael R. Muirhead & Tom J. L. Alexander

Garth Veterinary Group UK
&
Cambridge University Veterinary School

Contents   Review

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This book is a condensed pocket companion to the encyclopaedia by the same authors:
Managing Pig Health & Treatment of Disease

 

Contents

• Reproduction: Anatomy & Terminology
• Anatomy of the sow
• Terminology of the sow
• Anatomy of the boar
• Terminology of the boar
• Understanding & Using Medicines
• Legal requirements (UK)
• How medicines are prescribed
• Understanding dosage levels
• Controlling & storing medicines
• Disposal of medicines
• Administering medicines
• Other types of medicine for use on the farm
• Diseases of reproduction controlled by vaccination
• Medicines for treatment & control of infertility
• Identifying Reproductive Failure
• Management of Infertility
• Key factors to maximise reproductive performance
• Importance of records
• Physiological reasons for reproductive failure
• Factors affecting farrowing rate & losses
• How to take corrective action
• Returns to oestrus 18-23 days post mating (repeats)
• Pregnancy diagnosis
• Abortion & embryo/fetal loss
• Seasonal infertility
• Litter size
• Stillborn piglets
• The boar - fertilsation & lack of libido
• Mating procedures
• Artificial Insemination (AI)
• Longevity in the breeding female
• Monitoring key factors that affect reproduction on farm
• Formats for collecting reproductive information
• Diseases & Conditions affecting Breeding
• Diseases affecting reproduction: viruses, bacteria
• Diseases affecting reproductive losses
• Conditions indirectly affecting reproduction
• Reproduction & Nutrition
• Thin sow syndrome
• Maximising nutrition & fertility
• Lameness: osteodystrophy osteoporosis (OP) osteomalacia (OM)
• Manipulative Procedures for Reproductive Problems
• Antibiotic administration into vagina post service
• Hysterectomy: emergency or planned
• Mating sow with boar
• Penis examination
• Prolapse of the cervix
• Prolapse of the uterus (womb)
• Vulva examination for discharges
• Udder examination
• Vulval haematoma (hematoma) - treatment
• Boar tusks: detusking a boar
• Useful Information
• Mating to farrowing date indicator
• Temperature - respiration - pulse rates
• Units of measurement table
• Temperature conversion table
• Index

Review

Background:
This new paperback pocket guide has been written as a companion to Managing Pig Health & the Treatment of Disease. It has over 200 pages providing a quick and easy structured approach reference to identifying & treating infertility in sows & boars.

Scope:
The book is split into eight sections, the first covers pig anatomy, with section 2 providing a basic understanding of medicines and their usage. Section 3 is a guide to identifying reproductive failure and sections 4 and 5 cover the management and diseases affecting reproduction. Section 6 provides information on how Nutrition can affect reproduction.

The book is cross referenced with Managing Pig Health & Treatment of Disease for further reading, which includes relevant information on prevention and control of swine reproductive disorders.

Review:

This pocket sized guide is an ideal tool for quick & ready reference on the farm by a manager or farm hand to help identify and address immediate reproduction concerns. Further reading in Managing Pig Health & Treatment of Disease can be used to gain a better understanding of the problem and formulate an action plan to address the problem in the longer term.

 

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This book is a condensed pocket companion to the encyclopaedia by the same authors:
Managing Pig Health & Treatment of Disease