Optivite has launched a solution-driven Salmonella control program for pigs that uses a number of the company’s products, including Optisow, Optiweaner, Optimax and Credence. It is designed to meet an overall need rather than looking at problems in isolation. The Optivite Salmonella control program for pigs can be used in both home mix and compound feed systems in both outdoor and indoor units, designed to enable UK pig producers to better manage Salmonella levels.
Pfizer Animal Health offers Improvac, a vaccine that can be used as an alternative to physical castration for the control of boar taint. The vaccine works by stimulating the pig's immune system to produce antibodies which reduce the amount of taint in the meat.
Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health offers the Porcilis AR-T DF vaccine against progressive atrophic rhinitis in piglets. The vaccine is inactivated with a new adjuvant associated with fewer injection site reactions, according to the company.
Huvepharma offers a dose calculator for use with antibiotics in livestock and poultry. The calculator was developed to ensure the right dose expressed in mg/kg body weight and for the right indication and correct registered usage period.
Pfizer Animal Health offers Improvest. The veterinary prescription product is designed for temporary immunological castration and reduction of boar taint in intact male pigs, the company says.