Evidence-Based Recommendations for Herd Health Management of Porcine Post-Weaning Diarrhea
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 diarr...
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| author | Esben Østergaard Eriksen Ken Steen Pedersen Inge Larsen Jens Peter Nielsen |
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| description | 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-support tools. The second objective was to develop evidence-based recommendations that can aid veterinary-assisted decision-making for the herd health management of post-weaning diarrhea. The first objective was investigated by a questionnaire-based study among veterinary pig practitioners in Denmark. For the second objective, we conducted a scientific summary based on scientific review papers identified through a systematic search in three databases. From the papers, we synthesized and extracted 79 specific recommendations. In this paper, we report comprehensive evidence-based recommendations for the herd health management of post-weaning diarrhea. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6e32f8a28cad464eaa042033b153277d2023-11-30T22:39:48ZengMDPI AGAnimals2076-26152022-07-011214173710.3390/ani12141737Evidence-Based Recommendations for Herd Health Management of Porcine Post-Weaning DiarrheaEsben Østergaard Eriksen0Ken Steen Pedersen1Inge Larsen2Jens Peter Nielsen3Section for Production, Nutrition and Health, Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Grønnegårdsvej 2, 1870 Frederiksberg, DenmarkSection for Production, Nutrition and Health, Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Grønnegårdsvej 2, 1870 Frederiksberg, DenmarkSection for Production, Nutrition and Health, Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Grønnegårdsvej 2, 1870 Frederiksberg, DenmarkSection for Production, Nutrition and Health, Department of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Grønnegårdsvej 2, 1870 Frederiksberg, DenmarkAided 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-support tools. The second objective was to develop evidence-based recommendations that can aid veterinary-assisted decision-making for the herd health management of post-weaning diarrhea. The first objective was investigated by a questionnaire-based study among veterinary pig practitioners in Denmark. For the second objective, we conducted a scientific summary based on scientific review papers identified through a systematic search in three databases. From the papers, we synthesized and extracted 79 specific recommendations. In this paper, we report comprehensive evidence-based recommendations for the herd health management of post-weaning diarrhea.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/12/14/1737post-weaning diarrheapigdecision-makingherd health managementdecision-support toolscientific summary |
| spellingShingle | Esben Østergaard Eriksen Ken Steen Pedersen Inge Larsen Jens Peter Nielsen Evidence-Based Recommendations for Herd Health Management of Porcine Post-Weaning Diarrhea Animals post-weaning diarrhea pig decision-making herd health management decision-support tool scientific summary |
| title | Evidence-Based Recommendations for Herd Health Management of Porcine Post-Weaning Diarrhea |
| title_full | Evidence-Based Recommendations for Herd Health Management of Porcine Post-Weaning Diarrhea |
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| title_short | Evidence-Based Recommendations for Herd Health Management of Porcine Post-Weaning Diarrhea |
| title_sort | evidence based recommendations for herd health management of porcine post weaning diarrhea |
| topic | post-weaning diarrhea pig decision-making herd health management decision-support tool scientific summary |
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