Fenbendazole (FEN) and flubendazole (FLU) are benzimidazole anthelmintics often used in pig management for the control of nematodoses.
Taenia solium infections are mostly endemic in less developed countries where poor hygiene conditions and free-range pig management favor their transmission.
This study suggests that detailed assessment of a number of areas of pig management is essential for designing effective control programmes.
Logistic analysis including the pig management system indicated pigs kept in elevated pens (p = 0.049, OR 5.33, CI: 1.08 32.27) and on a dirt floor (p = 0.041, OR 9.87, CI: 1.29 114.55) were more likely to be infected compared to a cemented floor.
This difference could be attributed to pig management practices.
Altogether 39 factors related to herd characteristics, weaner pig management and pig health were studied.
A questionnaire was administered and information about the enrolled sows (farrowing date, parity, litter size, numbers of live born, stillborn), farm management (pig flow, number of gilts, sows, nursery pigs, and grower-finishers, and type of farrowing room floor), health status (recent diseases, mortality in different stage of production), vaccination, and in-feed drug use was collected.
The seroprevalence of T. gondii infection was higher in extensively managed pigs (39.7%) than those pigs under intensive management (30.5%) (Table 3).> -wrap-foot> * = indoor and outdoor, ** = pipe, river and pond.
The greatest percentage increase in first-year postgraduate student enrolments between 2013/14 and 2014/15 was in agriculture and related subjects (29%), with courses in areas as diverse as farm management, pig farming, rural tourism and bovine reproduction.
University of Guelph Swine Research Program "The Pig Site" waste management home page.
Transport losses are a multifactorial problem consisting of people, pig, facility design, management, transportation, processing plant, and environmental factors, and, because of these multiple factors, continued research efforts are needed to understand how each of the factors and the relationships among factors affect the well-being of the pig during the marketing process.
