Swine Herd Health

Question 1

1. Characteristics of pig production I;
   - Significance of pig industry in agriculture
   - Organization of pig production / breeding pyramid

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Question 2

2. Characteristics of pig production II
   - Main pig breeds
   - Hybridization schemes
   - Breeding association, breeding authority
   - Performance testing

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Question 3

3. Management technologies of swine production I. Operational set up of breeding, fattening and commercial pig farms. (Schematic diagram of operation. SSF /farow-to-finish/; bi-phase and three-phase systems)

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Question 4

4. Management technologies of swine production II. Farrowing systems (individual farrowing, demands for the creep, heating systems, feeders and drinkers, regulations for the slatted floor, size of the farrowing crate, group farrowing and group nursing systems, free range farrowing)

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Question 5

5. Management technologies of swine production III. Housing of the weaned pigs (weaners’ pool, flatdecks, the “Nürtringer” system)

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Question 6

6. Management technologies of swine production IV. Feeding and watering systems in housing of fattening pigs (drinking facilities, dry feeding, slop feeding technologies, effect of feed distribution on the air hygiene)

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Question 7

7. Management technologies of swine production V. Housing of the sow (breeding sow house, housing systems for the pregnant sow). Group housing, large groups.

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Question 8

8. Production oriented, planned veterinary programmes for the swine industry I. The changing role of the veterinarian. (Main trends in the past 50 years in pig production, services given by the general practitioner and by the full time consultant, components of the planned animal health and production programmes)

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Question 9

9. Production oriented, planned veterinary programmes for the swine industry II. Target and action parameters (definition and examples), check lists (definition and examples)

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Question 10

10. Production oriented, planned veterinary programmes for the swine industry III. The practice of consultancy (previsit preparation, on the spot activity, analysis and discussion of the results of the visit, selected topics, preparation of the report)

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Question 11

11. Herd health management of reproduction I. (monitoring of the reproductive performance, factors that affect the litter size) (Swine)

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Question 12

12. Herd health management of reproduction II. (Farrowing index, non-productive days, factors that influence puberty, frequent complaints)

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Question 13

13. The periparturient diseases of the sow I. (forms of the disease complex, an exemplary management related disease, the role of endotoxins, clinical signs)

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Question 14

14. The periparturient diseases of the sow II. (Feeding and management factors that are involved in the development of the disease, diagnosis at herd level, preventive and therapeutic measures)

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Question 15

15. Culling of the sow. (Reasons and economic consequences, culling strategy, statistical analysis of culling)

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Question 16

16. Leg disorders of the sows (Infectious and non-infectious reasons, pododermatitis, osteochondrosis, shoulder ulcer: reasons and prevention)

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Question 17

17. Herd health management from farrowing till weaning I. (Periweaning mortality: late foetal death, intrapartum and early postnatal deaths, risk factors of producing stillborn piglets)

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Question 18

19. Herd health management from farrowing till weaning III. (infectious postparturient losses, diagnosis of infectious postparturient losses at herd level, recognition of risk factors)

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Question 19

20. Herd health programme from weaning to the end of the postweaning period I. (age, anatomical-physiological, nutritional and housing/management factors that influence the weight gain and diseases of piglets in the periweaning period)

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Question 20

21. Herd health programme from weaning to the end of the postweaning period II. (Role and functions of the small intestine; role and functions of the intestinal microflora; defence against intestinal pathogens, general aspects of prevention of periweaning diarrhoea of pigs)

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Question 21

22. Herd health management of the fattening pig (efficiency parameters, target and interference levels, data that should be recorded, methods of data recording, common diseases of the fattening pig)

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Question 22

23. Porcine respiratory disease complex I. An exemplary multifactorial disease. (germ load, environmental factors that affect the non-specific and specific protective mechanisms of the respiratory tract)

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Question 23

24. Porcine respiratory disease complex II. (Methods of diagnosis at herd level (prevalence/severity of the disease, related micro-organisms, environmental risk factors)

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Question 24

25. Porcine respiratory disease complex III. Methods of control. (medication/immunisation programmes segregated production, eradication

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Question 25

26. Porcine respiratory disease complex IV. The SPF technique (definitions, primer and secondary herds, the technique, significance and prospects of establishing SPF)

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Question 26

27. Pathomorphological data collection and analysis in the abattoir. The main scoring systems.

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