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C D E F G
H I J K L
M N O P Q
R S T U V
W X Y Z
A
Abdominal
catastrophe
Abortions
Abrasions
Abscess
Acclimatisation
Actinobacillus
pleuropneumoniae (App)
Actinobacillus
suis
Actinobaculum
suis
Adopting a pet pig
Aflatoxin
African Swine Fever (Iridoviridae)
Agalactia
Aging pigs with their teeth
AI – boar issues,
collection,
processing,
semen storage,
administration
Air and ventilation issues
Air direction on
ventilation
Air pollutants
Air problems
All-in/All-out
Alopecia
Amaranthus retroflexus
Ammonia
Anaesthesia
Anaemia
Anal prolapse
Anatomy
- Skin,
Head,
Chest,
Intestinal tract,
Reproductive
tract, Urinary tract,
Lymphatic tract,
Locomotor system
Anoestrus
Anthrax
Antibiotic free farming
Antibiotics in pigs
Antimicrobial Medicine use
APP
Arcanobacterium
pyogenes
Area and volume
calculations
Arthritis
Artificial insemination
Ascaris suum (Roundworms)
Assisted Reproduction
Atresia ani
Atrophic
rhinitis
Aujeszky’s
Disease
Aural haematoma
Autosort
training
Autumn Abortion
Syndrome
B
Babirusa
Bacteriology of
pigs
Batch farrowing
place as a production cornerstone
Batching pigs
Batch event
planner
Bearded pig
Bedding
Behaviour
Bench marking WA
Big Pens
Biochemistry of pigs
Biology basic
requirements – Australia
Canada
European Union
USA
Biosecurity
Biosecurity for pet pig owners and
sanctuaries
Birds
Blood analysis
Blood cells
Blood Collection
Boar anatomy
Boar behaviour
Boar Evaluation
Board Exams -
NAVLE
Bowel Oedema
Brachyspira
hyodysenteriae (Swine Dysentery)
Brachyspira
pilosicoli (Nonspecific Colitis)
Breeding
Breeding
calendar
Breeding Factors
Influencing Litter Size
Breeding
Management
Breeding using
AI
Breeding with a
boar
Breeds of pigs basic
Broken Legs
Broken needles
Brucellosis
Bursitis
Bush Foot
Bush pig
Buying a pet pig
C
Caesarean section
Calendar of
events and pig flow
Campylobacter
jejuni
Captive bolt
Carbon footprint
Carcase traits
Care of the sick
pig
Castration piglet adult
Chacoan peccary
Chest disorders
Circovirus
Classical Swine Fever (Hog
Cholera)
Cleaning rooms
Clinical signs –
description of terms
Clinical signs – Individual, Group of pigs, the farm, at post-mortem
Clinical signs
basics for stockpeople
Clinical signs
check list
Clinical signs
for pet pig owners
Clostridium
difficile
Clostridium
perfringens – Type C and A Enteritis
Coccidiosis
Colibacillosis (Escherichia coli)
Collared peccary
Colostrum
Compromised pigs
Condition score
Condition score pet pigs
Conformation of
pigs
Congenital
deformities
Congenital
Tremors
Conjunctivitis
Constipation
Conversion factors
Cost and cost
control
Cost of a dead
pig
Cost of
production
Costs reduction
on farm
Costs – What if?
Costs weaning
age
Coughing in pigs
Courtship
behaviour
Crate and stall
management
Critical
temperatures
Culling costs
Culling planning
Culling sow gilt
replacements
Cystitis
D
Days to
slaughter calculator
Dead pig
disposal
Death sudden
Defecation
patterns
Depopulation and repopulation
Dermatitis and nephropathy
syndrome
Dermatitis
parakeratosis
Developmental
abnormalities
Diarrhoea in the
farrowing house
Diarrhoea in the
nursery
Dippity pig”
Disinfectants
Disorders by
organ system
Disorders of
pigs
Disorders of
pigs by age
Disorders of
pigs by pathogens
Disorders of
pigs by system
Dress for a farm
visit
Drinkers
Drug routes
Drug selection
Dry sow
management
Dry sow housing
options
Dunging patterns
E
Ear biting
Ear sucking
Early weaning to
reduce pathogen load
Eco-shelters
Edema disease
Effective
temperatures
Electronic Sow
Feeding floor plan
Elimination of pathogens
Enteric Disease
Enterovirus
encephalomyeltitis
Entry into a pig
unit
Environment
checking equipment
Environmental
medicine
Enzootic
pneumonia
Epidemic
Diarrhoea Virus
Epididectomy
Epiphyseolysis
Epitheliogenesis
imperfecta
E-readers
Eradication of
pathogens
Ergot
Erosions of the
skin
Erysipelas (Erysipelothrix
rhusiopathiae)
Escherichia coli (Colibacillosis)
European Wild Boar
Euthanasia
Events weekly in
the breeding herd
Evolution of the pig
Exotic Diseases
Exudative
epidermititis
F
Fans, inlets and
outlets
Farm growth
Farm location and pathogen spread
Farm plans -
building requirements
Farm visit
Farrowing
Farrowing date
from breeding
Farrowing spread
from batch breeding
Farrowing
difficulties
Farrowing heat
management
Farrowing
outdoors
Farrowing Rate
Fat pigs
Fat pigs in the slaughterhouse
– how do I change the results?
FCR
Food Conversion ratio
Feed Bin
management
Feed costs
Feed enhancement
Feed ingredients
global
Feed intake
Feed problems
Feed-back
Feeder management
Feeder space requirement
Feeder wastage
management
Feeding quantities
Feeding the
lactating sow
Female
reproductive anatomy
Femoral head
fracture - epiphyseolysis
Feral pigs
Finishing pigs
Finishing
shelters
Fit to load?
Flaking skin
Flank biting
Flies and their
control
Floor issues
Floor problems
Flooring
stocking rates
Flu – Influenza
in pigs
Foetal growth
Food Conversion Ratio (FCR)
Food safety
Forecasting
sales
Foot baths
Foot problems in
pet pigs
Foot-and-Mouth
Disease (Picornaviridae)
Fostering
Fumigation
Fusarium
G
Gastric torsion
Gastric ulcers
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Genetic costs
Genetics
Geriatric problems in pet pigs
Gestation area
Gestation
housing options
Giant forest hog
Giant Peccary
Gilt breeding
management
Gilt breeding
paddocks
Gilt litters
Gilt segregated
systems
Gilts
Glässer's Disease (Haemophilus
parasuis)
Glossary
Greasy Pig
Disease (Staphylococcus hyicus)
Group size
Grower pigs
Growth rates
Growth rate
impact on days to slaughter
H
Haematology
Haematopinus
suis (Pediculosis)
Haemophilus parasuis (Glässer’s Disease)
Handling and
moving pigs
Head disorders
Health alarms – reportable diseases
Health costs
Health maintenance on pig farms
Health reducing your farm costs
Health Risks for
Swine Farm Staff
Heat detection
Help with
clinical signs
Herd Health
Herniation
Hippopotamus
Hog Cholera (Pestivirus,
Togaviridae)
Hospital pens
Hyostronglus
rubidus (Red Stomach Worms)
Hysterectomy
I
Identification
of pigs
Ileitis
Illthrift
Immunity
enhancement
Inclusion Body Rhinitis (IBR)
Infertility
Influenza –
Swine Influenza
Intestinal tract disorders
Isolation area
Isospora suis (Coccidiosis)
J
Japanese B.
Encephalitis (Flavivirus)
Jarva Pig
Joint ill
K
Kidney worms
Kilogram output
Kindle – Amazon
E-reader
Kyphosis and
kinky back
L
L/S/P
Labour costs
Lactation feed
enhancement
Lameness
Law and legal
issues
Lawsonia
intracellularis (Proliferative Enteropathies)
Leptospirosis
Leukaemia
Libido
Light
Lime-washing a
pen
Links
Listeria monocytogenes
Litter size
Litter size drop
2nd parity
Litters per
female or sow per year
Loading pigs
Loading pigs –
fit to load?
Loading pigs –
how many to load on the truck?
Locomotor problems
Lorry cleaning
Lower critical temperature
(LCT)
LSY
Lying patterns
Lymphatic
disorders
M
Malaysian
Bearded Pig
Male anatomy
Mammary glands
Management of the farm
Management of the pen
Management training
Mange (Sarcoptes
scabiei var suis)
Marketing pigs
Mastitis
Mating
management
Meat output
Medicated early
weaning
Medication changes
Medication management
Medication
routes
Medication
Selection Tables
Medication
through the water supply
Medicine
routines
Medicine storage
Melamine
poisoning
Meningitis
Metastrongylus spp. (Lungworms)
Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus
aureus
Mice
Middle ear
disease
Milk Production
Microsoft office
web component problem
Mixing pigs
Moving and
handling pigs
MRSA
Mulberry Heart
Mummified pigs
Musculoskeletal Disorders
Mycoplasma
arthritis
Mycoplasma
hyopneumoniae
Mycoplasma hyorhinis
Mycoplasma
hyosynoviae
Mycoplasma
pneumonia
Mycoplasma suis
Mycotoxins
N
Navel bleeding
Navel sucking
NAVLE – Board
Exams
Needles and syringes
Neurological Disease
Newborn
News
Nipah
Noise
Non-productive
Sow Days (NPD)
Nonspecific
Colitis (Brachyspira pilosicoli)
Notifiable diseases
NPD
Nursery
Nursing patterns
Nutrition
O
Ochratoxin
Oedema disease (E.
coli)
Oesophagostomum spp. (Nodular Worms)
Oestrus
Office web component problem
OIE
Old age problems in pet pigs
Optimal
production
Orientation
around a pig
Osteochondrosis
(OCD)
Outdoor
pigs
Output of
pork
Ovarianhysterectomy
Ovaries
P
P/S/Y
Pale pig
Parasites
Parity
Parity
segregation
Partial depopulation
Parturition
Process
Pasteurella
multocida
Pasteurella
pneumonia
Pasteurella
atrophic rhinitis
Pathogens of
pigs –age of pig, antibiotics,
disinfectants against, elimination,
reduction,
spread, vaccination
PCVAD
Peccary
Pen design
Performance
Targets
Pet pig
Philippine Pig
Pig Flow
Pig Flow
calendars
Pig Flu – Swine
Influenza
Pig industry
Pig Pox
Pigs per female
or sow per year
Pig’s who are we
Piggy lore
Piglet
processing
Pigmy
Hippopotamus
Pigmy pig
Pityriasis rosea
Planning events
on a pig farm
Play
Pleurisy
Pneumonia –
Pasteurella and Streptococci
Pollutants in
the air
Populations – pigs
Populations – farmed pigs
Porcine Circovirus Associated
Diseases
Porcine
Dermatitis and Nephropathy Syndrome (PDNS)
Porcine Epidemic
Diarrhoea
Porcine
Intestinal Adenomatopathy
Porcine Parvovirus
(PPV)
Porcine
Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSv)
Porcine
Respiratory Coronavirus
Porcine
Respiratory Disease Complex (PRDC)
Porcine Stress Syndrome (PSS)
Portec Australia
Post-mortem
disease
Post-mortem examination
Post-mortem
samples
Post-mortem
terms
Post-weaning Escherichia coli
Diarrhoea (PWECD)
Post-weaning
illthrift
Post-weaning
management – first 5 days
Postweaning Multi-Systemic Wasting
Syndrome (PMWS)
Post-weaning
sneezing
Pounds of pork
produced
Pregnancy
diagnosis
Preputial
diverticulum removal
Pressure washing
Pre-weaning
diarrhoea
Producer guides
Production or Management Systems
Production
optimums
Profits and
costs
Progressive
Atrophic Rhinitis (PAR)
Prolapse
Proliferative
Enteropathies (Lawsonia intracellularis)
Pseudorabies
(Aujeszky’s Disease)
PSY
Pulmonary oedema
Pyelonephritis
and cystitis
Q
Quarantine
R
Rabies
Real time
ultrasound pregnancy diagnosis
Record analysis
Records which
day is day one of the batch?
Rectal prolapse
Rectal stricture
Rectal temperatures
Red River Hog
Refrigeration
management
Repopulation
Reportable diseases
Reproductive
Diseases
Respiratory
Diseases
Resting
behaviour
Restraint
Methods
Returns to
oestrus
Rhinitis
Rinderpest
Ringworm
Rodent control
Role of vet on
the farm
Room cleaning
protocols
Rotavirus
Roundworms (Ascaris
suum)
Runt Pigs
S
Salmonella spp.
Salmonellosis
Salt Poisoning
or Water Deprivation
Sample handling
Sample numbers
required
Sarcoptes
scabiei var suis (Mange)
Scouring pigs
Scrotal hernia
Seasonal
Infertility
Seasonal changes
Segregated Early
Weaning
Selection of
pigs
Sensitivity of a
test
Service
management
Shelters
Shoulder sores
Showering
Slaughterhouse
Slaughter –
carcase characteristics
Slaughter – days
to slaughter
Slaughter –
yield of meat
Skin abrasions
Skin Diseases
Skin trauma areas
Slap marking
pigs prior to slaughter or moving
Slaughter Checks
Sneezing
post-weaning
Social behaviour
Sony Reader –
E-readers
Sow housing
issues
Sow Illness,
Death Loss, and Culling
Spaying a pig
Specificity of a
test
Sperm
Spilt hips
Splaylegs
Stall and crate
management
Staphylococcus
hyicus (Greasy Pig Disease)
Static pressure
Statistical
Process Control
Stephanurus
dentatus (Kidney worms)
Stillborn pigs
Stocking rates
Stockmanship
Stockpeople training
Straw Yard
management
Streaming
Streptococcus
suis
Streptococcus
abscess
Streptococcus
pneumonia
Streptococcus meningitis
Strongyloides
ransomi (Threadworms)
Suckers
Sulawesi Pig
Summer
infertility
Surgical
procedures
Swine Dysentery
(Brachyspira hyodysenteriae)
Swine Industry
Swine Influenza
Virus
Swine pox
Swine Vesicular
Disease (Picornaviridae)
T
Taenia solium
Tail biting
Tail docking
Tapewoms
Teeth clipping
Temperature
requirements
Terms used in
pig farming
Teschen and
Talfan Disease (Enteroviruses)
Thermal comfort
Thermal control
Threats to a pig
unit
Three site
production
Three week batch
production
Thrombocytopaenia
Tonsilar scrape
Toxic gases
Toxoplasma
gondii
Tracking pigs
Training pigs
Training staff
Training vets
Transmissible
Gastroenteritis (TGE) virus
Transportation
Transportation
how many pigs to load
Transportation
legal issues
Treatment decisions
Treatment
options in the pet pig
Treatments
Trichinella
spiralis
Trichusis suis (Whipworms)
Trucks
Trucking – how
many pigs to load
Tuberculosis
Tumors
U
Ulcerated
granuloma
Ulcers
Uncooperative pigs
Updates to the
website
Upper critical
temperature (UCT)
Urinary tract
diseases
Urine
V
Vaccines
Vaginal
Discharge
Variation
elimination - data
Vasectomy
Vehicles
Ventilation
Vesayan Warty
Pig
Vesicular
Exanthema or San Miguel Sea Lion Disease
Vesicular
Stomatitis (Rhabdoviridae)
Veterinarian’s
role on a pig farm
Veterinary cost
reduction
Veterinary costs
Veterinary procedures
Veterinary
students
Veterinary training
Vices
Viet Nam Warty
Pig
Viruses of pig
Visitors
Vitamin
E/Selenium deficiency
Vomitoxin
W
Wart Hog
Water
Water
deprivation/salt poisoning
Water quality
Weak piglets
Weaning age
estimations
Weaner contracts
Weaning more
pigs
Weaning to
service interval
Weaning weights
Weekly events on
the farm
Weight of the
pig – dorsal area
Weight of the pig - weigh bands
Welfare
Welfare legal
issues
What if? Cost impact
White lipped Peccary
Wild Boar
Withdrawal times
Worms egg count and parasites
X
Y
Yield –
slaughter characteristics
Yersinia
Z
Zearalenone
Zoonotic
Diseases