Hi Doc,
Meron kaming biik around 60 days old na at bigla lang namatay sa fattening pen.
Mga 2 weeks na sila sa fattening pen at wala naman signs na may sakit. Kaninang
umaga may lagnat at di na nabigyan ng gamot kasi bigla na lang namatay..Kaya
nagpa inject ako ng PRV sa lahat na biik sa piggery ngayon hapon. Ano kaya ang sakit
ng biik na iyon ?  Napa balita sa radyo kaninang umaga na may swine flu ngayon. Ano naman
ang preventive medicines nito ?
Thanks,
Nick

Sir Nick,

It is difficult to say kung ano ang naging sakit ng animal nila dahil in sudden death cases usually di na tlaga nadedetermine ang culprit especially if ala naman signs yun namatay and also those within the pen.

As precaution naggigive ng antibiotic dun sa mga naiwan na baboy.



SWINE FLU-  this a viral disease usually sa pig but in some cases can infect human. THe current swine flu in the USA is at this point localized lang sa kanila.

We should not be alarmed muna kasi there is no study yet kung nakarating na ba sa atin ito. JUst always do disinfection and from time to time vitamins for the animal. Sa human part, always wash your hand after visiting your farm or better yet take bath na.

Another thing is that in the USA kasi there are regular shots of flu vaccine for human. Here in the Philippines we don't do that. We relay more in the immune system natin.

So in essence i do think our immune system is much stronger than other nationality.

Ok Doc Nemo and many thanks to you.
I forgot to tell you that this incident also happens last year
when we place 7 piglets also for fattening with 1 mortality in this pen.
This case now, they are 9 and 1 mortality again..
Nick

sir i had this same experience.. mga 4 months old na ung baboy ko ok naman wala sakit and sipon.. bigla nalang babagsak and then patay na.. we just attribute this to maybe to stroke.. pero as in wala sakit.. twice na nangyari samin...

mahirap po talaga madetermine kung alin sakit ang tumama if sudden death ang nangyari. Needed pa kasi nito inecropsy just to look for lesions that might suggest what causes the said death.

gud day! Sir Nemo bakit po kaya un mga biik nmin minsan nanginginig at namimilay tapos namamatay nalang? im really confuse kc ilan n ang namatay maga2nda nman sila ng ipinanganak pro nagkakaganito. thanks po.

if meron uli sila ganyang case ipacheck nila agad sa vet. Kung paulit ulit kasi it means nandyan pa yun pathogen na nagcacause ng sakit.

Pwede kasing streptococcus yan, mycoplasma etc. better a trained eye ang makakita para masabi nila kung ano ba talaga yun sakit.

If meron na kayong nakikitang nanginginig na animal pwede muna sila magbigay ng oral antibiotic sa lahat ng animal as preventive treatment lang while waiting for a veterinarian.