Treatable with skin salves, antibiotics, and vaccines, the best way to prevent greasy pig disease is to improve the hygiene conditions in your barn. Because this disease usually manifests in young piglets prior to weaning, it’s best to perform teat dipping on your sows both pre- and post-...
Streptococcus suisis a zoonotic agent that causes sepsis and meningitis in pigs and humans.S. suisinfections are responsible for large economic losses in pig production. The lack of effective vaccines to prevent the disease has promoted the extensive use of antibiotics worldwide. This has been foll...
There are various types of blockers or inhibitors, each working in their own way to prevent pigmentation triggering in the first place, which means less time spent treating it. There are tyrosinanse inhibitors, (a group which includes famous pigmentation fighters like the controversial hydroquinone ...
Although adult stem cells exist in many tissues, their numbers are small, perhaps one adult stem cell for every 100,000 surrounding cells. These stem cells look like the surrounding cells, so it's difficult to tell them apart. But researchers have developed an interesting way to identify them...
Thanks to their healthy appetite, pigs are easily overfed and many become obese when they are adults, which can lead to arthritis and other serious diseases.4A fat rollover on your pig's eyes indicates that the pet is overweight. If that's the case, discuss your pig's diet with your ve...
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patient's bones. The donor bone marrow cells differentiate into blood cells that the patient needs. Often, the patient must take drugs to prevent his or her immune system from rejecting the new bone marrow. But this procedure uses existing hemopoietic stem cells. How would you use stem cell ...
these supplemental foods, as this can vary based on a mouse's size and activity level. Place fresh foods in a separate dish from the pellets, and discard them after a few hours to prevent spoilage. The best time to feed is in the evening as the mouse is waking up and looking for ...
How to Prevent Leaf Miners Cultural controls and prevention are the cornerstones of any integrated pest management system. With leaf miners, there are a few things we can do. Watch the first true leaves in spring.These are a likely target for the initial leaf miner generation that overwintered...
How to prevent mosquito bites in Thailand? Incognito, in my opinion, is THE best mosquito repellent for Thailand, by a wide mile. As when escaping a crocodile on foot… you don’t need to out-run him, you just need to out-run someone else. Mosquitoes only need a finite amount of blo...