Accuracy of sow culling classifications reported by lay personnel on commercial swine farms.

Objective: To determine the accuracy of sow culling classifications reported by lay personnel on commercial swine farms.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Animals: A convenience sample of 923 sows from 8 conventional, farrow-to-wean farms that followed standard operating procedures.

Effectiveness of transdermal, needle-free injections for reducing pork carcass defects.

A needle-free, transdermal injection device was evaluated for effectiveness of vaccine delivery and for injection site lesions in swine. A total of 130 pigs were vaccinated for pseudorabies virus (PRV) and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M. hyopneumoniae).