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Wednesday, April 25

Leave CVM at 7:30 am for MAE Farm (A farrow-to-finish swine farm) in Louisburg. Interview owner/operator Mike Jones and collect fecal samples from sows, weaned piglets and finishing pigs on pasture. Observe for signs of lice / mite infection and fly problems.

Return to CVM teaching lab to analyze samples using McMasters and Centrifugation Technique Discuss results.

*** For bio-security of the host farm --- Please do not visit any swine farms over the weekend ***

Host Farm

• MAE Farm
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• Previous Reports
• 2017
• 2016_fall
• 2016_spring
• 2016 Rollins
• 2015
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• 2012

Articles for Discussion

• 2010 -- Performance of Anthelmintic Free Swine
• 1997 -- False-positives in Ascaris Diagnoses
• 2011 -- Helminths of Pigs: New Challenges
• 2010 -- Chicory Roots

Supplementary FYI

• 2010 -- Nematophagous Fungi
• 2002 -- Helminths in Danish Organic Swine Production
• 1999 -- Helminths of Pigs: Transmission & Infection Levels
• 1997 -- Transmission of Helminths of Pigs on Pasture
• ATTRA - National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service
• Hog Production Alternatives
• Hooped Shelters for Hogs
• USDA Organic Swine Regulations
• Markets for Alternative Pork
• Small Scale Livestock

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