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Unpublished Paper
How Does the Type of Vaccine Affect Pig Approachability Pre- and Post-vaccination?
Animal Industry Report
  • Shawna Weimer, Iowa State University
  • Anna Johnson, Iowa State University
  • Kenneth Stalder, Iowa State University
  • Locke Karriker, Iowa State University
  • Thomas Fangman, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc.
Extension Number
ASL R3269
Publication Date
2018
Topic
Swine
Summary and Implications

The objective of this study was to determine if nursery pigs display different behaviors and postures pre- and post-injection using a live- and digital image methodology. A total of 149 pens housing approximately 19 barrows and gilts/pen (a mix of approximately 50% barrows and 50% gilts; 0.3 m2/pig) were used. Barrows and gilts were approximately 6-wk of age from a commercial crossbred genetic line. The pen applied injection treatments were (1) Ingelvac CircoFLEX®/Ingelvac MycoFLEX® vaccine, (2) Circumvent® PCVM vaccine (3) Saline. Pre-injection were conducted at 1600h the day before injections were administered. Pigs received their treatments at 1000h on the consecutive day and post-injection was conducted, 6 h after treatments were administered and 24 h after pre-injection observations. An animal-human interaction tests was completed at pre- and post-injection time points using a live- and digital image methodology. The experimental unit was the pen of pigs. The statistical model evaluating methodologies used PROC GLIMMIX. A P ≤ 0.05 value was considered to be significant. There were no pre-injection “approach” or “not” behavioral differences for the live human- (P> 0.05). Regardless of methodology used, CV-PCVM treated nursery pigs had fewer “approach” and more “not” compared to CF/MF and saline injected pigs (P < 0.0001). When examining the percentage difference between pre- and post-injection “approach” and “not,” 19.3 ± 2.3 % (6 pigs) fewer pigs classified as “approach” using live methodology and 17.0 ± 2.0 % (6 pigs) fewer pigs using the digital image. In conclusion, nursery pigs were less willing to voluntarily approach a human in their home pen 6-h after receiving a vaccine and this information is useful when considering when to conduct an on-farm animal-human measure in an assessment or third party audit.

Copyright Holder
Iowa State University
DOI
https://doi.org/10.31274/ans_air-180814-351
Language
en
Citation Information
Shawna Weimer, Anna Johnson, Kenneth Stalder, Locke Karriker, et al.. "How Does the Type of Vaccine Affect Pig Approachability Pre- and Post-vaccination?" (2018)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/kenneth_stalder/166/