My farm has swine dysentery - what is this, and what are the current research updates?

Welcome to “Talkin’ about Pigs” – a podcast where individuals from the Swine Medicine Education Center (SMEC) discuss swine health topics over coffee. Each podcast episode covers a different swine health topic of interest to pork producers. All topics are generated from pork producer questions! We keep the topic producer oriented, with the goal of bringing pork producers relevant information that they can bring back to the farm.Today’s podcast covers swine dysentery. Publications discussed in the podcast can be found at the links below:

• Brachyspira hyodysenteriae Infection Reduces Digestive Function but Not Intestinal Integrity in Growing Pigs While Disease Onset Can Be Mitigated by Reducing Insoluble Fiber (Helm, et al.) https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2020.587926/full
• Investigation of Increased Dietary Insoluble Fiber Through Feeding of Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGs) on the Incidence and Severity of Brachyspira-Associated Colitis in Pigs (Wilberts, et al.) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4259391/

Stay tuned for more swine health podcasts, geared towards pork producers! If you have difficulty accessing any of the referred materials, or if you have a swine health related question you would like featured on the podcast – please email us at isusmec@iastate.edu. Please put “SMEC Podcast Question” in the title of your email to ensure we receive it.