Labor challenges are not new to the pork industry, but Boehringer Ingelheim introduced a possible solution at the World Pork Expo that is new to the pork industry: oral gel administration for its Lawsonia and Salmonella vaccines, Enterisol Ileitis and Enterisol Salmonella T/C.
“We’ve known that Lawsonia intracellularis is known to be in more than 90% of surveyed pig farms in the U.S. today that have or have had ileitis on the farm,” says Greg Cline, senior key account veterinarian for swine at Boehringer Ingelheim. “It’s incredibly common and it’s common to vaccinate for it.”
The label on Enterisol Ileitis and Enterisol Salmonella T/C is both an oral administration.
“Traditionally that’s been administered in one of two ways. The task of picking every pig up and squirting it with vaccine is tough. It just adds one more thing on the to-do list. The other administration method is through the medicator – that’s a pretty simple and easy task. But we’ve come to realize that in a time where labor is really tight, and may not be fully staffed, is there a way that we can administer these vaccines in an effective, but easier and more efficient way?”
A new, green oral gel may be the answer, Cline says. The gel should be administered to 3-week old pigs in the farrowing crate.
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