Dave Thompson, Madonna Benjamin and Dan Brown
Michigan State University
Many diseases in pigs can be prevented or their effects minimized by vaccines formulated specifically for use in pigs. Those vaccines provide a management tool that, when used properly, can greatly reduce reliance on the other medications including medically important antimicrobials -- that is, those to treat serious infections in people.
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