Three causes of suckling pig diarrhea take a financial toll on producers' bottom line. In these times of tight margins, every 50 cents to a dollar earned from every pound of pork produced is important to the financial stability of a hog operation, says swine veterinarian Doug Groth of the Carthage (IL) Veterinary Service, Ltd. (CVS). "This year we are just trying to make more money to make up for the last couple of bad years," he said in a talk at the CVS 20th Annual Swine Conference at Western Illinois University in Macomb, IL. "The goal is all about getting pounds of pork out the door." In the past few years, baby pig diarrhea has emerged as a major contributor to burned-out pigs and elevated preweaning mortality, Groth says.
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