Pigs can be helped more quickly
(IPVS)
One of the most important goals of the 18th world congress of pig vets is to ensure that vets are
informed about relevant research results considerably more quickly than before. The congress will
be held at the end of June by the International Pig Veterinary Society (IPVS) in Hamburg.
New series of presentations for practical vets
For the first time at the congress, all relevant scientific results will be specifically aimed at
practising vets. They will be presented in the "Practitioners' line" series with its motto "Science
Meets Practice." IPVS president Henning Bossow hopes that this series of presentations will
considerable reduce the time that previously elapsed between the publication of scientific results
and their resulting application and use in medical treatments in the sty: "Pigs can be helped more
quickly."
Soon a thing of the past: the two year lag between science and practice
It took around two years from the publication of the agent responsible for the pig disease PPE/PIA
at the 1994 IPVS Congress in Bangkok to this information being exchanged between scientific institutions
and vets in Germany. "We could have provided the correct treatment for PPE pigs much sooner if we had
informed the vets immediately and clearly," Bossow, himself a vet, is convinced.
Results of anti-PIA serum as prime example
Although not all scientists and experts have submitted their papers and presentations for the congress
yet, it is already clear that the focus for those working in the field will be on one current and
significant topic: previously unpublished experience with the application of a serum for the pig
disease PIA.
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