Pig & Poultry Diseases

Pig diseases cause pain and distress to the animal and also significantly reduce their profitability, either through reduced productivity or, in severe cases, through the premature death of the infected animals.
 

The two key types of pig disease are:
 

L. intracellularis, the cause of ileitis , inside the enterocytes

Enteric diseases, which affect the gut, causing lack of appetite, wasting and diarrhoea in affected pigs. Three significant enteric diseases affecting pigs are Ileitis, Colitis and Swine Dysentery.
 

Respiratory diseases, which
affect the lungs, causing slow
growth or even premature death of infected pigs.
 

Mycoplasma attached to cilia, which damages this natural defence system of the lungs

Enzootic Pneumonia, caused by the respiratory pathogen Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae is the major respiratory disease but it is often complicated with other organisms to cause PRDC (Porcine Respiratory Disease Complex), whilst another significant respiratory challenge is Pleuropneumonia.
 

Tiamutin has proven activity,
efficacy and reliability against all these major pig diseases and,
because of its wide spectrum of activity it is effective against many mixed infections, which is an increasing problem in today's global industry.

Mycoplasmas are major disease-causing organisms in poultry, which can be transmitted in the air or sexually and they are one of the major causes of production loss around the world. The risk of infection is higher under modern intensive systems of production.
 

Mycoplasmas colonise the respiratory tract . . .	damage cilia and cells and. . .	allow secondary pathogens to invade
Mycoplasma       Secondary pathogens

In chickens and turkeys mycoplasmas can cause a wide range of disease signs from respiratory problems and lameness through to increased embryo mortality, infertility and reproductive problems.
 

Tiamutin has proved to have exceptional activity against mycoplasmas and is therefore used worldwide to help produce healthy and productive chicks and to control disease transmission. It can also be used in laying birds to improve egg production.

Tiamutin has proved to be highly effective against key pig and poultry disease challenges for over 25 years and in more than 50 countries across the world. It is a valuable ally for farming professionals in their ongoing battle against disease.
 

In acute disease cases pigs and chickens may be off their feed but since Tiamutin can be administered both in feed, in water (or for pigs by injection), it can be used to treat most types of disease challenge.
 

Its rapid absorption into an animal or bird's affected tissues at high concentrations means that it is quickly effective. In spite of its many years of practical use it is still a successful therapy with little evidence of increased resistance amongst the pig and poultry disease-causing organisms.

Tiamutin has been developed exclusively for use in animal health. This means that, unlike some other pig and poultry antibiotics, it is not related to or identical to those antibiotics used in human medicine and cannot, therefore, select for cross resistance with human medicinal products. This is an increasingly important benefit given current concerns regarding antibiotic use and the safeguarding of public health.
 

Also, there are no known adverse environmental consequences following the use of Tiamutin. It bio-degrades rapidly and has shown no known effect on soil biology or plant growth. It is non-toxic to fish, and has been shown to be non-mutagenic, non-carcinogenic and non-teratogenic.