Pig heard health is about to improve in a big way, thanks to a new vaccine developed by the Western College of Veterinary Medicine to prevent Strep zoo and avoid treatment with antibiotics. Streptococcus equii zooepidemicus, or Strep zoo, is a difficult to diagnose bacterial disease that can cause sudden death without warning, or soon after pigs develop fever and go off feed, but, in either instance mortality rates will be high. In response, researchers with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine have created a new vaccine to prevent the infection.

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