Meet the expert- Lawsonia and the microbiome – Prof. Christian Visscher

Welcome to our Meet the Expert podcast, a series on swine Health and Management brought to you by Boehringer-Ingelheim and Pig Progress, where Global opinion leaders answer your most relevant practical questions. This episode with Prof Dr Christian Visscher of the University of Veterinary Medicine in Hanover, Germany, focuses on Lawsonia intracellularis (causing ileitis). He speaks about its effect on the microbiome, and how this affects pig production and for what extend oral vaccination can have effect on these.