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When one thinks of a veterinarian, an image of someone tending beagles and dachshunds comes to mind. Glen Almond, DVM, prefers to spend his days pondering Berkshires and Durocs, and the professionals who tend to them.

Streptococcus suis is a normal inhabitant of the respiratory tract and is found in all swine herds. However, it becomes a problem when it expresses virulent factors that cause disease.

Tyson Foods Inc. will eliminate about 10% of corporate jobs and 15% of senior leadership roles, Chief Executive Donnie King told employees on Wednesday.

Often trade is simplified to refer to international negotiations with the goal of opening or expanding market access. However, NPPC works on many fronts to establish a level playing field for the trading of ag products.

Currently, foreign meat that is processed in U.S. plants can be labeled “Product of USA.” Arun Alexander, Canada’s deputy ambassador, isn’t convinced this is a good practice.

The company has doubled the warehouse space available for its veterinary pharmaceutical products. The 1,000-plus temperature-controlled pallet spaces are maintained with a state-of-the-art heating and cooling system.

The Philippines pork industry continues to fight African swine fever, but officials say current protocols aren’t working and new measures are needed to control and prevent this deadly disease of pigs.

For a family of four, pork has a $2,400 advantage over beef annually. With the quality and taste of pork today, along with the price advantage, as an industry we need to use pork’s advantages to increase demand.

Recently, a producer in northwest Iowa came to us with a Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae problem, writes Pipestone veterinarian Emily McDowell. Here’s a look at one elimination case study.