Biosecurity
Proactively enhancing wean-to-harvest biosecurity will help control the next emerging disease in the U.S. pork industry and improve swine herd health. Here’s the latest from the Wean-to-Harvest Biosecurity Program.
Feral pigs were captured by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources in southern Minnesota late last month, raising concerns for the No. 2 pig-producing state in the U.S.
A new methodology is being developed to communicate when a swine disease is occurring nearby.
What’s the risk of bacteria spillover from North American wild mammal species into the U.S. swine herd?
If you want to disrupt a government, disrupt the food supply. “Ag is critical infrastructure,” says Andrew Rose, strategic advisor. “Three weeks without food and agriculture, and it’s over.”
An undiagnosed swine disease in Ecuador is under the watchful eye of the Swine Health Information Center.
Biosecurity is a large factor that plays into the overall health and profitability of a swine operation.
PRRS. PED. African swine fever. Biosecurity. As the list of concerns for pork producers continues to grow, Dr. Lauren Glowzenski shares her veterinary perspective on current disease trends and biosecurity issues.
Although ASF has never been detected in the U.S., the 2021 detection in the Dominican Republic and Haiti means the disease is now the closest to the U.S. that it has been in decades. Join USDA APHIS for ASF Action Week.
After spending a summer working with pigs and seeing not only the devastating effect of PRRS on a sow farm, but also the labor shortage crisis facing the swine industry, Carly Bates wanted to find a way to help.
Terry Wolters, NPPC president, discusses the pork industry’s top priorities on AgriTalk this week.
If you’re curious about the future of veterinarian technology, rest assured it looks bright. Learn about the winner of the 2022 Morrison Swine Innovator Prize.
It doesn’t matter if your employees present clinical signs or if they feel “fine,” if they test positive for COVID-19, they need to leave the farm and self-isolate. Here are 4 steps to prevent future transmission.
As COVID-19 continues to run its course, farms need to not only work on implementing prevention practices, but also prepare for how to respond if one or multiple employees were to test positive for COVID-19.
When Mike Paustian took over the reins as Iowa Pork Producers Association president a year ago, he thought he knew the key issues the industry would be facing. But as he says, that all got “chucked out the window.”
When COVID-19 struck, veterinarians engaged in critical conversations with human doctors about herd immunity. Almost a year later, National Pork Board’s Dave Pyburn shares what he’s learned from the human response.
Roy Poage, 2021 Pork Industry Distinguished Service Award winner, shares his journey to discovering new ways of raising pigs, perhaps unorthodox at the time, and developing some of the greatest minds in the industry.
How does Porcine parainfluenza virus type-1 contribute to the porcine respiratory disease complex? Up and coming leader Mike Welch, DVM, is seeking to the answer this question in his research studies at Iowa State.
Kevin Rasmussen, a pig farmer from Humboldt County, Iowa, took over the reins as the Iowa Pork Producers Association president during the Iowa Pork Congress. I sat down with him to find out more about IPPA’s new leader.
Here’s a look at the keynote speakers at the 2022 Allen D. Leman Swine Conference, organized by the University of Minnesota, on September 17-20 at the Saint Paul RiverCentre.
Biosecurity dominated the discussion at the Allen D. Leman Swine Conference this week. Although sow farm and boar stud biosecurity are always critical, more time was devoted to discuss wean-to-harvest biosecurity.
John Waddell, director of swine key account veterinarians at Boehringer Ingelheim, shares his views on mentoring, leadership, strategy and what he’s learned during his career in this exclusive Farm Journal’s PORK Q&A.
When it comes to biosecurity in the swine industry, have we made progress? Montserrat Torremorell doubts pork producers would have believed her 20 years ago what we are doing today to keep disease off the sow farm.
Fear of Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) and foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreaks have prompted the ban of pigs from the 2022 Melbourne Royal Show in Australia.
What do the pork, beef and poultry industries have in common? Taking a look at the impacts of a disease outbreak might lead to striking similarities.
This is one of the biggest pieces of news the pork industry has had in regard to disease control in years, says Scott Dee regarding real-world proof linking virus transmission in feed to an outbreak of disease in pigs.
New restrictions are being placed on travelers bringing pork products into Great Britain in an effort to protect the pork industry from African swine fever, BBC reports.
Purdue University, Indiana University and the University of Notre Dame have joined the Midwest Center of Excellence for Vector-Borne Diseases. One of the labs will target Culex mosquitoes, carriers of West Nile virus.
Why should the U.S. pork industry continue to pay attention to Japanese Encephalitis Virus in Australia? Here’s a look at how JEV compares to West Nile Virus and what makes the U.S. a concerning environment.
A shocking seizure by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the port of Santa Teresa, N.M., on Aug. 25 uncovered 90 pounds of prohibited pork bologna and 4,600 Tramadol pills. Here’s what happened next.