Biosecurity
The University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine launches a website of biosecurity information for pork producers to learn and implement on their farms.
Patterns in investigations show the finishing phase of production as a specific area of vulnerability in swine herd health and biosecurity measures. SHIC allocates funding to drive research in this area.
Two more case of African swine fever (ASF) have been confirmed in farm pigs in Germany, Germany’s federal agriculture ministry said.
The University of Minnesota is identifying existing and emerging technologies across different industries for their ability to contain bioaerosols in the face of swine disease outbreaks. Here’s a look at some options.
If we ever get ASF or another FAD in the U.S., and we don’t detect it very, very early, it’s going to spread because of a lack of ability to prevent transmission from one herd to another. Here’s a look at some gaps.
A lung tissue from a U.S. pig revealed the the first known detection of canine parvovirus 2 after diagnostic laboratory sequencing in October 2020. This unexpected detection spurred further research funded by SHIC.
After the Iowa State University Veterinary Diagnostic Lab identified a new virus in the genus Morbillivirus from 22 pig fetuses originating in Mexico in 2020, SHIC funded a study to determine if the virus is in the U.S.
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is offering up to $24.5 million in funds for projects that can advance animal disease preparedness and response through its Farm Bill animal health programs.
Hiep Vu grew up on his family’s swine farm in Vietnam. As he watched his parents increase their operation, he was struck by the positive results obtained when they vaccinated their pigs. Here’s why this could impact you.
Besides the actual depopulation itself, determining how to dispose of carcasses is also a difficult decision for pork producers.
If a FAD is diagnosed in the U.S., the industry will make tough decisions quickly to keep disease from spreading. If you happen to be where the disease is identified, chances are you won’t like some of those decisions.
Walking on pins and needles. That’s what U.S. pork producers are doing with no way to anticipate when or if a foreign animal disease (FAD) will enter the country.
From PPRS to PEDV, the health challenges facing swine farms today aren’t going away. We asked four veterinarians to share their perspectives, including what pork producers need to pay special attention to now.
Vietnam leaders say they are hopeful that they will successfully produce a vaccine to administer to pigs to fight African swine fever.
A case of African swine fever was detected on a farm containing around 1,500 animals in South Korea’s northeastern county of Hongcheon. Another case was discovered on a farm in the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany,
A box declared as “earphones” arrived from Malaysia on May 4. But when U.S. Customs and Border Protection ag specialists opened it up, they discovered 26 vials containing live centipedes concealed in earphone cases.
Protecting herd health is a priority for pork producers, but despite scientific advances and improved biosecurity measures, disease prevention, as well as timely detection and mitigation, remain constant concerns.
Nepal has reported its first cases of African swine fever, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said on Thursday.
A strep bacteria, commonly found in horses, was isolated from two cases in Ohio and Tennessee in 2019. In 2021, an Indiana system experienced increased sow death loss. SHIC funded a comparison of the outbreak isolates.
“The more we prepare, the quicker we can respond to an actual incident,” says Tyler Bauman, DVM, herd veterinarian for The Maschhoffs, LLC, about the possibility of a foreign animal disease outbreak.
A dead wild boar was discovered in Italy’s capital Rome and tested positive for African swine fever, the regional government said on Thursday.
At the end of 2020 and in 2021, the swine industry witnessed massive PRRS outbreaks in the Midwest caused by the novel porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) variant, L1C-1-4-4.
The Maschhoffs has investigated possible causes of piglet and growing pig scours, highlighting the need for a more holistic approach to address enteric challenges beyond a pathogen and antimicrobial treatment strategy.
A vaccine candidate for African swine fever passed an important safety test required for regulatory approval, moving the vaccine one step closer to commercial availability, say USDA scientists.
World-renowned ASF researcher Douglas Gladue of USDA’s ARS will be recognized by the Arthur S. Flemming Commission for his outstanding service in the field of science.
Experts say Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) will impact Australia’s pork supply as there are now 30 infected piggeries in New South Wales experiencing production losses of up to 80%.
Bhutan reported an outbreak of African swine fever on a pig farm near the border with India, the World Organization for Animal Health said.
Genvax Technologies is developing a self-amplifying messenger RNA vaccine for African swine fever in collaboration with the USDA’s Agricultural Research Services Plum Island Animal Disease Center.
Mangled mammal meat might have been the logical outcome that most superhero fans pictured when Batman took on Superman, but the potential outcome this bat meat posed to mortals was much more real, CBP reports.
Rumors of catastrophic PRRS outbreaks continue to shake the pork industry. One farmer told AgriTalk’s Chip Flory that he moved 1,500 pigs in and two-thirds of them were dead within a week due to the PRRS virus.