Biosecurity
It was the Friday after Thanksgiving. A finishing supervisor discovered a large spike in pig mortality. By the time his team removed the dead pigs and mass treated the site hours later, mortalities had tripled.
Coordination and collaboration. For the U.S. pork industry, those words aren’t hollow. They define perhaps the biggest accomplishment of the industry in 2021.
Scientifically sound data based on the use of infectious agents and representative conditions are now available to inform the pork industry on how to store feed and feed ingredients to minimize risk of disease.
A new research study will evaluate methods for cleaning and disinfecting feed mills following a potential African swine fever outbreak.
Business began unravelling for Thai pig farmer Jintana Jamjumrus two years ago, after dozens of her animals got feverish and died within days of a mysterious illness she suspected of being African swine fever.
Two states are working to ramp up measures to minimize growing wild pig populations that are causing major damage to agriculture, the environment and private property.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists assigned to the Paso Del Norte and Ysleta border crossings in El Paso, Texas, seized 243 pounds of prohibited pork bologna.
Keeping foreign animal diseases like African swine fever out presents a huge opportunity for the pork industry. But so does innovating new ways to treat and prevent production diseases U.S. pork producers face.
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service added Thailand to the list of countries it considers affected by African swine fever and stressed the importance of strict adherence to three rules.
Protecting the U.S. from African swine fever remains a top priority of USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. Here’s a look at some the agency’s most successful efforts to protect American ag in 2021.
Influenza A virus is one of the most challenging viruses in swine to manage because of the viruses’ ability to diversify and evolve. Here are eight things to consider in your swine operation.
Sometimes it feels like there are so many things we shouldn’t do when it comes to dealing with animal activists. Don’t get provoked. Don’t be easily angered. Don’t engage. Don’t confront. But what can we do?
It’s no surprise pork products made the U.S. CBP’s Top 10 Agriculture Seizures of 2021 list more than once. Protecting animal ag is a high priority, especially as deadly swine viruses like ASF move closer to the U.S.
Hong Kong reported an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in a wild boar in the northern part of the territory, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said on Monday.
APHIS is allowing biosecure facilities that handle regulated garbage to hold it in tightly sealed, leak-proof containers for up to 120 hours. Prior to that, garbage had to be processed within 72 hours.
Italy on Thursday banned hunting and several other outdoor activities in two northern regions affected by a recent outbreak of African swine fever, a deadly hog disease.
Federal agents seized and destroyed more than 1,900 pounds of prohibited pork, poultry and ruminant products from New York City-area retailers in the past three months.
What’s being done to grow understanding of Porcine sapelovirus, an emerging virus isolated in a diagnostic specimen from a U.S. swine farm?
Two more countries reported outbreaks of the deadly African swine fever (ASF) virus to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) this week.
Thailand’s livestock authorities vowed to investigate the death of a pet pig after a university lab test indicated it died from African swine fever, the first such such report in the country.
Thailand denied accusations it has covered up an outbreak of African swine fever, after a university lab test conducted last month indicated a pet pig had died from the disease.
A case of African swine fever (ASF) was detected in a wild boar in Italy, authorities said on Friday.
USDA researchers are looking at innovations and smart technology to develop better traps to help control feral swine populations.
For as long as there have been animals, there has been Salmonella. It’s an evolving problem. Here’s why industry leaders are tuning into USDA’s effort to reduce Salmonella illnesses associated with poultry products.
The U.S. swine industry wasn’t prepared for porcine epidemic diarrhea virus when it came into the U.S. in 2013. That’s why the multi-phase African swine fever field projects in Vietnam are an important step forward.
Colorado Parks and Wildlife officers confiscated feral swine from a farm in El Paso County that later tested positive for pseudorabies.
The Morrison Swine Health Monitoring Project is entering into year seven focused on building capacity as it fulfills its objective to monitor disease incidence and detect emerging pathogens.
If a foreign animal disease crisis hits, the last thing you’ll want to be doing is scrambling to figure out how to get all your animal movement paperwork in order, says Matt Ackerman with Pork Veterinary Solutions.
Experts weigh in on the frequently asked questions about international shipping of soy and share best practices for importation of soy products in an effort to lower risk of foreign animal disease introduction.
In the constant microscopic tug-of-war, genes for antibiotic resistance have been around as long as bacteria. The more pressure you put on bacteria, the more they deploy defensive measures. Spencer Wayne, DVM, reflects.