Biosecurity
China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs urges credit providers to provide credit guarantee services to breeding and large-scale farms.
South Dakota State University researchers will explore the PPV2 infection plays in important diseases such as pneumonia, immune deficiency, reproductive failure and lameness, all causes of lost productivity.
Putting biosecurity protocols in place can help reduce the risk of disease being transferred to not only livestock, but to humans as well.
The National Pork Board launches a new digital platform to help protect the swine industry with real-time capability.
As reports of ASF make headlines around the globe, the U.S. pork industry continues to work together to keep this deadly virus of pigs out of the country’s swine herd. But the question remains, is it enough?
After turning heads at the 2019 Allen D. Leman Swine Conference with Bio-Barrier 360, a new twist to currently failing fumigation rooms, Zack Talbert went home to make his prize-winning product even better in 2020.
When it comes to COVID-19 protocols, the pork industry has a leg up on other farming enterprises because of the extensive biosecurity measures already in place. How have you changed protocols because of COVID-19?
Farmers and ranchers were most concerned about rabid dogs biting cattle 20 years ago. Not now. Today, a bite from an infected wild animal, such as a fox or raccoon, is the more common method of infection in cattle.
While you can’t let your neighbors onto your farm, you can still “open up the doors” online and make connections that way, says Allyson Brimmer-Jones of Animal Agriculture Alliance.
African swine fever strongly impacted Vietnam, but now government officials are calling farmers to rebuild.
Much has been written about African swine fever, but here are some facts that stress the seriousness of the disease, and why it needs to stay out of the United States.
USDA Food Safety Inspection Service says it will continue to allow inspectors to decide whether non-ambulatory disabled animals are fit for human consumption.
In August, owners of trucks transporting pigs without GPS trackers might face serious fines in Taiwan, an action the country’s Council of Agriculture has taken to prevent the spread of African swine fever (ASF).
To prevent the spread of African swine fever, the U.S. Grains Council have updated their biosecurity protocols to ensure a safe pork supply.
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