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This new initiative aims to provide a transparent, automated and reproducible method to help veterinarians, producers and stakeholders prioritize disease threats based on real-world diagnostic data.
By turning a routine farm reality—sow mortality—into a fast, low-stress diagnostic tool, one student hopes her 2-minute surveillance method will bring Minnesota and the wider industry one step closer to complete Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae eradication.
Learn how automated AI video classification tracks scavenging wildlife around farm deadboxes to prevent mechanical pathogen transmission and improve swine biosecurity.
New research reveals RVA, RVB and RVC are actively transcribing in swine lung tissue, raising questions about airborne spread and respiratory coinfections.
The award-winning colorimetric tool provides pork producers with a simple, barn-ready way to verify water medication delivery and prevent treatment failures.
The application deadline for the Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program has been extended to this Friday, Sept. 25.
What do surveillance test volumes mean for U.S. swine health? USDA’s Lynn Wachtman shares how national sample collection is critical to protect the domestic swine herd.
Veterinary leaders evaluate the diagnostic frameworks and odds of success required to eliminate PRRS, PEDV and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae from the U.S. swine herd.
The high-airflow V-bank filter delivers MERV 16 biosecurity protection to help swine producers defend against evolving airborne PRRS strains without sacrificing ventilation efficiency.
Swine Vet Center veterinarian recognized for leadership in swine health, biosecurity and practical disease management.
A recent study shows washing and disinfecting swine trailers—even without the standard 160°F full drying procedure—eliminated detectable PEDv and Delta-CoV, offering pork producers a low-cost winter biosecurity alternative.
The strategic integration will align emerging disease surveillance with the National Swine Health Strategy while preserving vital research and support for producers.
After watching his team’s morale get “completely destroyed” by a virus they couldn’t control, Phil Hord decided he was done taking punches. He shares his family’s journey with barn filtration in an area where PRRS wasn’t supposed to run rampant.
With Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae positivity reaching 26% and enteric diseases on the rise, Dr. Lisa Becton emphasizes that simple, consistent biosecurity is key to protecting vulnerable wean-to-market herds.
The latest global surveillance reports on an unusual “fox parvovirus” found in pigs in Europe and rising ASF cases overseas serve as critical biosecurity warnings for the U.S. pork industry.
As fast-mutating variants outpace traditional biosecurity, Dr. Gustavo Silva urges swine producers to embrace secure, real-time data sharing to forecast and intercept the virus.
Three targeted research initiatives aim to deliver actionable, science-backed solutions to U.S. pork producers.
Discover why modern three-site production masks the true symptoms of swine dysentery and how precise diagnostic testing can save your herd up to $10 per pig.
As foreign animal diseases like ASF and screwworm evolve globally, U.S. pork producers are urged to double down on local biosecurity and focus on the on-farm risks they can control.
While overall PRRS and influenza cases trend downward, the latest SHIC report reminds pork producers to track emerging regional strains and step up on-farm biosecurity.
Retired and disabled, Ron Hines was hounded for giving online animal health advice. No one ever complained. Except the state.
With industry-wide sow mortality hovering around 15%, the sow herd is under intense pressure. Here’s how a shift in gilt selection criteria can transform herd performance.
Colin Johnson shares practical insights and strategies to help pork producers navigate current challenges in disease management, labor sourcing and facility transitions.
Preliminary tests on three dead wild boar piglets prompt immediate quarantine zones and spark concerns over the nation’s crucial pork export market.
Eliminating porcine epidemic diarrhea virus is only half the battle. Here’s how building a domestic elimination pathway lays the exact groundwork needed to fight foreign animal diseases, too.
A $719,415 public-private investment is funding projects to advance early detection of African swine fever, improve airborne disease filters and launch wastewater monitoring on pig farms.
Biosecurity managers say the recently launched Protocol Farm Visits app takes the guesswork out of compliance by automatically recording barn visits, managing downtime requirements and helping farms stop outbreaks before they spread.