Hog Health
The Morrison Swine Health Monitoring Project noted an increase in occurrence of a novel porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus variant in December 2023 and January 2024.
African swine fever (ASF) has been detected in domestic pigs in Latvia for the first time this year. Latvia is located between Lithuania and Estonia on the Baltic Sea.
Since the U.S. has plenty of hogs thanks to animal health and management, the topic becomes increasing the world’s appetite for pork and switching from defense to offense because the market is offering opportunities.
Real-time feedback changes behavior. That’s why a new technology was launched at World Pork Expo to provide biosecurity breach alerts for trucks and trailers.
As an extension of Farm Journal’s PORK recent state of the industry report, industry experts joined AgriTalk to rally around happy pigs, happy farmers and happy consumers.
After many months of providing key facts and answering questions with legislative officials, the efforts of the Ohio Pork Council helped achieve a big milestone for the pork industry on June 12.
China continues to deal with an outbreak of African swine fever.
The United States Animal Health Association (USAHA), the nation’s animal health forum for over a century, is holding its 122nd annual meeting in Kansas City, Mo., from Oct. 18-24.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection ag specialists and a Beagle K-9 at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport seized and destroyed a cooked pig found in checked luggage at the busiest airport in the world.
Pig farmers agree: Losing a market hog hurts. If you don’t have an ileitis prevention plan in place at your finishers, work with your veterinarian to develop one.
The Livestock Subtitle of the bill creates a National Animal Vaccine and Veterinary Countermeasures bank, but no funds were earmarked for the vaccine bank.
PRRS costs the swine industry $560 to $660 million annually, with the breeding herd costs accounting for 45% of the total industry cost.
Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives moved to go to conference on the 2018 Farm Bill, naming 47 representatives to serve on the conference committee with the U.S. Senate.
Two Iowa State University animal scientists were honored by their peers: Anna Johnson and Kenneth Stalder, were respectively presented the Animal Industry Service Award and ASAS Fellow in the extension award.
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., issued the following statement on efforts to advance antimicrobial stewardship in veterinary settings.
I don’t know about you, but I love looking out the window when I fly. There’s just something about seeing life from a different perspective.
There is considerable upside potential for veterinary incomes, and most swine veterinarians could do better, according to studies. These same factors apply to producers too.
Earlier this week, we wrote about seven specific skills that would lead to financial success for swine veterinarians. Here are seven income drivers and how they relate to performance of swine veterinarians.
Newly discovered compounds could revitalize older drugs, making them more effective against resistant superbugs. Research at the University of Colorado in Boulder shows promise.
The need for livestock protection increases as overseas disease threats continue to emerge.
Farm Journal’s PORK editor Jennifer Shike and editor emeritus JoAnn Alumbaugh recently attended the 2018 Leman Conference in Saint Paul, Minn. See their coverage of the event.
AgriTalk’s Chip Flory talked with Patrick Webb of the National Pork Board about China’s biosecurity challenges and the U.S. response plan if an ASF outbreak occurs.
Since the first case was reported on Sept. 13, Belgium has implemented numerous measures to contain the ASF outbreak in the region of Etalle, isolating a 240-sq.-mile zone.
Hearing the words porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) can strike fear into the minds of both producers and veterinarians. Learn more about this and other endemic diseases.
The Swine Health Information Center (SHIC) assists U.S. producers with health issues they may experience on their farms. The first step is detection, says Dr. Lisa Becton, associate director of SHIC.
A case of African swine fever has been confirmed in pigs in east Germany. The case was confirmed on a breeding operation in the eastern state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Boehringer Ingelheim and the University of Minnesota launched the Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae Eradication Roadmap to equip veterinarians and producers with a resource to inform, prepare and guide them through eradication.
Although influenza and E.coli have been a hot topic of conversation in many circles lately, these four veterinarians agree on the virus that continues to cause the greatest problems for pigs in their area.
If you could eradicate one challenge in the pork industry today, what would it be? Health quickly comes to mind for many producers when asked this question, but not all.
A competitive review is on for proposals vying for funding in a $1-million research program to enhance U.S. prevention, preparedness and response capabilities for Japanese encephalitis virus, an emerging disease risk.