Hog Health
The Swine Health Information Center-funded Morrison Swine Health Monitoring Project (MSHMP) noted an increase in occurrence of a novel PRRSV variant in December 2023 and January 2024.
If you want to be a profitable pork producer, it starts with healthy pigs. The importance of minimizing stress cannot be overemphasized, explained Mike Tokach, professor at Kansas State University.
The first 10 days were hell, says Kyle Baade, a Nebraska pork producer. After that, if a visitor showed up, he says they would have no idea the farm had any issues. Here’s his PRRS story and how it changed his life.
As a new pig show season fires up in many parts of the country, the last thing anyone wants is to get left out of the fun of evaluating livestock and chasing banners because of a case of influenza.
If the worst-case scenario happens and animals need to be depopulated in an effort to contain and eradicate a disease, how would the pork industry respond? Here’s a look at the difficult discussion around depopulation.
Although the swine industry is small enough veterinarians will likely run into each other often at meetings, Jana Morgan believes there’s something special about the impact of intentional interaction. Here’s why.
Although the lessons learned are different for each stakeholder group, Yvette Johnson-Walker, DVM, says lessons are always learned when people come together for a foreign animal disease tabletop exercise. Here’s why.
Canadian Pork Council’s goal is to develop an ASFMeter, a portable and low-cost tool, for rapidly diagnosing African swine fever in the field.
APHIS bolsters animal health protections with more than $22 million in farm bill funding for research projects and vaccine bank.
Porcine deltacoronavirus emerged about a year after detection of PEDV. A study funded by the Swine Health Information Center is filling the gaps in current epidemiologic information regarding PDCoV post-introduction.
The impact of depopulation incidents on employee mental health can’t be discussed enough, says veterinarian Randy Jones.
The detection of influenza A virus H5N1 in livestock highlights the potential for influenza viruses to infect different species and the necessity for monitoring of influenza-like illness and maintaining good biosecurity.
A therapeutic trial using innovative CRISPR-based technologies to target African swine fever in pigs has successfully been completed.
Our industry is diligent about collecting data — in management software systems, feeding systems, animal movement planning systems and more. How can we integrate this data better for practical analysis?
Eye-opening. Impactful. Urgent. Important. These are just a few ways pork producers described a recent exercise on FAD preparedness. For Jim McCoy, an Ohio show pig producer, the experience went one step further.
Dr. Matt Allerson uses science to solve health problems for pork producers and was recognized as the 2024 Leman Science in Practice Award Winner.
Brazil declared itself as free of foot and mouth disease without vaccination, and will request World Organization for Animal Health to recognize that status as it seeks to open more markets for its meat exports.
USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will raise the user fees for the Agricultural Quarantine and Inspection program effective Oct. 1, 2024. Here’s why this matters to you.
With $2.6 million in new support to fight the deadly African swine fever virus, a Kansas State University researcher is armed with new ammunition to battle one of the biggest global threats to swine production.
The livestock industry needs a comprehensive, cohesive plan to address the virus. Producers, their employees and veterinarians need clear answers and support from U.S. agricultural leadership, moving forward.
Colombia has restricted the import of beef and beef products coming from U.S. states where dairy cows have tested positive for H5N1 as of April 15, according to USDA.
A new diagnostic test can provide rapid results pen-side, a huge advantage over PCR and other tests which may take up to five days to return results, says Alveo Technologies, Inc., and NYtor B.V.
Training your employees to identify illness and lameness early can improve sow longevity. Here are 4 tips to incorporate in your operation.
Ensuring the health and safety of our pigs is a top priority for every producer. While we often focus on biosecurity measures at sow farms, it’s just as crucial to implement strong protocols in wean-to-finish barns.
Understanding the differences in the microbiome between light and heavy market hogs may provide insights into optimizing growth performance, feed efficiency and sustainability of the swine industry.
Defining the U.S. regions at greatest risk for JEV is an important step towards U.S. prevention and preparedness as well as allocation of efforts for surveillance.
Knowing there are many methods for swine disease spread, the objective of a SHIC-funded study was to increase understanding around the risk of vehicles traveling to and from swine farms for disease transmission.
Renewal of the Global Swine Disease Monitoring Reports means the program will continue and expand in 2024 with a new online dashboard to display the global distribution of priority swine diseases in near real-time.
When assessing the health of your barns, certain factors can enhance productivity and profitability. Balancing cost management with pig health requires a holistic approach evaluating each animal but also the whole barn.
A $1 million Food & Agriculture Research grant has been awarded to Kansas State University to develop safe and rapidly deployable vaccines to prevent African swine fever virus.