Hog Health
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.
Sid Miller, commissioner of the Texas Department of Agriculture, says the risk of highly pathogenic avian influenza impacting beef cattle in the state’s panhandle – where dairy cows have been infected – is minimal.
Is the U.S. pork industry prepared for a Japanese encephalitis virus outbreak? Here’s how a newly developed diagnostic test could help.
To understand the threat HPAI poses to domestic livestock species, and to inform pork producers on how to reduce the risk of infection on-farm, SHIC and AASV will host a webinar on influenza A viruses on April 19.
USDA says genetic sequencing revealed the mystery illness impacting Texas dairies is the same strain of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) that’s been in the U.S. The virus is carried by wild waterfowl.
Attention to sow longevity is so important because of the multiple ways it can affect a producer’s economics.
Merck Animal Health announced it has received license approval from the USDA for Sequivity with Microsol Diluvac Forte adjuvant prescription vaccine for use in gilts and sows.
Ashley Johnson and Jana Morgan were named the 2024 recipients of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians Foundation Hogg Scholarship.
Brazil recognized 16 states and the country’s federal district as areas free of foot-and-mouth disease without vaccination. The measure is part of an effort to make Brazil free of the disease without vaccination by 2026.
When Cameron Swallows heard his sister crying, he knew he had a big problem to solve.
Of the eight accomplishments USDA APHIS recently acknowledged in their efforts to protect U.S. agriculture and natural resources in 2023, three specifically address the U.S. pork industry.
In January, SHIC issued a request for proposals inviting submissions to specifically address 11 research priorities in its 2024 Plan of Work. Research outcomes from the 43 projects funded will help producers, SHIC says.
Porcine circovirus (PCV) presents a significant swine disease challenge, says the Swine Health Information Center (SHIC). That’s why it is included in SHIC’s 2024 Plan of Work as a priority pathogen.
Although Japanese encephalitis virus has never been detected in the U.S., experts are paying close attention to it as JEV poses an emerging transboundary threat to domestic sow herds susceptible to viral infection.
Challenging times in the market offer valuable opportunities to reexamine risk management strategies for feed inputs.
It’s one thing to know how a disease pathogen affects a pig. It’s another thing to know how multiple disease pathogens affect a pig. A new study sheds light for producers.
When outbreaks of APP15 were detected in Iowa finishers in late 2021, experts agreed they were unusual. In response, SHIC funded research to define the risk and mitigation of this emerging swine disease strain.
Why is the U.S. pork industry living with PRRS? Pipestone’s Cara Haden believes this virus is making it challenging for the U.S. to claim to be the “absolute best in the world.” She says it’s time to do something.
The American Association of Swine Veterinarians Foundation awarded scholarships totaling $25,000 to 15 veterinary students who participated in the AASV Student Seminar at the Annual Meeting.
The latest MetaFarms reports show sow death loss in 2023 was at an all-time high at 15.3%. That’s up 1% from a year ago – a trend that continues to move in the wrong direction.
As part of its mission to fund research with direct application to the profession, the American Association of Swine Veterinarians Foundation awarded more than $100,000 in funding for research.
Madeline Hall, a Kansas State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, was awarded the David A. Schoneweis Scholarship during the American Association of Swine Veterinarians Annual Meeting.