Hog Health
When considering raising pigs antibiotic-free or using less antibiotics in compliance with the new responsible use guidelines, vaccines become an even more vital part of the management strategy for herd health.
A second round of USDA pig trials suggest dietary L-glutamine could substitute for some antibiotic use for enhancing immunity and performance following stressful events.
Instead of using dietary antibiotics to help the piglets cope and avoid illness at weaning, USDA-Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are investigating a naturally occurring amino acid known as L-glutamine
With research confirming that swine viruses can be transmitted through feed and feedstuffs, new studies are looking at how to prevent the spread of foreign animal diseases.
To prevent the spread of African swine fever, the U.S. Grains Council have updated their biosecurity protocols to ensure a safe pork supply.
The U.S. is well positioned to help fill any additional need that China has for pork, said Joe Schuele, U.S. Meat Export Federation, “but we’d be in a lot better position if we weren’t facing a tariff that’s five times higher than everybody else.”
“This is a huge decision and one that they didn’t come about lightly. I know that many industry experts and leaders have been thinking about this for a very long time,” said Jennifer Shike in an AgDay interview with Clinton Griffiths.
Allowing pigs with no evidence of infection to move from a disease control area is possible if science-based risk mitigation measures are in place.
China continues to deal with an outbreak of African Swine Fever while U.S. agriculture makes preparations to keep it out of the country.
More than 8,000 hogs have been culled so far, as China continues emergency inspections at pig farms and livestock markets to control the country’s first case of African swine fever.
The USDA’s Center for Veterinary Biologics (CVB) recently issued CVB Notice 18-05 Detection of Senecavirus A (SVA) in Veterinary Biological Products to warn of potential contamination of swine vaccines.
There’s good news for veterinarians in the spending bill approved Friday by Congress and the president.
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Recycling food waste is a noble concept, but experts say it’s not worth the economic and environmental cost if an African swine fever outbreak occurs.
A recent study at the University of Illinois shows that gestating sows do not digest calcium or phosphorus as well as growing pigs.
Results indicate that tail docking did not affect daily gain, feed intake, gain to feed ratio.
Iron is essential for piglets to generate hemoglobin and deliver oxygen to tissues throughout its body.