The National Pork Board has developed a new fact sheet on swine
influenza virus (SIV).
“INFLUENZA: People, Pigs and Public Health” is written
by Christopher W. Olsen, SIV expert at the University of Wisconsin. It
addresses a variety of issues about the virus including safety for pork
producers and employees and its zoonotic characteristics.
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are tracking how spread of the parasite trichinae (Trichinella spiralis) throughout Europe, North America...
The recession may actually help pork producers because of feed costs are ratcheting down, says Purdue University Extension Marketing Specialist Chris Hurt.
