NPPC Renews Requests For Help to Save Industry
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) Tuesday (Aug. 18) reiterated its request to the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide assistance to help save the U.S. pork industry and thousands of jobs...
Please Don’t Call It The Swine Flu!
The presidents of the Illinois and Indiana pork producer associations have sent out an editorial plea to media outlets as children prepare to return to school and as the flu season approaches: Please stop referring to the novel H1N1 flu virus as “swine flu.” ...
Iowa State Funded for Unique H1N1 Flu Study
A state economic development fund grant will help Iowa State University (ISU) researchers develop and evaluate a swine vaccine to protect against the novel H1N1 flu and other strains of swine influenza virus...
International Swine Flu Conference Scheduled
The H1N1 Flu Outbreak Virus has been reported in 135 countries. The International Swine Flu Conference is slated for Aug. 19-20, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC...
PRRS Research Proposals Sought
Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., (BIVI), St. Joseph, MO, is again seeking research study proposals focused on one of the swine industry’s most prevalent diseases -- porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS)...
Australia Records First Case Of H1N1 Flu in a Pig Farm
A 280-sow pig farm in New South Wales NSW, Australia has been quarantined after tests confirmed the farm to be positive for the H1N1 Flu Outbreak Virus...
NPPC Approves of Food Safety Bill
The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) says the food safety legislation approved by the House of Representatives late last week is much improved over the version released earlier by the House Energy and Commerce Committee....
Animal Health Coalition Opposes Antibiotic Ban
The Coalition for Animal Health is voicing its opposition to HR 1549, “Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act of 2009,” which was discussed at a House of Representatives Rules Committee hearing last week....
Pork Exports Hang Tough
U.S. pork exports in May 2009 were expected to be the most impacted by the H1N1 Flu Outbreak Virus, but the negative fallout was less than some analysts predicted, according to an analysis of USDA data by the U.S. Meat Export Federation ...
State Health Officials Debunk Misinformation About H1N1 Virus, Antibiotic Use
The state health commissioner and the state veterinarian from Indiana jointly drafted a Letter to the Editor on July 2, targeting major newspapers across the state to refute claims submitted by a physician, and subsequently published, about the connection between H1N1 and antibiotic use in confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs)...
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