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Oral Fluid Sampling Unsuitable For Individual Porcine Reproduction and Respiratory Syndrome Virus Testing 

Oral fluid sampling for health monitoring of swine pathogens provides an easy and inexpensive method to test herds for antibodies to the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus and potentially other diseases...

Freezing Parameters Eliminates Trichinae Trade Concerns for Pork 

Freezing Parameters Eliminates Trichinae Trade Concerns The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Animal Parasitic...

One Minnesota Project Advances Minnesota’s PRRS Project Advances 

Minnesota's Rice County was the first county in the country to attempt a regional control project for porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS)....

Michigan PRRS Project Underway 

The two-county PRRS regional control project in Michigan involves Allegan and Ottawa counties, which border Lake Michigan and provide a good natural barrier...

Questioning the Facts About H1N1 Influenza Virus 

European swine researcher Kristien Van Reeth says there is reason to doubt the theory of the pig as a mixing vessel for influenza viruses. She also questions...

Now May be the Time For PRRS Eradication 

Through trial and error spanning more than 20 years, the pork industry has fought to get rid of the elusive porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome...

Risk Assessment Tool Helps Fight PRRS 

It has been almost three decades since the PRRS virus was first recognized as the infectious agent responsible for reproductive failure in sows and severe...

PRRS Project Launched in Illinois 

It's no surprise that the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus causes the pork industry significant losses each year. It's estimated...

Minnesota Pork Groups Look at PRRS Eradication 

At a joint meeting recently, the board of directors of the Minnesota Pork Board and the Minnesota Pork Producers Association agreed to consider drafting a resolution for the eradication of the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus from the state, according to David Preisler, executive director of the two groups...

Industry Groups Meet to Explore PRRS Eradication 

Producer and veterinary members of a pork industry task force conferred at the Leman Swine Conference last week in St. Paul, MN, to explore setting a course for possible eradication of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS)...

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At what point do we punt the December Hogs and Pigs Report? That is the question that is weighing on the minds of both market analysts and producers as hog slaughter numbers remain far below expected levels and weights show no signs of "backed up" hogs. I realize there are performance issues, so let's discuss the report, what it suggested for this spring, and the forces that could be driving numbers in various directions.

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Year-End Meat Inventories Down

Friday's Cold Storage report was not wildly bullish, but was certainly good news regarding the status of frozen meat and poultry inventories. Stocks for every species were well below year-ago levels and lower than the already-low levels reported in the December report. Data for all meat and poultry species appears in Table 1 and the monthly species totals are shown in Figure 1 to provide a historical perspective.

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