Porcine Circovirus Grows More Deadly
Over time, the common virus has become noticeably more pathogenic. Circovirus, a virus that exists worldwide, has turned more dangerous as it has mutated...
Pork Checkoff Offers Monthly Porcine Circovirus Updates
Timely answers to questions about porcine circovirus-associated disease (PCVAD) are available by simply clicking on the pork checkoff's new PCVAD Web...
USDA Unveils New Vision For Livestock ID Plan
The new business plan provides a species-specific approach for each livestock group. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has released a new business...
Immune Parameters May Signal Why Some Pigs Clear PRRS Virus
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus is difficult to rid from herds because infection elicits a weak immune response that is not fully protective...
Reducing The Area Spread of PRRS
A leading expert on the PRRS virus at the University of Minnesota says his research team has pinpointed the essential biosecurity tools. The pork industry...
Filtering Out Viral Pathogens
Air filtration systems get high marks for keeping porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus out of farms. Controlling aerosol spread...
Cleaning Up APP
A seedstock producer engages a new protocol for cleaning up Actinobacillus pleuropneumonia (APP). For many years, APP has plagued pork producers. High...
United Kingdom Confirms New Outbreak of FMD
The United Kingdom’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has confirmed a new outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) about 30 miles from the sites involved in an earlier outbreak...
PRRS Symposium Planned for Chicago
The 2007 International PRRS Symposium: “PRRS and PRRS-Related Diseases: Prevention and Control Strategies,” is scheduled for Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 at the downtown Marriott in Chicago...
Great Britain Reports FMD Outbreak
The United Kingdom’s (UK) Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has confirmed that an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) has occurred in a cattle herd in Surrey England, southwest of London...
