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Avian Influenza Becoming Widespread 

The talk of the meat/poultry complex this week is about avian influenza...

PMWS: New Mystery Disease? 

Just as progress is being made on PRRS, another disease surfaces. The newest mystery disease is PMWS, or postweaning multi-systemic wasting syndrome....

Biosecurity Center Revamped 

The new National Biosecurity Resource Center for Animal Health Emergencies has been launched...

Feral Hog Study Funded 

Two Texas universities will share $500,000 from the state legislature to study the feral hog issue in Texas...

Sow Dentistry 101 

Illinois study reveals sow dental problems, raises new questions about impact on culling rates. In a first-of-its-kind study, Illinois swine veterinarian...

Biosecurity Overhauled to Control PRRS 

Christensen Family Farms (CFF), Sleepy Eye, MN, tightened up biosecurity to limit porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) and it has reduced...

PMWS Cases Rebound 

Cases of postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) are on the upswing after declining for several years. Throughout the early-to-mid '90s, the...

Strep Suis Still Steals Profits 

Streptococcus suis will be experienced by virtually every production system. It can be referred to as an old problem, but it continues to cause significant...

PMWS Sweeps Across Ontario 

Canadian officials believe that three swine diseases are working in tandem as postweaning multi-systemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) spreads across Ontario....

Feral Swine Raise PRV Concerns 

Although no domestic herds are infected with pseudorabies (PRV) in the United States, four cases of infection were found in feral swine in 2005, it was...

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