No Foreign Animal Disease Found in Suspects Tested
A suspected case of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in a group of pigs delivered to a Minnesota processing plant from an Iowa livestock facility has turned out to be negative, according to a release from...
Audits Allow for Added Scrutiny
Formulating a biosecurity audit strengthens farm security and identifies weak links that need correcting. To make a farm biosecurity program work, implement...
Biosecurity: Plugging the Holes
Creating biosecurity rules people won't follow wastes time and paper. Veterinarians are great at creating biosecurity protocols in great detail covering...
Top 10 Ways to Boost Biosecurity
There are 10 simple steps to bolstering biosecurity in a hog operation, according to Patrick Webb, DVM, National Pork Board director of swine health programs...
Measuring the Risk
PRRS Risk Assessment Tool measures the level of risk that a PRRS outbreak will occur and provides a complete database featuring benchmarking and analysis....
Putting Science Back Into Disinfectants
Pork producers need to reevaluate whether the proper cleaning agents are being used for hog barns, trailers and even boots. Pork producers may think they...
Building Biosecurity Boundaries
The Pipestone (MN) Veterinary Clinic has designed its biosecurity programs around keeping out one disease porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome...
Circovirus Presents Unique Challenge
By now, I am confident that nearly everyone in the pork industry has read about, heard about, or unfortunately, had to deal with porcine circovirus Type 2 (PCV2)...
Wisconsin Cleans Up PRV Outbreak
Two small swine herds in Clark County, Wisconsin infected with pseudorabies (PRV) may have had contact with wild pigs. Both herds have been destroyed, according to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture....
Foreign Animal Disease Preparedness is the Key
Exposure to a foreign animal disease could have devastating effects on the U.S. pork industry. It is important to understand how such an animal disease disaster would unfold...
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