Swine Flu Virus Turns Endemic
Frequent changes make this virus difficult to control. As fall fast approaches, cool nights and warm days will challenge producers to keep pigs comfortable...
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...
GAO Report Spots Weaknesses in ID Plan
A U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, requested and released today (Aug. 3) by Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin, found weaknesses in USDA’s plan to implement a national animal identification (ID) system...
Wisconsin Sounds ‘All Clear’ On Pseudorabies Front
The “all-clear” signal has been given by state veterinarian Bob Ehlenfeldt in the Wisconsin pseudorabies (PRV) case...
Vaccines Improve Performance
Trials show circovirus vaccines are producing marked reductions in finishing mortality, boosting pig performance and percentages of hogs marketed...
Clostridium Difficile: Emerging Disease
This bacterial pathogen strikes piglets at an early age. Clostridium bacteria are common in the environment, found in soil and water as well as the gut...
PQA Plus Launched
New quality assurance/animal well-being certification program rolled out for producers of all sizes. Members of the National Pork Board and this year's...
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...
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