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NPPC Urges Approval Of Animal Drug Law 

The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) is urging reauthorization of the Animal Drug User Fee Act (ADUFA), calling it a critical tool needed by pork producers and swine veterinarians....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

Food & Politics 

Legislators and regulators are feeling the pressure of a seemingly endless list of concerns about the safety of food for man and beast...

USDA Clears Swine To Be Processed 

Testing has confirmed that meat from hogs fed rations supplemented with pet food scraps containing melamine and related compounds is safe for human consumption....

Animal Identification Program is Aug. 28-30 

The National Institute for Animal Agriculture’s annual ID-INFO EXPO 2007 will be held Aug. 28-30 at the Westin Crown Center in Kansas City, MO...

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Special Report from the 39th Swine Veterinarians Meeting

The American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV) held its 39th annual meeting in San Diego, CA, in early March. Following are some of the activities which took place...

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