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Denmark Uses Deceitful Defense Of its Increased Use of Antibiotics 

Denmark has provided misleading information to the U.S. Congress to characterize the effects of its 1998 ban on certain antibiotics used in pork production, according to the National Pork Producers Council...

NPPC Approves of Food Safety Bill 

The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) says the food safety legislation approved by the House of Representatives late last week is much improved over the version released earlier by the House Energy and Commerce Committee....

Circovirus Vaccine Boosts Growth in Healthy Herd 

Significant improvement in growth performance in a recent field trial in a Nebraska herd validates use of a single-dose circovirus vaccine in a herd that...

NPPC Trains Veterinarians for Capitol Hill Duty 

The National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) has developed the Swine Veterinarian Public Policy Advocates Program designed to train swine veterinarians...

H1N1 Flu Outbreak Virus Raises Questions 

Continuing growth in cases of the H1N1 Flu Outbreak Virus (just renamed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture) has raised many questions about the severity...

Cause of Flu-Infected Canadian Herd Remains a Mystery 

How an Alberta, Canada swine herd became infected with the H1N1 Flu Outbreak Virus remains a mystery after officials ruled out the prime suspect. ...

Circovirus Vaccines Excel But Issues Persist 

Three short years ago, the pork industry saw porcine circovirus-associated disease (PCVAD) burst on the scene, causing dramatic losses. Since that time,...

Ag Agreement on Climate Change 

the House Agriculture Committee, announced an agricultural agreement on the climate change bill that the House of Representatives passed Friday night (June 26) by a vote of 219-212....

Pork Industry Repeats Support for Animal ID 

The pork industry still supports a mandatory national identification system, according to David Kempen, Poteet, TX, pork producer who spoke at a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) listening session held recently in Austin, TX...

NPPC Urges USDA Review Of Mexico’s Disease Status  

Following meetings in late October with Mexican government officials, the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) pressed the U.S. government to prioritize completion of risk assessments for classical swine fever (hog cholera) in a number of Mexican states....

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