Japan Adopts New Residue Limits
U.S. pork producers should be able to satisfy new requirements. The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has set new maximum residue levels...
Avian Influenza Becoming Widespread
The talk of the meat/poultry complex this week is about avian influenza...
Antibiotics Scrutinized
Editor's Note: The Animal Health Institute (AHI) represents most major animal pharmaceutical firms. In this report, AHI's leader explains how the Food...
Feral Hog Study Funded
Two Texas universities will share $500,000 from the state legislature to study the feral hog issue in Texas...
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...
Iowa Senator Calls for ID System Review
Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin has asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate USDA's plans for the National Animal Identification System (NAIS)....
National ID Get On Board
A national livestock identification program is needed in this country and the sooner the better. One need only look at the Oct. 10 headlines from Brazil,...
Producers Support Current ID System
Any national swine identification (ID) system must build on the pork industry-state-federal effort that has been in effect since 1988, according to the president-elect of the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC)....
Antibiotic Ban Opposed
Attempts to recall and ban the use of antibiotics in livestock feed are not supported by U.S. pork producers, says National Pork Producers Council Animal...
Swine Disease Preparedness
The need for a coordinated effort to track and manage emerging and domestic swine diseases has long been realized. However, a Minnesota herd's recent...
