Circovirus Vaccines Score Well
Swine veterinarian Steve Henry outlines the growing relevance of the three federally licensed porcine circovirus vaccines. As one of the leaders of the...
Sow Mortality Challenges Persist
Unlike the severe reproductive losses associated with the first case of PRRS (porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome), and the very high grow-finish...
Top Health Produces Consistent Throughput
Throughput, defined in terms of pork production, is the number of pigs or pounds of pork put through any given system, farm or facility. Efficiency of...
Company Web Site Offers Tips on Circovirus Control
A new online resource has been launched to help pork producers and their veterinarians understand, manage and prevent problems due to porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2)...
South Dakota Scientists Pursue Next-Generation PRRS Vaccine
South Dakota State University (SDSU) researchers are working on an improved vaccine for porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS), still the most economically significant swine disease worldwide...
Porcine Circovirus Grows More Deadly
Over time, the common virus has become noticeably more pathogenic. Circovirus, a virus that exists worldwide, has turned more dangerous as it has mutated...
Pork Checkoff Offers Monthly Porcine Circovirus Updates
Timely answers to questions about porcine circovirus-associated disease (PCVAD) are available by simply clicking on the pork checkoff's new PCVAD Web...
Researchers Identify New Swine Flu Strain
A team of scientists uncovers avian genes in swine influenza virus strain. Scientists in the United States collaborated in the discovery of a new strain...
Serum Sampling is Best PRRS Diagnostic Tool
Serum samples provide the best sample to detect porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus during acute infection...
Immune Parameters May Signal Why Some Pigs Clear PRRS Virus
Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus is difficult to rid from herds because infection elicits a weak immune response that is not fully protective...
