National Hog Farmer

Fighting PRRS Still Causes Plenty of Pain 

Jun 15, 2008 - By Keith Wilson, DVM Worthington, MN

A PRRS break and high production costs can destroy an operation. I have been in veterinary practice more than 20 years. I saw my first case of porcine...

Preparing for FMD 

Jun 15, 2008 - By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor

Getting the word out about foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) will help the United States better prepare for the potential disease disaster. Even with the best...

The Top 10 Questions of Porcine Cirovirus 

Jun 15, 2008 - By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor

Despite the appreciable gains that circovirus vaccines have made in controlling porcine circovirus-associated disease (PCVAD), 10 major questions need...

Sow Mortality Challenges Persist 

May 15, 2008 - By Max Rodibaugh, DVM Frankfort, IN

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 

Apr 15, 2008 - By John T. Waddell, DVM Sutton Veterinary Clinic Sutton, NE

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 

Apr 4, 2008

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 

Apr 4, 2008

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 

Mar 15, 2008 - By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor

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 

Mar 15, 2008

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 

Jan 15, 2008 - By Joe Vansickle Senior Editor

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...

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