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  • This pig was positive for Mycoplasma hyorhinis by polymerase chain reaction.
    Dec. 15, 2012
    Article

    Mycoplasma hyorhinis Plays Determinant Role In Polyserositis Cases

    Typically, Haemophilus parasuis has been implicated as the main cause of polyserositis in pigs. However, in recent years, Mycoplasma hyorhinis has been identified as the causative agent in many cases....More
  • Genetic markers can be used to select animals based on salmonella shedding.
    Dec. 15, 2012
    Article

    Novel Genetic Markers May Protect Against Salmonella Shedding

    An Iowa State University researcher has identified genes that may one day enable pork producers to select pigs with reduced shedding and/or susceptibility to salmonella infection. Genetic markers can be used to select animals that shed fewer salmonella organisms and are less likely to cause contamination across pens and in the holding pens at the slaughter facility....More
  • University of Minnesota researchers evaluated the spread of influenza among pigs
    Dec. 15, 2012
    Article

    Fomites Shown to Spread Influenza

    A trio of researchers evaluated the role of fomites (coveralls, boots, gloves) as indirect means of influenza transmission between pig populations....More
  • Cold weather can impact the prevalence of swine diseases.
    Dec. 3, 2012
    Article

    Preparing for Winter Disease Management 2

    Most of the infectious causes of diarrhea in pigs are commonly present in herds but only occasionally expressed. These “endemic” diseases include rotaviruses, E. coli, Isospora (coccidiosis), salmonella and Lawsonia intracellularis (ileitis)....More
  • Dec. 3, 2012
    News

    How to Raise Weaned Pigs without Antibiotics

    Hans Stein, professor of Animal Sciences, has released a new brochure titled “Strategies for Managing Weanling Pigs Fed no Antibiotic Growth Promoters.” The brochure is the third in Stein’s “Swine Focus” series....More
  • Nov. 30, 2012
    News

    Scientist Joins NPPC in Ripping Attack on Pork

      Consumers Union, an advocacy group, this week published an article – in its magazine Consumer Reports – designed to scare consumers into purchasing only organic pork by using junk science against pork from conventionally raised hogs....More
  • Nov. 28, 2012
    News

    Pork Board: Consumer Reports Article Off Base 8

    The Consumer Reports magazine story published Tuesday morning does a great disservice to American consumers who deserve better in the national conversation about safe food, says Chris Novak, chief executive officer of the National Pork Board, which works on behalf of U.S. pork farmers....More
  • Nov. 16, 2012
    News

    Iowa Veterinarian Honored for Service

    Roy Schultz, Avoca, IA, swine veterinarian, was named recipient of the 2012 William P. Switzer Award in Veterinary Medicine. The award was established in 1998 to recognize exemplary individuals who have made significant contributions to the enhancement of Iowa State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine....More
  • All communities need to collaborate on antibiotic issues.
    Nov. 16, 2012
    News

    ‘One Health’ Approach Needed on Antibiotics

    The message emerging from the “A One Health Approach to Antimicrobial Use & Resistance: A Dialogue for a Common Purpose” symposium, Nov. 13-15, in Columbus, OH, was clear: Antibiotic use and antimicrobial resistance are the responsibility of all communities—human health, animal health and environmental health—and solutions will require collaboration of these health communities....More
  • Moving sows.
    Nov. 15, 2012
    Article

    Handle with Care

    Whether due to lameness or unproductivity, culling sows is a frequent event on most hog farms. Because it is not a daily task, it is not given the emphasis and training needed to effectively manage this neglected profit center, says Terry Whiting, DVM, manager of Animal Health and Welfare, Manitoba Agriculture and Rural Initiatives....More
  • Lungs displaying symptoms of Mycoplasma pneumonia.
    Nov. 15, 2012
    Article

    Measuring Mycoplasma

    Porcine respiratory disease complex (PRDC) continues to account for a majority of the economic losses associated with disease in the late finishing period. Mycoplasma pneumonia is a major contributor to that syndrome....More
  • Smoke sticks help detect air leakage around doors.
    Nov. 15, 2012
    Article

    Air Leak Detectives

    Without a doubt, the process of filtering a sow farm is a costly and time-consuming process, according to Jeff Feder, DVM, Swine Vet Center, St. Peter, MN....More
  • Pipestone Veterinary Clinic’s Bryan Myers, DVM, of Independence, IA.
    Nov. 15, 2012
    Article

    Blocking PRRS Virus

    A four-year University of Minnesota research trial found that air filtration was 100% effective in blocking porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus from entering a model of a swine production region....More
  • Monte Moss, DVM, and his air filtration system.
    Nov. 15, 2012
    Article

    Prevailing Over PRRS

    Monte Moss, DVM, is a realist. He knows that with 110,000 pigs being finished within a six-mile radius of his northern Indiana hog farm, he will never be “home free” when it comes to security against outbreaks of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS)....More
  • Nov. 13, 2012
    News

    EU: More Restrictions on Antibiotics

    A motion from the European Parliament’s health committee has called on the European Commission to introduce tough new controls, restricting the availability of new third- and fourth-generation antibiotics to the livestock sector....More
  • Nov. 5, 2012
    Article

    Keep Tabs on Seasonal Effects on Female Performance

    Have you ever taken a look at seasonal effects on key performance indicators such as percent repeat services, farrowing rate, farrow-to-farrow interval, litters farrowed/mated female/year or litter farrowed/crate/year?...More
  • Nov. 2, 2012
    News

    How Does Antibiotic Resistance Work?

    A molecular epidemiologist at Washington State University is working on a research project geared toward understanding how much of the presence and distribution of antibiotic resistance is ecological in nature, not just driven by the use of antibiotics....More
  • Oct. 29, 2012
    Article

    Understanding Mycoplasma pneumonia Prevalence at Weaning

    These days there is a lot of talk about Mycoplasma pneumonia (MHP) prevalence at weaning and its importance for management of MHP at the farm level. Therefore, it seems crucial to define what prevalence at weaning is and what can be inferred from it....More
  • Oct. 29, 2012
    News

    Extensive Swine Contact Keyed Fair Flu Outbreak

    With this year's big outbreak of swine-origin H3N2 influenza apparently over, a leading flu expert at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says extensive contact with pigs seems to have been the key risk factor and that very few cases had clear signs of human-to-human transmission....More
  • Oct. 25, 2012
    News

    Imports Top List of ‘Voter’ Food Safety Concerns

    If consumers were voting on the way their food is produced, half the women would be undecided while 40% of men would favor the status quo. Overall, a recent survey showed a little more than one-third of people are undecided about today’s food system while the rest of the population is almost evenly split on whether it is on the wrong track or headed in the right direction....More
  • Feral hogs.
    Oct. 24, 2012
    News

    Feral Hog Webinar Focuses on Disease Risks

    Feral hogs cause various kinds of agricultural and environmental damage across the Southwest, mostly by rooting, wallowing and depredation, according to a report by Logan Hawkes in Southwest Farm Press, http://southwestfarmpress.com/management/webinar-focus-risks-feral-hog-d.......More
  • Oct. 18, 2012
    News

    USDA Awards Contract for FMD Vaccine

    Harrisvaccines has been awarded a $1 million contract from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate to develop an RNA Particle (RP) vaccine to potentially protect the United States from foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), the company announced today....More
  • Oct. 17, 2012
    News

    House Democrat Plans Bill to Cut Antibiotic Use in Livestock

    A top House Democrat is pushing a bill to create reporting requirements on antibiotics given to U.S. livestock, according to a blog by The Hill (www.TheHill.com.)...More
  • Oct. 16, 2012
    News

    U.S. Plans Audit of Canadian Food Safety System

    The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) confirms it is to be audited later this month by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the first time in three years. The agency says the USDA audit is to include a visit by U.S. inspectors to the XL Foods beef packer in Brooks, Alberta, the site of a massive meat recall prompted by an E. coli scare. A strain of the bacteria linked to XL has made 15 people in four provinces sick. Guy Gravelle, a CFIA spokesman, says the audit has been planned for months and was not prompted by the recall....More

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