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Even though the flu season is now in full force, the Pork Checkoff still recommends producers, farm personnel and others who have contact with pigs get the seasonal flu vaccination as soon as possible to help protect human and pig health. It’s also a good idea to review on-farm practices to protect yourself and your pigs, reminds Lisa Becton, DVM, director of Swine Health Research and Information, National Pork Board....More

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

  Former Soviet countries in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) are taking desperate measures to tackle African Swine Fever (ASF), which is causing devastation to pig herds in the region. Ukraine has asked for emergency funding from international bodies, while Russia has announced a large-scale reduction of the population of pigs in the southern part of the country in an attempt to stop the disease from spreading....More

Feral swine face a new threat in the Pacific Northwest – the wrath of the Oregon, Washington and Idaho Invasive Species Councils – who have launched a “Squeal on Pigs” campaign. The campaign is intended to raise awareness about the threat that feral hogs pose to Pacific Northwest waterways and natural resources....More

Effective April 1, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has banned feral swine and wild hogs in the state in an effort to prevent and fight invasive species that endanger the state’s agricultural industry and thousands of citizens and businesses that depend on it for their livelihoods....More

  President Barack Obama recommended Monday that no additional funding be allocated for construction of a new biosecurity lab in Kansas to replace the Plum Island facility, and said the Department of Homeland Security will reassess the project's viability, according to a report in Monday’s edition of the Long Island (NY) Press....More

There has been a groundswell of interest in filtering swine barns to block swine diseases, most notably for keeping out porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS), but also for preventing the introduction of swine influenza virus and Mycoplasma pneumonia...More

“The onset of cold weather is not only prime time for people to catch colds, it is also when the likelihood of livestock, such as pigs, catching diseases also increases." The chief culprit is porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV)...More

Links in the feed processing and delivery chain identify disease prevention challenges and opportunities. Biosecurity programs define the procedures and processes put in place...More

In today's pork industry, perhaps no issue is as critical to protecting and maintaining the health and efficiency of swine herds as a scientifically based...More

Keeping the transport-monitoring program simple and practical, yet comprehensive, makes biosecurity principles more workable. When Ron White, DVM, went...More

If you question the value of transportation biosecurity in protecting your hog enterprise, then listen to what agricultural economist Steve Meyer had...More