Source: SwineTech Blog
It’s an uncertain world we live in, as everyone has learned in the last two and half years while grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic. However, coronavirus is not the only disease the world is facing. African Swine...
Eurofins BioDiagnostics provides the livestock industry a range of tailored, high throughput genotyping solutions to help agribusinesses achieve their breeding goals faster and more economically. Whether your need is to discover the genetic basis of a high value trait,...
Farmscape for October 18, 2022
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Research conducted on behalf of the Swine Health Information Center is looking at the risk to pigs posed by bacteria commonly found in wild mammals in North America. The Swine Health...
Farmscape for October 13, 2022
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A veterinary student with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine has examined the effect of providing low birthweight piglets with dextrose supplements to give them an improved start in life....
Farmscape for October 12, 2022
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Testing of an African Swine Fever vaccine in Vietnam has resumed after it was determined that improper use of the vaccine resulted in the deaths of vaccinated pigs. The Swine...
Farmscape for October 7, 2022
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The Executive Director of the Swine Health Information Center suggests the continuing spread of African Swine Fever should serve as a reminder to North American pork producers of the need...
Facility capacity to meet long-term customer demand for ear-tag production
Merck Animal Health, known as MSD Animal Health outside of the United States and Canada, a division of Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, N.J., USA (NYSE:MRK), announced today the opening...
Farmscape for October 4, 2022
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A program launched by the Western College of Veterinary Medicine two years ago to provide summer work experience to veterinary students could expanded to other veterinary colleges. The Western College...
Farmscape for October 3, 2022
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Researchers with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine are using a low virulence strain of Brachyspira hyodysenteriae to help develop treatments for the pathogenic strains. Brachyspira is a genus of...
Farmscape for September 28, 2022
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A group of U.S. veterinarians has had a first-hand look at efforts to prevent the spread of African Swine Fever in the Caribbean.
Last month a group of 15 U.S. veterinarians...