Farmscape for August 15, 2022
Full Interview 8:22
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The Executive Director of the Swine Health Information Center says recent jumps of African Swine Fever over large distances can be attributed to the movement of people and products rather...
Discovery about PRRS virus could save swine industry hundreds of millions of dollars; Exclusive deal signed with global leader in animal genetics
Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) virus was first detected in the U.S. in 1987. Pigs that contract...
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Genvax Technologies Secures $6.5 Million to Advance saRNA Platform to Deploy Candidate Vaccines against New and Emerging Livestock Diseases Rapidly
Genvax Technologies, a startup dedicated to bringing advances in self-amplifying mRNA (saRNA) vaccine production to animal health, announced today it...
Farmscape for August 9, 2022
Full Interview 13:20
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The Swine Health Information Center reports, with the exception of three states, the number of cases of PRRS is where it would be expected to be during the warm weather....
Farmscape for August 2, 2022
Full Interview 6:50
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A Postdoctoral fellow with the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization suggests intrauterine vaccination of sows and gilts offers a safer alternative to needles for swine barn workers that's less stressful...
BASF announced it is combining its human and animal nutrition units into one global business unit.
The new division - Nutrition Ingredients - will allow BASF to have one unit focused on supplying both the animal nutrition and human nutrition...
Primary Investigator: Jordan GebhardtInstitution: Kansas State University Funded By: Pork CheckoffID: 20-084
It is widely known and understood that transportation vehicles can serve as a potential route of pathogen transmission within swine production systems. The movement of these vehicles within multiple sites within...
Farmscape for July 26, 2022
Full Interview 13:40
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A Professor with Western College of Veterinary Medicine predicts, as the use of antibiotics decreases over the coming years, there will be a greater need to diagnose specific pathogens. The...
BRUSSELS, July 25 (Reuters) - Scientists in Belgium are investigating a farmer's claim that different styles of music affect the behaviour of his pigs.
Belgian pig farmer Piet Paesmans looks at his pigs in Nieuwerkerken, Limburg, Belgium, July 14, 2022....