Farmscape for August 16, 2021
Full Interview 18:59
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The Manager of the Canada West Swine Health Intelligence Network suggests two new developments in the movement of African Swine Fever merit the attention of North American pork producers. In mid-July...
Reprinted from: PigHealthToday.com
Pharmacologic research demonstrating how Draxxin® (tulathromycin) injection behaves in the pig explains why this antimicrobial remains a valuable treatment for swine respiratory disease (SRD).
Developed by Zoetis scientists exclusively for veterinary use, Draxxin was the first antimicrobial in...
Farmscape for August 12, 2021
Full Interview 18:19
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The Executive Director of the Swine Health Information Center is applauding the sharing of information on African Swine Fever by the European Food Safety Authority's Panel on Risk Assessment for ASF...
Farmscape for August 10, 2021
Full Interview 9:26
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Researchers with VID0-InterVac have started analysing proteins that offer potential for the creation of a protein based Lawsonia intracellularis vaccine. Lawsonia intracellularis, a bacteria found in about 90 percent of the...
Farmscape for August 5, 2021
Full Interview 18:18
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The Executive Director of the Swine Health Information Center is confident the first outbreak of African Swine Fever identified in the Western Hemisphere in more than 40 years will not alter...
Reprinted from PigHealthToday.com
Disease surveillance is a requirement to understand the progression and status of a pathogen within a swine herd. But the challenge has always been finding a balance between the type and amount of sampling needed with the...
Global testing leader expands operations in U.S.
Eurofins BioDiagnostics (EBDI), a global leader in agroscience and genomics testing, announces the launch of a new animal health testing service offering from its River Falls, Wisconsin, location.
The new testing service focuses on...
National Pork Board (NPB) is collaborating with multiple governments and industry partners to protect the U.S. from foreign animal diseases (FADs), including African swine fever (ASF).
Here is what U.S. pork producers can do to protect their pig herds and...
Farmscape for July 28, 2021
Full Interview 19:29
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Researchers working on behalf of Swine Innovation Porc hope to have a clearer idea by this fall of how long stored manure from PED infected farms remains infective. From 2017 to...
Swine producers are well aware of the devastating effects that Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSv) can have on their herd.
While USDA and commodity organizations have focused recently on the economic devastation an African Swine Fever outbreak could...