Farmscape for August 14, 2024
Full Interview 12:57
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Research coordinated by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada is evaluating the prospects of displacing antibiotics and zinc oxide to protect piglets from diarrhea with vitamins. Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, in collaboration...
Farmscape for August 13, 2024
Full Interview 12:32
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Reductions in the prevalence of PRRS, Porcine deltacoronavirus and PED highlight the Swine Health Information Center's August eNewsletter. As part of its August eNewsletter the Swine Health Information Center has...
Farmscape for August 9, 2024
Full Interview 8:53
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A study to be conducted by Pipestone Research will calculate the cost of disease in grow finish and assess the returns when investing in biosecurity enhancements to block disease entry....
Full Interview 13:07
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Researchers from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, CDPQ, and the Western College of Veterinary Medicine are investigating the effects of increased vitamin supplementation for sows during gestation. This study aims to improve piglet immunity against...
Texas A&M AgriLife study develops surveillance tools for tick and feral, domestic pig contact.
Scientists at Texas A&M AgriLife Research are mobilizing to save your bacon.
A team of researchers led by experts from the Department of Entomology in the Texas...
Farmscape for August 2, 2024
Full Interview 8:33
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Animal Health Canada has expanded the scope of its CanSpotASF surveillance program to provide African Swine Fever rule out testing for invasive wild pigs as well as commercial domestic swine....
Farmscape for August 1, 2024
Full Interview 7:13
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Research conducted by Iowa State University confirms the risk of spreading disease increases when pumping stored manure contaminated with disease causing pathogens. A study funded by the Swine Health Information...
FF (NYSE: IFF), a global leader in bioscience-based solutions, has announced the opening of its Shanghai Creative Center, set to be fully operational by the end of August 2024. This 16,000 square-meter facility in the Shanghai Hongqiao Airport Business...
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Most of the xenotransplantation-related requests involve KO of GGTA1 (alpha 1,3 galactosyltransferase) and B4GALNT2 (beta-1,4-N-acetyl-galactosaminyl transferase 2). To produce the appropriate phenotype, an additional gene B4GALNT2L (LOC110255214: beta-1,4 N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 2-like) must also be disrupted. B4GALNT2 and B4GALNT2L are adjacent...
Farmscape for July 26, 2024
Full Interview 8:13
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A pilot project conducted by Iowa State University has updated the online inventory of Midwest U.S. truck washes and compared automated systems for recording truck wash events and market pig...