Farmscape for January 16, 2023
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The Associate Director of the Swine Health Information Center suggests difficulty containing the spread of...
Swine producers may be facing an emerging respiratory condition without really knowing about it.
According to Dr. Michael Pierdon with Four-Star Veterinary...
Source: The Guradian
Tackling African swine fever – which has led to death of more than 100m pigs since 2018 – has proved a tougher...
Key takeaways
Swine herd health status appears to be relatively stable heading into 2025, but challenges with PRRS and PEDv could cause problems.
Farm...
As the summer season approaches, with its promise of high temperatures and increased humidity, the risk of heat stress among farm animals becomes a...
Source: FAO
Overview
Hazard: African swine fever (ASF) is a viral disease affecting pigs and wild boar with up to 100% case fatality rate.
ASF reported administrative...
Making Sense of Opposing Research on African Swine Fever Virus Inactivation Temperatures
By: Dr. Joe Crenshaw & Dr. Yanbin Shen
With African swine fever virus (ASFV)...
"Life is hard.” - A Nursery Pig
ASFV infects swine white blood cells. Photo: PIADC.
By Lindsay Gabbert, Research Scientist at the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate’s Plum...