Scientists with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agriculture Research Service (ARS) today announced that a vaccine candidate for African Swine Fever (ASF) passed an important safety test required for regulatory approval, moving the vaccine one step closer to commercial...
Introduction
Swine dysentery (SD or bloody scours), once one of the most expensive swine diseases, largely disappeared in North America in the 1990’s with three site production and improved hygiene, among other changes in swine industry structure. However, since the...
Farmscape for October 28, 2021
Full Interview 6:50
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The Executive Director of the Swine Health Information Center says, with no vaccines or treatments, preventive management is the best option for dealing with Atypical Porcine Pestivirus. Atypical Porcine Pestivirus has...
Farmscape for December 27, 2021
Full Interview 9:53
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Researchers involved in the assessment of the risk of disease transmission through feed ingredients will zero in on soy imports.
The risk of disease transmission associated with pathogens harbored in soy-products has...
Farmscape for June 9, 2023
Full Interview 6:14
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A vaccine developed by Australia's University of the Sunshine Coast and the University of Saskatchewan's Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization is helping protect Australia’s koala population from chlamydia. Chlamydia is...
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), continued its commitment to the swine industry’s next generation of veterinarians by partnering...
Farmscape for September 7, 2023
Full Interview 12:03
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Prairie Diagnostic Services is now screening for Porcine Sapovirus when testing samples collected from baby pigs experiencing diarrhea.
In response to the first reports in Canada in January of Porcine Sapovirus,...
As you wander down the meat aisle and view the variety of available pork cuts, you’re probably not thinking about the people and the work behind getting the meat to the supermarket.
But behind the scenes, the pork industry has...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will provide up to $500,000 to Tribes and Tribal organizations to further animal disease prevention, preparedness, and response through the National Animal Disease Preparedness and Response...
Farmscape for May 19, 2021
Full Interview 13:35
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The Canada West Swine Health Intelligence Network is warning pork producers of the risks posed by a new strain of Streptococcus zooepidemicus. The Canada West Swine Health Intelligence Network Swine Health...