Merck claims the vaccine is effective against disease caused by Porcine Circovirus Types 2a and 2d, Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and Lawsonia intracellularis in pigs, 3...
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...
Enhancing Swine Health Management through Advanced Genetic Monitoring
In an effort to combat significant revenue losses due to Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV)...
Veterinary Pharmaceutical Solutions (VPS) has successfully acquired Diamond Animal Health, a prominent contract manufacturer of animal health solutions, from Mars Corporation. This strategic move,...
Newly-revamped program funds research into swine health
Through the Growing Research and New Technology for Swine (GRANTS) program, sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim, three research proposals...
The swine industry is battling a tough strain of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus – PRRS 1-4-4 Lineage 1C. It is an unusual strain because infections peak in spring/summer,...
University of Minnesota researchers recently led successful efforts to work on African swine fever virus (ASFV) and developed and validated a surrogate virus for...
Jeff Okones, DVM, Pharmgate Animal Health
First described in the late 1980’s as Blue Ear or Mystery Pig Disease, Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS)...
Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Str. Prov. per Casamassima Km 3, 70010 Valenzano, Italy 2 Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto...
By Lorraine Stevenson-Hall, Biosecurity & Stakeholder Relations Lead
Viruses have proven to live in and be transmitted through animal feed. The most recent discovery of...