In the battle against disease transmission, pork farmers have to look out for more than just sick pigs. Researchers from North Carolina State University modeled nine different potential transmission routes for porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), and...
Farmscape for April 14, 2022
Full Interview 14:22
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The Swine Health Information Center is advising pork producers to maintain their focus on biosecurity in response to higher-than-expected incidences of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea and Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome...
Farmscape for April 11, 2022
Full Interview 7:21
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Efforts to develop a protein-based subunit vaccine to prevent Lawsonia intracellularis are showing progress. Lawsonia intracellularis is a common bacteria that reduces the ability of the intestines of pigs to...
Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari “Aldo Moro”, Str. Prov. per Casamassima Km 3, 70010 Valenzano, Italy 2 Department of Infectious Diseases, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
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In recent years, fake...
Farmscape for April 5, 2022
Full Interview 12:11
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Preliminary indications are that the bacteria in the gut influences the health of piglets. As part of research being conducted by the Universities of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Guelph in partnership...
Farmscape for March 25, 2022
Full Interview 18:47
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A new swine diagnostic extension service is providing veterinarians support in formulating treatment strategies for complex swine health issues. In May of last year Prairie Diagnostic Services and the Western...
A high-tech system involving 3D cameras could help UK farmers spot the early warning signs of tail biting in pigs – a health and welfare concern in affected pigs and an economic concern for industry.
New research by Scotland’s Rural...
Farmscape for March 22, 2022
Full Interview 6:50
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The use of intrauterine vaccination to protect sows, gilts and their piglets from Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea is showing promise as an alternative to the use of needles. Researchers with the...
Farmscape for March 17, 2022
Full Interview 8:52
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The University of Minnesota's Morrison Swine Health Monitoring Project is expanding. The Swine Health Information Center funded Morrison Swine Health Monitoring Project has released its 2021 report on results and...
Farmscape for March 15, 2022
Full Interview 7:03
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Researchers with the Vaccine and infectious Disease Organization are evaluating the use of nanoparticles to protect fertility when administering intrauterine vaccines to sows and gilts during artificial insemination. Researchers with...