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Many successful truck wash operations utilize an internal audit system where someone is responsible for monitoring processes as trucks and trailers move through the wash, according to Dr. Erin Kettelkamp with the Swine Vet Center.
What should these...
Farmscape for August 28, 2023
Full Interview 10:12
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The Swine Health Information Center is again calling for research proposals under round-2 of the 2.3 million dollar Wean-to-Harvest Biosecurity Research Program. The deadline for submitting research proposals under round-2...
Farmscape for August 22, 2023
Full Interview 10:12
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The Swine Health Information Center reports five new research projects have been approved for funding under the 2.3 million dollar Wean-to-Harvest Biosecurity Research Program. The Wean-to-Harvest Biosecurity Research Program, an...
Farmscape for August 4, 2023
Full Interview 10:50
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The Associate Director of the Swine Health Information Center suggests, by enhancing biosecurity during the wean-to-harvest phase of pork production, the risk of disease transmission will be reduced throughout all...
A fairly biosecure way to enjoy your local fairs:
Everyone at the fair has a responsibility to protect pig health.
Going to fairs, or anywhere else that has pigs from a different source, creates risk for your farm.
There...
Did you know that regardless of how many pigs you care for, whether it’s a single show pig or thousands of market hogs, you are part of the pork industry?
And, just as you are responsible for keeping your show...
Farmscape for July 28, 2023
Full Interview 12:37
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In response to unusual increases in the detection of porcine enteric coronaviruses this summer pork producers are advised to look at what's happening on their farms that may compromise biosecurity....
Farmscape for July 27, 2023
Full Interview 10:52
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The Swine Health Information Center has extended the call for research proposals under the Wean-to-Harvest Biosecurity program.
The second call for research proposals under the 2.3 million dollar Wean-to-Harvest Biosecurity program,...
Reviewed by Marcia Carlson Shannon
Department of Animal Sciences
Disease control is one of the most challenging areas for producers and veterinarians in swine production. Biosecurity is often perceived as keeping diseases out of a swine herd. However, excluding disease from...
Two industry leading biosecurity innovators, Farm Health Guardian Ltd. and NoveTechnologies, LLC (NoveTech) have come together to bring revolutionary farm biosecurity technology to pork and poultry producers in North America. The company is launching Protocol, a biosecurity management system...