Abstract: Enhancing disease surveillance and preparedness: An early warning tool for disease occurrence in U.S. swine breeding herds
Understanding regional disease risk is critical for swine disease prevention and control. Since 2011, the Morrison Swine Health Monitoring Project (MSHMP) has...
Jeff Odle
LANXESS Corporation, Actives and Disinfectants, Pittsburgh, PA
Introduction
The swine industry in the United States was poised to have an excellent 2020 with new trade agreements in place with China, Japan, Korea, Mexico and Canada. Unfortunately, the COVID 19 pandemic...
Sow loss can cause psychological harm to workers and also results in loss of profits. Sow longevity is decreasing even with the new genetic advancements and a switch to group housing. A survey is being done on reasons for...
1Department of Biosystems and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Lomma, Sweden
2Innovation Centre for Organic Farming, Aarhus, Denmark
3Department of Production Animal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Research Centre for Animal Welfare, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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A recent technical paper by Acosta et al., presented at the AFST conference in July 2024, explores the impacts of xylanase supplementation in the diets of sows. The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Illinois, delves into...
The Plos One journal just published a new study by Dr. Gustavo Lopez and the Torremorell lab. The objectives of the project were to 1)assess the onset and duration of live attenuated influenza vaccine shedding in vaccinated pre-weaned pigs,...