USA - No antibiotics amendment: US pig industry[Latest swine news]A large group of agricultural organisations, among which many pork organisations, has urged the speaker of the US House of Representatives not to allow a bill to ban certain animal health products to be tacked on to any pending legislation.source: www.meatinternational.com |
Biosecurity measures to prevent airborne infection in pig farms[What the experts say ]Thomas JL (†) Alexander Experimentally it is difficult to demonstrate whether a pathogen can be windborne and if so how far. |
Maple Leaf Foods Responds to Parliamentary Sub-Committee Report "Beyond Listeriosis: Strengthening the Canadian Food Safety System"[Company news]Maple Leaf Foods today responded to the report of the Agriculture Sub-Committee investigating the listeriosis crisis of last year, which was caused by contaminated meat products originating from Maple Leaf's Bartor Road plant that claimed the lives of 22 Canadians |
North American H1N1 influenza update[What the experts say ]Stan Done The usual pig viruses are H1N1, H3N2 and H1N2. The original H1N1 pig viruses have been largely replaced by poultry viruses in pigs. The H3N2 viruses were from humans originally. The H1N2 viruses are re-assortants from human viruses (H and N genes) and poultry viruses. |
Biosecurity measures to prevent pig farms being infected by wild animals[What the experts say ]Thomas JL (†) Alexander Wild animals which may spread infection between farms include wild pigs, birds, flies, rats and mice. |
Risk and/or triggering factors of porcine circovirus[Circovirus]Joaquim Segalés Between 1995 and 1997, at the beginning of an epizootic called “maladie de l’amagrissement du porcelet” (MAP), it was observed that the farms that were most affected and that had the most losses, generally presented obvious deviations from what we would consider to be a suitable management of the animals and facilities. This is why Dr. François Madec made a list of management practices with the aim of improving the anomalous situation observed. |
An overview of North American PRRS eradication efforts[PRRS]Scott A. Dee The use of diagnostics will allow producers and practitioners to work together towards the common goal of PRRS eradication |
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