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New developments in the fight against swine fever

13-Apr-2010
The course of a classic swine fever outbreak is determined in large part by the virus strain with which the pigs are infected. That is the conclusion Eefke Weesendorp recently presented in her doctoral thesis. She has definitively proven that the virus can occur in the air and can therefore be transmitted through an airborne vector.

USA - Homeland security renews Animal Disease Centers

06-Apr-2010
Efforts to protect the nation from potentially catastrophic animal diseases will continue with a $21 million package from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to Texas A&M University and Kansas State University. The monies will support the homeland security department's Center of Excellence for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense at the universities through 2016.