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Posted by Tracy Nicholson, Research Microbiologist, Agricultural Research Service, National Animal Disease Center in Animals Health and Safety Research and Science Nov 20, 2019 ARS remains committed to conducting research to our overall understanding of antimicrobial resistance in swine pathogens. This week is World Antibiotic Awareness Week and USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) remains committed …

About a quarter of the global pig population is expected to die as a result of the African swine fever (ASF) epidemic, according to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). Global pork prices are rising spurred by growing demand from China, where as many as 100 million pigs have died since ASF broke out …

By Geri Wohltman, Farmweld A collaborative thinktank spotlighting swine product advancements would best explain the first ever Swine Innovation Summit, presented this week in Indianapolis by the Pork Checkoff’s Science and Technology Department. The day-long session centered around the collaborative efforts with other agriculture, biology, science, engineering and technology companies to develop products that will benefit …

The Philippines has reported its first cases of African swine fever, becoming the latest country hit by the disease that has killed pigs from Slovakia to China, pushing up pork prices worldwide. The virus is not harmful to humans but causes haemorrhagic fever in pigs that almost always ends in death. There is no antidote …

Swine flu is possibly the biggest topic in the news today! Currently, it has been confirmed in Mexico, the United States, as well as around 70 other countries in Europe and other places. Even as I write this article, the first case has been discovered in South Africa! As of early June, the A (H1N1) …

FOWLERVILLE, Mich. – The Livingston County Health Department issued an important warning about swine flu this weekend. According to the health department, the Fowlerville Family Fair reported that pigs at the event tested positive for the disease. The pigs started showing signs of swine flu Thursday and have since been removed from the fairgrounds. If anyone was …