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Forecasting swine disease outbreaks
Dec 10, 2021Susan Spiegel
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have been working on a predictive model to forecast when a disease outbreak may occur on a farm.
Connor: Disease elimination can lower the cost of production
Feb 05, 2020Susan Spiegel
US producers have robust export markets and a lower cost of production than many other countries, but Joe Connor, DVM, says cost of production could be even lower.
Disease elimination: PED, deltacoronavirus, M. hyo, TGE
Feb 05, 2020Susan Spiegel
Watch Part 1 of the interview on the impact of disease elimination on the cost of production.
Disease elimination: Biosecurity still key
Feb 05, 2020Susan Spiegel
Watch Part 2 of the interview on the impact of disease elimination on the cost of production.
Disease elimination: Old diseases making a comeback
Feb 05, 2020Susan Spiegel
Watch Part 3 of the interview on the impact of disease elimination on the cost of production.
Feed-mill biosecurity critical to reducing disease transmission
May 29, 2019Susan Spiegel
Feed and feed ingredients are generating a lot of interest as possible vectors in transmitting swine diseases.
What to do when emotions run high in a disease break
May 03, 2019Susan Spiegel
Any way you look at it, going through a disease break on a farm is difficult. “The pigs are easy; it’s the people that make things difficult.”
Is it time to eliminate PED from US herds?
Mar 04, 2019Susan Spiegel
By Joseph F. Connor, DVM, MS, Carthage Veterinary Service, Ltd., Carthage, Illinois
Rapid Response Plan offers CSI team for emerging diseases
Feb 18, 2019Susan Spiegel
Determining the cause of a peculiar health condition in pigs is not unlike a crime scene investigation (CSI). The veterinarian, producer and diagnosticians search for clues into what, how and why the...
Researchers create algorithm to predict PEDV outbreaks
Jan 24, 2019Susan Spiegel
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed an algorithm that could give pig farms advance notice of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) outbreaks.
What PED taught us about handling future disease outbreaks
Oct 19, 2017Susan Spiegel
The porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) outbreak that devastated many US hog farms over the past 4 years served as a wake-up call for the pork industry to be more vigilant against foreign animal...
PEDV still taking major toll on US sow farms
Sep 21, 2017Susan Spiegel
Porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) is still around and can lead to major losses for pork producers, cautioned Gene Nemechek, DVM, technical services veterinarian, Zoetis.
Currently available vaccines important tools for managing PEDV-infected sow herds
Aug 18, 2017Susan Spiegel
Currently available vaccines can be important tools for managing sow herds endemically infected with porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV).
PEDV and other pathogens survive in feed for weeks
Aug 14, 2017Susan Spiegel
In 2013-2014, infection of pig farms with PEDV was a frequent event, even in farms using the highest level of biosecurity. In an effort to determine how this could happen, Scott Dee, DVM, began...
Feed biosecurity must address risk of PEDV transmission
Jul 24, 2017Susan Spiegel
The biosecurity of swine feed is important for producing healthy animals and safe pork. But until 2013, feed was considered a low-risk vehicle for transmitting viral pathogens to swine.
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PEDV outbreaks prompt a ‘CSI Pipestone’ investigation
Jun 08, 2017Susan Spiegel
When PEDV devastated the US hog industry in 2013, the Pipestone System remained fairly unscathed, with only a couple of farms experiencing outbreaks. Their luck changed in January 2014.
Flushing feed mill with treated rice hulls reduces PEDV risk
May 30, 2017Susan Spiegel
The porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) taught swine veterinarians and producers many hard lessons about feed management. Not only can the deadly virus be transported by feed ingredients, PEDV...
Disinfectant effective against PEDV in freezing conditions
May 19, 2017Susan Spiegel
Contaminated hog trailers are now known to be partially responsible for spreading the porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) in 2013 as it emerged in the US.
Swine vet: Factory-farm concept ‘couldn’t be further from the truth’
May 19, 2017Susan Spiegel
Today the term factory farm is used very widely, and most people think machines are making pigs, notes Seth Krantz, DVM, company veterinarian for Tosh Farms.
Losing family swine herd to disease turned this farmhand into a veterinarian
May 19, 2017Susan Spiegel
As a child, when the swine disease pseudorabies (Aujeszky’s disease) forced his father to sell all the family’s pigs and start over, Andrew Bents got the calling to become a swine veterinarian.
