Pork industry preparedness for FAD was the first topic on the schedule at the Boehringer Ingelheim North Carolina swine seminar this year – and no, FAD does not mean the latest social trend. “FADs are foreign animal diseases,” said Dr. Lisa Becton with the National Pork Board. “Those are diseases that currently don’t exist in the United States and diseases … Read More
New Zoetis Study on Equine Flu Virus
Amid equine influenza virus (EIV) season, a new Zoetis study showed FLUVAC INNOVATOR® to be cross-reactive against three emerging World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) equine influenza isolates. The study demonstrated sera from horses vaccinated with EIV vaccine FLUVAC INNOVATOR EHV 4/1 or FLUVAC INNOVATOR 5 were cross-reactive against: · Ayrshire 2013 (AY/13), European clade 2 isolate1 · Kentucky 2014 … Read More
Alltech Sponsors 1st Mineral Event at PSA Meeting
Alltech sponsored the first ever mineral symposium titled, “Changing Insight into the Role of Trace Minerals,” at the annual Poultry Science Association (PSA) meeting, held in Louisville, Kentucky, July 27-30. This symposium reflected on the broad range of new information about trace elements and suggested several ways of putting this science to good use in building broiler, breeder, layer and … Read More
Merck Animal Health Partners with the NMPF
Merck Animal Health announced a partnership with the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), to help ensure a comprehensive, industry-wide approach to employee training and animal care in the dairy industry. The National Dairy FARM (Farmers Assuring Responsible ManagementTM) Animal Care Program, covers more than 91% of the nation’s milk supply. Through the partnership, dairy producers across the country will have … Read More
Iowa Avian Flu Conference Summary
The “Avian Influenza Outbreak…Lessons Learned” Conference was held recently in Des Moines, Iowa. There USDA Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, Iowa Governor Terry Branstad, Dr. John Clifford, chief vet officer for USDA APHIS among others addressed those in attendance. USPOULTRY provided the following summary. “Two hundred and thirty-two enterprises and operations have been hit by avian influenza since early spring with … Read More
Restocking of 1st HPAI Site
The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and U.S. Department of Agriculture have announced that a turkey farm that was infected with Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) has started restocking their barn with birds. The farm completed the cleaning and disinfection process and has negative environmental tests. They have also announced they are begining the process of lifting 69 … Read More
Zoetis Offers Personnel Manager Team Scan
Healthy livestock depend on a healthy team of people to take care of them. That’s why Zoetis is offering a new service from PeopleFirst, Team Scan. “Listening to your team and understanding their perspectives about the business offers one of the best opportunities for business improvements,” said Brett Bristol, business solutions manager for PeopleFirst at Zoetis. “A highly productive team … Read More
Purina Offers Tips for Calves During Temperature Swings
Chilly mornings to hot afternoons can put some real stress on new calves. Purina is offering some advice for producers to lower those stress levels and ensure their calves perform at their maximum potential. “When weather conditions are rapidly changing it can wreak havoc on young calves that crave consistency,” says Christie Underwood, Ph.D., calf and heifer specialist with Purina … Read More
Regional Swine Health Symposium
The Missouri Pork Association and University of Missouri Extension will host a Swine Health Symposium on July 20 at the University of Missouri Bradford Research Center. The symposium, which took the place of the MPA Swine Veterinarian Seminar, provides information for veterinarians and pork producers on issues facing the swine industry. The event begins at 8:30 a.m. and continues until … Read More
New At the Meeting Swine Health Series on PEDv
The latest At The Meeting (ATM) with the Morrison Group audio program provides an update on developments in porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDv) cases reported this spring, effective control steps and immunology in the last year. The ATM program on PEDv features disease, research and practical swine health information from leading veterinary experts that swine veterinarians and producers can use … Read More