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Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus Detected in U.S.
May 22, 2013 — Harry Snelson [An.H.]
On May 16, 2013; National Veterinary Services Laboratories (NVSL), in close collaboration with Iowa State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (ISU-VDL), reported that Porcine Epidemic...

Champions Guide to Youth Swine Exhibition Updated
April 24, 2013 — Harry Snelson [An.H.]
The National Pork Board, in collaboration with AASV, has released an updated version of A Champions Guide to Youth Swine Exhibition – Biosecurity & Your Pig Project. The update, spearheaded by...

UK: Pig Wasting Syndrome Costing Farmers Millions
April 10, 2013 —  [An.H.]
Stark new figures show that a common pig virus, present on 99% of pig farms has major economic implications for individual farmers and the pig industry as a whole. It is costing British farmers as...

New Species of Brachyspira Responsible for Most New Swine Dysentery Cases
January 30, 2013 —  [An.H.]
A professor with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine reports a new species of Brachyspira can be blamed for the bulk of cases of swine dysentery being reported in Canada and the U.S. today....

Bacterial Supplement could Help Young Pigs Fight Disease
January 30, 2013 —  [An.H.]
In a study of 36 weanling-age pigs, researchers found that a dose of lipid-producing Rhodococcus opacus bacteria increased circulating triglycerides. Triglycerides are a crucial source of energy for...

NAHLN Swine Surveillance Update
January 9, 2013 — Harry Snelson [An.H.]
The National Animal Health Laboratory Network NAHLN has collaborated with other groups within APHIS, the National Veterinary Services Laboratories, Wildlife Services, National Surveillance Unit,...

Researchers look for better tools to detect swine dysentery [edited]
September 12, 2012 —  [An.H.]
Veterinary researchers at Iowa State University are developing improved methods to diagnose a re-emerging swine disease that was essentially a non-issue five years ago but has become increasingly...

Swine Health Alert: Possible Increase in Erysipelas Cases
March 7, 2012 — Harry Snelson [An.H.]
During the February National Pork Board/AASV Sentinel Veterinary Clinic call, several Midwestern veterinarians reported an increase in clinical observations of Erysipelas in both finished and...

New Modified-live PRRS Vaccine
February 29, 2012 —  [An.H.]
Fostera™ PRRS, a modified-live vaccine for growing pigs from Pfizer Animal Health. Researchers created unique cell lines that were able to express a newly discovered key receptor protein for the PRRS...

NAHLN Update on CSF and Influenza Surveillance Testing
December 9, 2011 —  [An.H.]
The National Animal Health Laboratory Network (NAHLN) is tasked with conduct testing for swine surveillance programs including classical swine fever, swine influenza and pseudorabies. Following is an...

Comprehensive and Integrated Swine Diseases Surveillance
December 7, 2011 —  [An.H.]
The annual Veterinary Services (VS) swine disease surveillance leadership meeting took place from August 30 to September 1, 2011, in Fort Collins, Colorado. Representatives from VS Swine Health...

Western Canada PRRS-Free Herd Certification Expanded to Ontario and Quebec
November 30, 2011 —  [An.H.]
A pilot project designed to allow pork producers in Western Canada to certify that their herds are free of PRRS has been expanded to include Ontario and Quebec. The Western Canada PRRS-Free Herd...

World Animal Health in 2010
November 16, 2011 —  [An.H.]
World Animal Health [in 2010] with its two volumes presents a synthesis of animal health information from 166 countries and territories around the world, including both OIE Members (178 in May 2011)...

Is Mycoplasma suis Coming Back?
November 16, 2011 —  [An.H.]
A disease known as swine eperythrozoonosis (epe), first recognized in the 1930s and widely controlled with the use of arsanilic acid in feed up to 1986, has been largely forgotten. But there is...

Mycotoxin Contamination of Corn – Impact on Swine
October 12, 2011 —  [An.H.]
Mycotoxins in corn are produced by certain molds which infect the ears of corn. Molds may be present without the production of mycotoxins, but mycotoxins cannot be produced in the absence of molds....

Improve Piglet Survival
September 28, 2011 —  [An.H.]
Improving piglet pre-weaning survival can critically impact profitability in pork production. Keeping pre-weaning mortality low can optimize the number of market pigs sold per sow per year. This can...

PRRS Lawsuit could Affect Practices
April 19, 2011 —  [An.H.]
A lawsuit in Indiana alleges that employees at one farm intentionally infected pigs with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus and accidentally infected a neighbor's swine. The...

Swine Influenza Surveillance
February 2, 2011 —  [An.H.]
Veterinary Services has developed and implemented a surveillance plan for swine influenza virus (SIV), including an anonymous stream within participating NAHLN Laboratories. The addition of the...

Canadian Swine Health Board to Target PRRS Eradication
April 29, 2010 —  [An.H.]
The Canadian Swine Health Board has targeted the eradication of PRRS as one of its initial research priorities. Of the many projects planned, many will involve efforts to control Porcine Reproductive...

Hong Kong Reports Swine-Pandemic Flu Reassortant
March 1, 2010 —  [An.H.]
A laboratory at Hong Kong University (HKU) detected a reassortant made up of a swine influenza virus and the pandemic H1N1 virus in a sample obtained from a slaughterhouse pig as part of a...

Canadian Vet Reports New Pig Disease
February 17, 2010 —  [An.H.]
Scientists at the Canadian Western College of Veterinary Medicine say they have found a new disease in weaners - and called it Post-weaning Wasting/ Catabolic Syndrome (PWCS). At the Manitoba Swine...

Study Shows Shifting Pork Production Inside has Substantial Benefit
December 31, 2009 —  [An.H.]
A study conducted by the University of Missouri (MU) found the historical transition from raising pigs outdoors to indoor housing has improved animal health. This enhancement in pig health has...

Cooperation and Funding Key to PRRS Control
December 16, 2009 —  [An.H.]
Dr. Bob Rowland with Kansas State University and Dr. Max Rodibaugh, a swine practitioner from Indiana, were the last two speakers at the Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica's (BIVI) Area Regional Control...

USDA Issues Conditional License for Pandemic H1N1 Vaccine for Swine
December 14, 2009 —  [An.H.]
USDA has issued a conditional license to Pfizer Animal Health, of Lincoln, Neb., for a pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccine intended to vaccinate pigs against the 2009 pandemic H1N1 influenza virus. This...

PCVAD – A New Clinical Presentation?
December 2, 2009 — Harry Snelson [An.H.]
Dr. Steve Henry has been working with diagnosticians at Kansas State University to investigate an on-going case of Porcine Circovirus Associated Disease (PCVAD) in well-vaccinated animals. The...

Cargill plans to vaccinate pigs against H1N1
November 17, 2009 —  [An.H.]
Cargill is hoping a shipment of vaccinations will arrive in time to treat the company's sow herd against H1N1, the company's spokesman told Meatingplace. Mark Klein said the H1N1 vaccine would be...

Pigs and Pandemic Influenza: Myths versus Facts
September 30, 2009 — Harry Snelson [An.H.]
Pigs and Pandemic Influenza: Myths versus Facts was the title of Dr. Kristien Van Reeth's Pijoan Lecture during the 2009 Al Leman Swine Conference. Dr. Van Reeth, from the faculty of Veterinary...

Veterinarians and Producers Consider PRRS Eradication
September 23, 2009 — Harry Snelson [An.H.]
The AASV has met with the National Pork Board, and interested representatives of the University of Minnesota Swine Disease Eradication Center, Minnesota PRRS Task Force, swine researchers from Iowa...

Piglet Diarrhea Disease – New Syndrome??
September 23, 2009 — Harry Snelson [An.H.]
There have been a number of recent reports suggesting the possible emergence of a "new" syndrome exhibiting increased diarrheal disease in suckling pigs in France and Denmark. According to...

USDA Develops, Implements Influenza Surveillance Plan
September 16, 2009 — Harry Snelson [An.H.]
USDA's Veterinary Services (VS) has developed and implemented a voluntary surveillance plan for swine influenza virus (SIV), including the pandemic H1N1 2009 virus1 (pH1N1), in swine. The immediate...

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Category abbreviations: AASV=Membership information, announcements, and other information from the American Association of Swine Veterinarians; Abs.=Abstracts from journal articles of general interest to swine veterinarians.; ALERT=Used to create email alerts; An.H.=Animal Health; Conf.=Conference announcements and other continuing education opportunities; FAD="Foreign" Animal Disease and other news most significant to regions outside of North America.; Food=Food Safety; Gov.=Information about legislation, regulations, and rulemaking that may affect the swine industry or swine veterinarians.; Hum.H.=Human health; Ind.=News from the pork industry, including NPPC and Pork Board activities.; International=Information regarding swine health and production internationally.; Jobs=Position announcements, primarily seeking swine veterinarians.; Meet=Provides a short synopsis of meetings of importance to swine veterinarians.; News=Agriculture related news events.; Nutr.=Swine nutrition; OP-ED=Opinion or editorial articles expressing the thoughts of individual Association members.; Pharm.=Pharmaceuticals and biologicals; PRRS=Articles from the AASV PRRS Task Force; Practice=Information associated with practice management or development.; Research=Research topics of interest to swine veterinarians.; Students=Information of interest to AASV student members.; USDA=US Dept. of Agriculture activities of interest to swine veterinarians.; Welfare=Animal welfare issues