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Feed Additives

Groups petition HHS secretary to reduce or eliminate ractopamine levels

More than 50 groups, led by Friends of the Earth, have sent a letter to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Martin Makary asking the agency to reduce or eliminate allowable levels of ractopamine in farmed animals.

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Pig Health & Disease

FDA approves PRRS-resistant pig gene edit

Animal genetics company Genus has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for its PRRS-resistant pig (PRP) gene edit for use in the U.S. food supply chain.

Pig Health & Disease

FMD jumps to pig farms in South Korea

In the past month, foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) has spread from cattle to swine in South Korea. Meanwhile, after a single outbreak, Germany is now FMD-free again.

African Swine Fever

More ASF cases reported in Vietnam, suspected in Ghana

In Asia, further outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF) have been confirmed in two north Vietnamese provinces, while new cases have occurred in Bhutan and Indonesia.

African Swine Fever

Further swine fever cases confirmed in Asia, Europe, Africa, Caribbean

As the Philippines makes progress on its African swine fever (ASF) vaccination program, new cases in domestic pigs are reported there, as well as India, Vietnam and the Dominican Republic.

African Swine Fever

Discovery allows scientists to rewrite ASF virus genome

The new technique could allow scientists to develop better vaccines for African swine fever and other diseases.

African Swine Fever

ASF vaccine research picks up in Asia

Ongoing disruption of the Vietnam pork market from African swine fever (ASF) is driving one vaccine manufacturer there to carry out the first vaccination trials on breeding pigs, and the Philippines has also set up an animal vaccine research facility.

African Swine Fever

Study suggests ASF virus can survive processing at soybean facilities

However, the researchers believe their work points to a strategy that could mitigate the spread of the virus.

African Swine Fever

ASF vaccine plant inaugurated in Vietnam

As the Philippines makes plans for the recovery of pork production to pre-ASF levels, new cases of the disease in domestic pigs are reported in Bhutan, India, Nepal and four European countries.

African Swine Fever

ASF hits more pig farms in Malaysia, Moldova, Romania, South Korea

Latest confirmed outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF) include commercial farms in Europe and Asia. In the Caribbean region, there are fears of a resurgence in the disease after increased pig mortalities in the Dominican Republic.

Swine

Three winners announced for third Adisseo Research Grant

This year's research projects were evaluated based on their contribution to address global challenges such as climate change or applying the One Health concept in animal production.

Pig Health & Disease

Severe PRRS infection kills pig immune cells, study finds

Developing drugs that block the viral signals that kill the cells could limit the severity of the disease, researcher says.

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