Livestock & Poultry Diseases

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.

Avian Influenza

Air filtration in layer houses could protect against HPAI

The technology gives producers an additional tool besides biosecurity for improving disease control.

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.

Animal Health & Veterinary

Senators urge USDA to include turkeys, dairy cattle in avian flu strategy

Members of the Senate Agriculture Committee are pressing U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins to broaden the USDA's strategy for managing avian influenza to include measures for turkeys and dairy herds.

Avian Influenza

India implements 3-pronged bird flu management strategy

HPAI has recently re-emerged in the country.

Animal Nutrition Views

Impact of disease outbreaks on global feed trade

When a major livestock disease strikes, governments react quickly by imposing export bans on live animals and animal products, as well as on feed ingredients derived from these sources.

Avian Influenza

HPAI testing improvements suspended after HHS staffing cuts

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is suspending efforts to improve testing for highly pathogenic avian influenza due to staffing cuts throughout the Department of Health and Human Services, according to a Reuters report.

Avian Influenza

House members: Kennedy suggestion for HPAI ‘reckless’

After U.S. Health and Human Services secretary suggests HPAI should be allowed to “run through the flock,” a group of House Democrats launched an investigation.

Livestock & Poultry Diseases

Jump to third country raises FMD concerns in Europe

After a decades-long hiatus, unexpected outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in Hungary and Slovakia recently have raised fears of further spread in Europe.

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.

Feed Strategy Video Chat

Boost returns and biosecurity with feed technologies [VIDEO]

Dr. Stacie Crowder discusses how Fortiva's innovative feed technologies enhance animal health, performance and biosecurity across livestock species while delivering strong returns for producers.

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