Livestock & Poultry Diseases: Page 5

Animal Health & Veterinary

NPPC urges swift approval of NovoFly to prevent New World screwworm in US

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) recently applied to register NovoFly – a technology incorporating a genetically engineered female-lethal trait that results in male-only sterile flies – for use in combatting NWS.

African Swine Fever

Philippines aims to recover from ASF with 32,000 gilts

The Philippine Department of Agriculture is scaling up its swine repopulation effort through the procurement of 32,000 breeding-age female pigs, marking a significant government intervention to rebuild hog inventories depleted by African swine fever.

Pig Health & Disease

USDA confirms first swine pseudorabies cases in US since 2004

The small Iowa commercial swine herd of less than 100 hogs received five boars from the Texas herd several months ago.

Regulatory Updates

Elanco gets emergency OK for two NWS products

Negasunt Powder and Tanidil cleared for use in livestock ahead of potential U.S. fly invasion.

Animal Health & Veterinary

Florida issues import restrictions on Texas animals to prevent NWS

The Texas agriculture commissioner is responding to actions taken by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to restrict importation of animals into Florida from counties in Texas that are at high risk for New World screwworm.

Animal Health & Veterinary

Analysis finds 'significant shortfalls' in global livestock vaccination

Vaccination may be too costly for many livestock producers, pointing to a need for government intervention, researcher says.

African Swine Fever

More swine fever cases confirmed in Asia’s domestic pigs

While Taiwan has declared its territory free of African swine fever (ASF), ongoing outbreaks in pigs continue in the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam and a new area in India.

Animal Health & Veterinary

USDA, US Army Corps of Engineers break ground on Texas sterile fly production facility

New sterile fly production facility at Moore Air Base in Edinburg, Texas, will expanding the nation’s domestic capacity to combat New World screwworm.

Livestock & Poultry Diseases

Alert sounded for international spread of foot-and-mouth disease

As China records its first ever detection of the SAT 1 variant of the foot-and-month disease (FMD), further cases are confirmed in the Palestinian territories, Europe and southern Africa.

Avian Influenza

Wild bird study could slow HPAI spread in commercial poultry

Understanding how landscape diversity influences waterfowl movement could give producers a sharper tool for anticipating an avian flu outbreak.

Animal Health & Veterinary

USDA releases updated New World screwworm response playbook

The comprehensive guide is designed to support coordinated, science-based action should NWS be detected in the United States.

Poultry Health & Disease

6 need-to-know facts about coccidiosis in poultry

The disease is endemic in commercial facilities, with lasting economic and production consequences.

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