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African Swine Fever

Vaccine development offers hope for ASF control in Asia

Jointly developed with the United States, two vaccines against African swine fever (ASF) are awaiting marketing authorization in Vietnam.

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African Swine Fever

African swine fever spreads to 7th Italian region

Affecting a wild boar, the first case of ASF in the Lombardy region was officially recorded last week.

Animal Health & Veterinary

Universal flu vaccine could extend protection for pigs

A vaccine intended for humans could come with some benefits for the livestock used to test the vaccine, researcher says.

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African Swine Fever

Proposition 12 could increase risk of ASF reaching US

Increased pork costs related to California law could lead to consumers seeking pork from outside of the United States

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Poultry Health & Disease

Oocyst patterns could monitor coccidia control in broilers

A combination of next generation diagnostics and probabilistic modeling quantifies oocyst per gram patterns that could help poultry producers better detect and monitor coccidiosis in poultry.

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African Swine Fever

Swine sample program could help speed up ASF detection

African swine fever isn't necessarily easy to identify and the U.S. has a shortage of veterinarians to collect samples, so a new program has been designed to help speed up the sampling process.

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African Swine Fever

Germany sees no early prospect of ASF vaccine

Four European states have registered new outbreaks among domestic pigs — Greece, Poland and Romania — while 10 countries have confirmed further cases in their wild boar populations.

Animal Feed Additives & Ingredients

Fungi could reduce mycotoxins, improve protein in DDGS

Low-cost technique to improve DDGS could come with a multitude of benefits, and might work to enhance other feed ingredients, researcher says.

Corn Mycotoxins

Animal Health & Veterinary

Why are pig mortality rates higher in the US?

Kansas State University Distinguished Professor Mike Tokach shares several hypotheses on pig mortality while speaking at World Pork Expo.

Livestock & Poultry Diseases

Educating travelers with food can prevent spread of FADs

The risk of a foreign animal disease being spread by someone bringing food from another country may be low, but the consequences could be very high.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents work to educate travelers that something as simple as entering the country with a ham sandwich could lead to an animal disease outbreak.

African Swine Fever

ASF restrictions eased in 1 German state

Further cases of African swine fever have been reported in domestic pigs in Greece, Italy, Romania and western Russia, while new outbreaks in wild boar have been confirmed in 12 European countries.

Animal Health & Veterinary

Be prepared in case HPAI, ASF strike in US at same time

State and federal veterinary officials may be spread thin from an outbreak of one animal disease to be able to fully devote to an outbreak of another disease, a National Pork Board official cautioned.

Stephanie Wisdom, animal welfare director for the National Pork Board, says that if African swine fever were to be confirmed in a U.S. pig herd, veterinary officials may already be spread thin due to a possible highly pathogenic avian influenza response.

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