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PEDV Impacts Disease Trends
2014-06-02 23:38:00| National Hog Farmer
By Kent Schwartz, Veterinary Diagnostician, Iowa State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Does biosecurity have benefits beyond PEDV? PEDV has spread rapidly in the U.S., particularly in the period from December 2013 through March 2014. Although losses are severe, this disease has illuminated gaps in our national, regional, local, and farm-level biosecurity programs. Many producers and veterinarians have shored up biosecurity protocols with emphasis on consistent execution on a daily basis doing it right ALL the time. If biosecurity really matters, might one expect changes in the trends in frequency of diagnosis of other diseases? read more
Lyme Disease: A Growing Epidemic, Thats Hard To Diagnose
2014-06-01 16:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vermont Standard: Dr. Rex Carr has already received six calls about tick bites so far this year. He said at the moment its shaping up to be the worst year ever for ticks and Lyme disease. The disease, which is transmitted by infected ticks can cause joint pain and complications with the heart and nervous system, is a growing epidemic in the state, with 674 confirmed cases last year. But Carr is 100 percent positive it goes undertreated. Doctors are afraid of being accused of making a mistake, of treating somebody...
US Agencies Join Forces for Future Foodborne Disease Outbreaks
2014-05-29 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Federal agencies have agreed to join their expertise during investigations into foodborne disease outbreaks in future.
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Weekly Overview: Europe Feels the Pig Disease Squeeze
2014-05-27 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GLOBAL - At the VIV Europe trade show in the Netherlands last week, a Russian veterinarian described his country's experiences with African swine fever, while the porcine epidemic diarrhoea (PED) virus seems only now to be starting to loosen its grip in the Americas.
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As Waters Recede, Serbias Worries Turn to Disease
2014-05-21 23:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: For five days, as rain pelted the Balkans and the waters rose, Jovanka Sreckovic, 85, waited in bed in her tiny house, barely a hut, beside the Sava River. Ms. Sreckovic, unable to walk, had no food, no water, no medicine and no electricity, and felt herself sinking into sickness with nothing but a childrens book about Jesus to pass the time. And then, on Saturday, a squad of frantic police officers from neighboring Montenegro bashed in her front door and snatched her away so fast that she had...
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