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Pork Commentary: London Swine Conference Report
2016-04-12 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - This past week we attended the London Swine Conference held in London Ontario, writes Jim Long President – CEO Genesus Inc.
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Blueprint: Identification of the serotype-specific proteins in African swine fever
2016-04-11 11:29:00| National Hog Farmer
By D.L. Rock and D.G. Diel, Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois; A. Malogolovkin, G. Burmakina, N. Salnikov and D. Kolbasov, National Research Institute for Veterinary Virology and Microbiology, Russian Academy of Agriculture Science; E.R. Tulman and G. F. Kutish, Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science and Center of Excellence for Vaccine Research, University of Connecticut; and G. Delhon, School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences and Nebraska Center for Virology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln African swine fever is an emerging disease threat for the swine industry worldwide. No ASF vaccine is available, and progress is hindered by lack of knowledge concerning the extent of ASFV strain diversity and the viral antigens responsible for protection in the pig. Available data from vaccination/challenge experiments in pigs indicate ASF protective immunity may be hemadsorption inhibition serotype-specific. read more
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FDA takes steps to withdraw approval of the swine drug carbadox
2016-04-08 21:26:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: FDA The U.S. Food and Drug Administrations Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM) took the first step toward rescinding its approval of the use of carbadox to treat swine because the drug may leave trace amounts of a carcinogenic residue. read more
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Swine Health Information Center Commits $3.3m to Fighting Swine Disease in 2016
2016-04-06 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - The US based Swine Health Information Center has allocated over $3 million in 2016 to help the US pork industry become better prepared to respond to emerging disease threats, writes Bruce Cochrane.
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How Do US Biosurveillance Efforts Impact the Swine Industry?
2016-04-06 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
ANALYSIS - When you hear the word "biosurveillance", you may wonder who's watching who? In this case, the team at Iowa State University's Diagnostic Laboratory is playing the important role of surveilling or monitoring the overall health of the US swine industry.
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