Posted by Administrator on July 22 2009 15:11
World response to swine flu crisis
Good hygiene can help prevent infection with swine flu
The rapid spread of the swine flu pandemic has forced the World Health Organization (WHO) to change tack.
The focus now should be on quick response to severe outbreaks to minimise impact, rather than on attempting to halt growth of the virus, it says.
The WHO has stopped producing lists of laboratory-confirmed cases of swine flu as it says this is a waste of resources.
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Posted by Administrator on July 22 2009 15:09
Obama should push China on pork and beef
(AFP) – 23 hours ago
WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama should press visiting Chinese officials next week to open China's markets to banned US beef and pork exports, Republican Senator Charles Grassley said Tuesday.
"I ask that when meeting with the visiting delegation from China next week, your administration raise the issue of China?s continued barriers to exports of US pork and beef," Grassley said in a letter to Obama.
"These scien... [More]
Posted by Administrator on July 22 2009 15:01
January 7, 2009 —
During the previous decade several studies focused on postpartum treatment with prostaglandin for improvement of reproductive performance in sows. The aim of the study was to investigate the effect of administration of a prostaglandin F(2 alpha) (PGF(2 alpha)) analogue in sows within 24-48 h after farrowing on sow and litter performance. In five commercial farms, the sows were randomly assigned to either treatment A (2 ml cloprostenol, Planate) or treatment B ... [More]
Posted by Administrator on July 22 2009 14:58
January 7, 2009 —
The European Food Safety Authority's (EFSA) Task Force on Zoonoses Data Collection has published an analysis of the risk factors related to Salmonella in slaughter pigs within the European Union (EU). Whilst the results revealed that Salmonella infected pigs were more likely to lead to Salmonella contaminated carcasses, these could also come from uninfected pigs. Moreover, the Salmonella carcass contamination was more likely to happen in some slaughterhouses t... [More]
Posted by Administrator on July 22 2009 14:39
May 6, 2009 — Harry Snelson
U.S. officials are beginning to put the recent H1N1 influenza cases into perspective. To date the virus has been confirmed in only a few hundred human cases and one mortality among U.S. citizens. In comparison, the normal seasonal influenza sickens hundreds of thousands and kills over 35,000 in the U.S. annually. Officials have begun to suggest that extraordinary precautions such as school closings may have little to no effect on the spread of the vir... [More]
Posted by Administrator on July 22 2009 14:31
May 11, 2009 —
As the market for organic products continues to increase, some pork producers might want to consider a change to that type of production. Research results from the Organic Trade Association show sales of United States organic products, including pork, grew more than 17 percent from 2007 to 2008, and the consumer demand is expected to continue despite the current economic downturn.
Iowa State University (ISU) animal science professor Mark Honeyman said consumer d... [More]
Posted by Administrator on July 22 2009 14:25
H1N1, the so-called swine flu, probably came together thanks to a few unwitting human jet-setters, scientists say.
It looked like an open-and-shut case.
More than half the genes in the H1N1 virus behind the current flu outbreaks were traced to pigs. The first person known to be sickened with swine flu in Mexico, the outbreak's epicenter, lived near an industrial farm that produces almost a million hogs a year.
The virus was quickly dubbed "swine flu."
Officials in Egypt ordered destruction o... [More]
Posted by Administrator on July 22 2009 14:25
May 13, 2009 —
Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae Koganei 65-0.15 strain, the live swine erysipelas vaccine for subcutaneous injection, has been shown to colonize the tonsils of pigs after oral inoculation. We thus evaluated the possible use of the strain as a vector for oral vaccination against mycoplasmal pneumonia of swine. Recombinant E. rhusiopathiae strains expressing the C-terminal domain of the P97 adhesin of Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae were constructed and examined for vaccine ... [More]
Posted by Administrator on July 22 2009 13:06
May 27, 2009 —
Emerging concerns of vector-borne diseases continue to face livestock industries globally. The United States Animal Health Association (USAHA) and American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD) are prepared to take a hard look at the United States ability to address these diseases. During the annual meeting of USAHA and AAVLD a Joint Plenary Session entitled "Emerging Vector-Borne Diseases: What's the Risk?" has been scheduled. The Annual Me... [More]
Posted by Administrator on July 22 2009 13:06
May 27, 2009 —
Emerging concerns of vector-borne diseases continue to face livestock industries globally. The United States Animal Health Association (USAHA) and American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD) are prepared to take a hard look at the United States ability to address these diseases. During the annual meeting of USAHA and AAVLD a Joint Plenary Session entitled "Emerging Vector-Borne Diseases: What's the Risk?" has been scheduled. The Annual Me... [More]