Category Archives: Animal Health

An ongoing collaboration between SHIC and the Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases at the University of Georgia examines spillover risk of bacteria from North American wild mammal species into the US swine herd. This collaboration will result in enhanced information needed to prevent, prepare, and respond to emerging diseases and their potential impact on swine health, welfare, and market.

This summer, the Swine Health Information Center Board of Directors voted to proceed with a collaborative effort to focus on wean-to-harvest biosecurity. SHIC, along with the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research, an organization advancing actionable science to develop tools, technologies, and information benefiting farmers, consumers and the environment, and Pork Checkoff, will fund a Wean-to-Harvest Biosecurity Program to be implemented over the next two years.

In a SHIC-funded effort aimed at increasing swine disease prevention and preparedness, staff with the Morrison Swine Health Monitoring Project are developing a methodology to communicate with project participants whenever a swine disease is occurring in the region near their sites. Whether an endemic or emerging disease, the goal is to be able to quickly report regional status to producers, allowing them to take precautions to protect their herds, per Dr. Mariana Kikuti, researcher, University of Minnesota Department of Veterinary Medicine.

The Swine Health Information Center’s (SHIC) September Domestic Swine Disease Monitoring Report is available.

Kansas State University has released new recommendations for sampling feed that officials say will help meet the agricultural industry’s need to limit the presence of pathogens in feed mills.

Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome costs the United States over $500 million annually (1). The repeated emergence of new genetic variants of PRRSV-2, the causative virus, reflects the failure of previous control efforts.

The National Pork Board, in collaboration with AASV, developed a guide for youth exhibitors of all ages and levels of experience.

Sticky, gooey glitter snot. Squirt guns. Vials of mucus. Sound appealing?

Population-based sampling schemes do not cover all pig production phases, such as stillborn and newborn pig groups.

The Swine Health Information Center’s (SHIC) August Domestic Swine Disease Monitoring Report is available.