Prevention/Treatment
Mannan oligosaccharides offer health benefits to pigs
Mannan oligosaccharides is a product made from the cell wall of yeast. It contains carbohydrates that may provide special benefits.
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FSIS identifies penicillin residues in culled sows
USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service reports that several penicillin G violative residues have surfaced in culled sows brought to market. The American Association of Swine Veterinarians provides insight and advice.
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Russia’s African Swine Fever outlook worsens
Russia’s encounter with African Swine Fever began earlier this year, and the future prognosis is not good. Current reports indicate that the virus has been identified in 20 of the country’s regions.
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European antimicrobial resistance report released
The European Food Safety Authority and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control have released a report on antimicrobial resistance among zoonotic and indicator bacteria submitted by 25 European Union Member States.
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Check out AHI’s new website
As a leading resource on animal health, AHI’s new site now features even more information and resources on the primary types of animal medicines, as well as an extensive section on the animal drug regulatory process and issues impacting the sector.
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Commentary: Keep your FAD guard up
When Americans think of issues involving border patrols, they think of drugs or human trafficking, but almost no one thinks about meat as illegal contraband. Yet such activities run the risk of exposing the U.S. wild and domestic animal herds to foreign animal diseases.
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PRRS Research Award recipients announced
Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. (BIVI) announced the four winners of its ninth annual Advancement in PRRS Research Awards. BIVI awarded $100,000 to support four separate studies by independent swine researchers and practitioners in their investigations of novel ways to diagnose, control and eradicate this costly swine disease.
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Pork producers invited to two-state swine seminar
Pork producers in northwest Iowa and southwest Minnesota are invited to attend the Swine Production Seminar March 10 in Okoboji. Iowa State University (ISU) Extension, University of Minnesota Extension and Hubbard Feeds are sponsoring the seminar for the second year.
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PRRS divides Indiana pork producers
As the Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) virus ravages pork operations throughout Indiana , producers are putting blame on each other and criticizing the Indiana State Veterinarian for neglecting to adequately protect their healthy herds from infection. The Indiana Prairie Farmer reports that the issue is primarily between hog finishers and pork producers with sow farrowing units.
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