News - SHIC

The Associate Director of the Swine Health Information Center says the onset of warmer weather offers pork producers an opportunity to take steps to improve the biosecurity of their farms.

The Swine Health Information Center suggests, with warmer temperatures on their way, spring is a good time to start making plans for eliminating pathogens from the farm.

The Swine Health Information Center (SHIC) has added a new “facilities” category to its domestic swine disease monitoring report to help pork producers and veterinarians keep on top of disease transmission risks due to environmental contamination.

The Swine Health Information Center is encouraging North American pork producers to maintain their focus on biosecurity in the face of new developments related to the global spread of foreign animal diseases.

The Swine Health Information Center is encouraging pork producers impacted by Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome to be aware of the specific strains of PRRS circulating on their farms and in their regions.

The Swine Health Information Center (SHIC) is calling for a stepped-up focus on biosecurity in response to increases in the prevalence of PRRS, PED and Influenza A over the past month.

The Swine Health Information Center (SHIC) advises stepped up biosecurity as the colder weather hits. SHIC Associate Director Dr. Lisa Becton says colder weather is always more challenging and we’re seeing increased disease pressure.

Animal health officials are responding to the first case of a pig in the United States testing positive for high path H5N1 avian influenza.

The Swine Health Information Center (SHIC) is advising pork producers to step up their focus on biosecurity heading into the fall manure application season.

The Associate Director of the Swine Health Information Center is encouraging pork producers to be reviewing biosecurity heading into the fall.