News - SHIC

Pork producers are being advised take steps to avoid the introduction of High Path Avian Influenza into the swine barn.

Pork producers are being encouraged to take advantage of the summer lull in disease transmission to take steps to enhance biosecurity.

North American pork producers are being encouraged to take every precaution and to focus on day-to-day biosecurity to keep disease causing organisms off the farm.

A survey of swine caretakers suggests a variety of factors play a role in the consistency of compliance with day-to-day biosecurity protocols.

The Associate Director of the Swine Health Information Center is advising pork producers, especially those operating sow farms, to be paying particular attention to porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome.

The Associate Director of the Swine Health Information Center reports continued increased porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome and Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea activity last month, a reflection of the winter weather.

The Associate Director of the Swine Health Information Center (SHIC) says the ongoing spread and resurgence of African Swine Fever remains the dominant global swine disease concern.

The Associate Director of the Swine Health Information Center suggests an accurate diagnosis of the cause of diarrhea in pigs is key to formulating the most effective treatment.

The Swine Health Information Center is exploring the potential of using tongue tips as a diagnostic tool to identify and track emerging diseases.

The Swine Health Information Center is inviting input from all pork sector stakeholders as it completes the development of its 2024 plan of work.