Filtration audits help prepare for PRRS season
Regular biosecurity checks with a close look at filtration and ventilation systems will help prevent the spread of airborne pathogens like PRRS, according to Jeff Feder, DVM, Swine Vet Center, St. Peter, Minnesota.
SVC Newsletter – October 2021
October may bring PRRS, but it also is the best breeding time of the year! Are you ready?
New group prepares for possible ASF outbreak
The new Swine Health Improvement Program is designed to help the pork industry maintain exports in the face of a foreign animal disease outbreak.
SVC Newsletter – September 2021
Audit your biosecurity now with disease pressure expected to increase this winter.
Late-weaned, parity-1 sows benefit from skipped cycle
New gilts entering a farrowing room face some big demands for animals still maturing while supporting their first litters.
Don’t forget biocontainment of disease when following biosecurity plans
The latest disease outbreaks fueled by new disease variants are good reminders that the best biosecurity plans must include strategies to keep disease contained within a barn as well as ways to prevent new disease outbreaks.