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Pig producers warned to be on the lookout for virus

Seneca Valley virus is a concern because its symptoms are the same as those for foot-and-mouth

By Alexis Kienlen, Shannon VanRaes December 29, 2015

Pork industry leaders are warning producers to be on the lookout for a new virus that has been showing up in hogs in the midwestern U.S. and Canada in recent months. Producers are advised to contact their veterinarians immediately and not move hogs if they detect blisters around their mouth, hoof, or nose. Seneca Valley

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

USDA takes first step to import fresh beef from Brazil, Argentina

By GFM Network News, Reuters June 29, 2015

Chicago | Reuters — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending its regulations to allow fresh beef into the U.S. from Brazil and Argentina under specific conditions that mitigate risk of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), the agency said Monday. “This is the first step of a process for these

Livestock

Vesicular stomatitis: A travel advisory

Horse Health: The rules have changed for transporting horses across Canada-U.S. border

By Carol Shwetz February 13, 2015

The importance of vesicular stomatitis to horse owners in Western Canada is relatively small, that is unless your horse(s) are travelling to or from southwestern locations in the United States. If so vesicular stomatitis will demand significant attention in your travel plans. Although Canada is currently free of vesicular stomatitis and has been since it

Beef cattle, Livestock

CFIA hands over anthrax control to provincial authorities

By Daniel Winters June 19, 2013

Manitoba’s Office of the Chief Veterinarian is moving in as the Canadian Food Inspection Agency pulls out of the anthrax business. The agency announced last fall it would be handing over responsibility to provincial authorities, saying the endemic presence of anthrax in some areas means eradication is not feasible. It wants its staff to focus

Livestock

U.K. scientists develop safer foot-and-mouth vaccine

By Ben Hirschler April 9, 2013

Reuters / British scientists have developed a new vaccine against foot-and-mouth disease that is safer and easier to manufacture, an advance they believe should greatly increase production capacity and reduce costs. The technology behind the livestock product might also be applied to make improved human vaccines to protect against similar viruses, including polio. The new

International news, Livestock, News

Farmers square off against animal lovers over badger cull

By Alessandra Rizzo October 26, 2012

Reuters / Senseless massacre to some, a necessary evil to others, a plan to cull thousands of wild badgers to stem the spread of tuberculosis in cattle is sharply dividing rural England. Marksmen could start the cull any day but details are being kept secret for fear of clashes between farmers determined to protect their

Livestock, News, Other livestock

FAO raises alarm over new foot-and-mouth disease strain

March 29, 2012

reuters / A new strain of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) has hit Egypt and threatens to spread throughout North Africa and the Middle East, jeopardizing food security in the region, the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said March 22. There have been 40,222 suspected cases of the disease in Egypt and 4,658 animals, mostly

Hogs, Livestock, Livestock Markets, News

THE ASIAN MARKET: Opportunities and risks

By Allan Dawson March 14, 2012

It could be a great time to be a North American hog producer, then again, it might not be. Either way grain farmers win, according to this year’s Kraft Lecturer. Asia needs a lot more meat. It’s cheaper to produce pork in North America, so North American pork exports should, in theory, increase, according to

Livestock

South Korea Lifts Tariffs On Chilled Pork Imports

By Cho Mee-young August 4, 2011

SEOUL/REUTERS South Korea, battling to curb inflation while recovering from its worst outbreak of foot-and- mouth, will impose zero tariffs on all imports of chilled pork for food processing through Sept. 30, the Finance Ministry said in a statement Aug. 2. The move was “to ease tight supplies of raw pork due to foot-and-mouth,” the

Hogs, Livestock

Don’t Bring This Baggage Home

August 4, 2011

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is urging travellers to be mindful of the role they play in keeping Canada free of serious foreign animal diseases. “Travellers should be extra vigilant at the border in light of recent outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease in Asia, classical swine fever in Europe, and African swine fever in Russia. While

Daily Network News

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Tag Archives Foot-and-mouth disease

Pig producers warned to be on the lookout for virus

USDA takes first step to import fresh beef from Brazil, Argentina

Vesicular stomatitis: A travel advisory

CFIA hands over anthrax control to provincial authorities

U.K. scientists develop safer foot-and-mouth vaccine

Farmers square off against animal lovers over badger cull

FAO raises alarm over new foot-and-mouth disease strain

THE ASIAN MARKET: Opportunities and risks

South Korea Lifts Tariffs On Chilled Pork Imports

Don’t Bring This Baggage Home

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