Minimal transmission of live flu vaccine for piglets Transmission levels of a live influenza A virus vaccine in piglets are minimal for up to 6 days.
Wrapping up October: What’s new in the world of pigs? With EuroTier soon starting, many companies are presenting novelties. Looking further, what other developments...
British researchers: Pig immunology breakthrough British researchers have generated tools that allow scientists to understand a vital area of the pig immune...
Flu outbreak reduces boar semen quality An accidental outbreak of influenza A virus has been demonstrated to reduce semen quality in boars, US...
Wrapping up November: What’s new in the world of pigs? This November showed the transportation of pig genetics from more than one place in the world to the Wens Group...
How does Swine Influenza A (H6N6) virus transmit? Researchers from both the United States and China have, in a joint effort, classified a newly emerged strain of...
Business Update: Swine flu & online tools Every week, Pig Progress looks back on the previous week’s business news, conveniently capturing and summarising...
Undetected strains of H3N8 in pigs raises concerns Scientists have shown for the first time that two different strains of the H3N8 influenza A virus (IAV) are able...
International meeting focusses on swine influenza Eighty experts from all over Europe are expected to attend a special meeting on swine flu in Germany in June....
Knowledge gaps in fight against animal influenza How do influenza viruses become able to jump from one species to another? Under which conditions does our immune...
US: Pig producers, workers urged to get flu vaccination In anticipation of this flu season, the Pork Checkoff is reminding producers, farm personnel, veterinarians and...
Decreasing the viral load of influenza A using ions Electrostatic particle ionisation technology could be a method to combat swine influenza in pig farms.
UK: Swine influenza in a third of herds Data gathered from surveys in both Scotland and Northern Ireland show that more than a third of herds surveyed...
US: New tools to manage PEDv Many of the key learnings gained from area regional control (ARC) programs targeted at PRRS virus over the last...
Better Pharma: 2014 sales reach 5 billion baht Better Pharma, one of Thailand's largest animal pharmaceutical producers and part of the Betagro group, expects...
USDA to give $20 million to reduce damage by feral swine The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has launched a US$20 million programme to reduce the devastating damage...
BLOG: Viral matters There have been a number of matters relating to viral infections in pigs that have tickled my interest recently.
BLOG: Antimicrobial use monitoring – what is the best... Following on from my last weblog, how should we move forward with monitoring of antimicrobial use in pigs in the...
3 different swine flu strains on pig farms 3 separate strains of influenza A virus (IAV) have been detected in animal and environmental samples taken from...
Cough monitoring alerts vets two weeks earlier Recent trials have made it very clear what computer monitoring can achieve. An early warning system consisting...
CAHE gearing up to be one of the world’s major shows Mid-May is going to be a very busy month for the global livestock industry. While Europe and North America...
H1N1 in 2009: Lessons from America The Argentinian specialist Dr Carlos Juan Perfumo has been analysing particular features of the so-called...
Updated - Photo Report: IPVS Congress, Cancún, Mexico The 23rd edition of the International Pig Veterinary Society (IPVS) Congress has kicked off in Cancún, Mexico....