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Collaborative Effort to Keep ASF Out of U.S.

Paul Sundberg of the Swine Health Information Center discusses the focus of the pork industry and its stakeholders in battling African Swine Fever, and partnerships needed to study and prevent this zoonotic disease from infecting our nation's swine herds.

 

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Biosecurity essential to minimize PRRS risk on hog farms

Video: Biosecurity essential to minimize PRRS risk on hog farms


PRRS cost the U.S. swine industry an estimated $1.2 billion annually. What can managers and veterinarians do to minimize the risk in at a hog facility? Are there certain biosecurity protocols that help reduce the risk of this damaging virus infecting their herds? Joining us to provide management tips for the barn, feed mill and feed as we ramp up for possible PRRS infections this fall is Dr. Alex Hintz, a veterinarian with Novus.