Now Available: No-Cost RFID Eartags for Swine!

Dec 12, 2025

By Abbey Canon

Swine producers and State animal health officials can now order RFID (radio frequency identification) eartags at www.840swinetags.com at no cost! Tags are shipped directly from Merck Animal Health to your premises no middle step, no delay.

Producers:

Have a valid premises ID?
Know your sow or show pig count?

State Animal Health Officials:

Know the number of sows in your State?

You’re ready to order!

About the Swine Identification Initiative

Originally announced in August 2025, this initiative modeled after the successful no-cost RFID cattle tag program aims to strengthen national swine disease traceability. While traceability does not prevent disease, it significantly reduces the time needed to respond to outbreaks, helping to limit the number of affected farms and animals. This, in turn, minimizes economic impacts on producers and their communities

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Video: ASF Spread and Control Insights - Dr. Carles Vilalta

In this episode of The Swine it Podcast Show Canada, Dr. Carles Vilalta, epidemiologist at IRTA CReSA in Spain, explains the current African swine fever situation, including origin, transmission, and control strategies. He highlights the role of human activity, wild boar dynamics, and biosecurity measures to protect commercial farms. Learn how surveillance and field actions shape disease containment. Listen now on all major platforms!

"ASF demonstrates slow animal to animal transmission despite high infectivity, making it a clumsy disease that depends heavily on human mediated spread."

Meet the guest: Dr. Carles Vilalta / carlesvilalta is an epidemiologist, swine veterinarian, and researcher at IRTA-CReSA in Spain. His work focuses on epidemiology, swine health, disease surveillance, and research support for government and industry programs. Learn more from Dr. Carles Vilalta on The Swine it Podcast Show Canada, available on all major platforms.