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Amanda Minton, Associate Director of Reproductive Technology at Acuity Swine and Karl Kerns, Assistant Professor at Iowa State University, discuss capturing relative phenotypes to help us understand and ultimately improve boar fertility.
Justin Fix, Director of Business Development and Genetic Improvement with Acuity and Caleb Shull, Director of Research at The Maschhoffs discuss how genetic evaluation varies from nucleus to commercial production and how that variation creates a bias in data analysis.
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The Honourable Heath MacDonald, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food is pleased to announce the Government of Canada has successfully established an African swine fever (ASF) zoning arrangement with Japan. This agreement is a significant step in Canada’s ongoing preparedness efforts, helping maintain access to this important market while supporting measures to contain and limit the spread of disease and protect animal health.
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NWS is a parasitic fly whose larvae can affect all warm-blooded animals, including but not limited to cattle, sheep, goats, horses, dogs, cats, birds, poultry, deer and elk. Animals coming to North Dakota from any state which has an active NWS quarantine in place, are required to be accompanied by a pre-entry permit number prior to import into North Dakota. The permit number is to be listed on the CVI.
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To better understand how swine viruses spread during transport, the Swine Health Information Center funded a Wean-to-Harvest Biosecurity Research Program study focused on the unloading process at the harvest plant, in partnership with the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research and Pork Checkoff. Led by Drs. Cesar Corzo and Lucas Ferreira at the University of Minnesota, the study tracked the presence of four major pathogens affecting the swine industry as a method to assess trailer contamination dynamics during unloading. Additional objectives were to identify key factors such as season, cleaning practices, and driver behaviors that influence contamination risk. Proper washing, disinfection, and drying of trailers significantly reduce viral contamination risk, while seasonal conditions strongly influence virus presence, requiring adjusted biosecurity strategies year-round. Read the industry summary of study #24-077 here. Harvest facilities are recognized as important nodes in the
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