Uncategorized

Emerging diseases often come with familiar names coupled with increased risk and need for response. For example, in the U.S., the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) L1C variant of RFLP 1-4-4 has been a significant challenge in the Upper Midwest for two years and now PRRSV L1C 1-2-4 has become a concern, the […]

Saskatchewan’s Agriculture Minister is applauding a cooperative government industry partnership that’s helping prepare for the trade disruptions that could occur as a result of a foreign animal disease incursion.

The identification of African Swine Fever in wild boar in Greece highlights the Swine Health Information Center’s monthly global swine disease surveillance report.

Syria is still dealing with the aftermath of a deadly earthquake in Turkey that affected the surrounding area. Doctors Without Borders, or Médecins Sans Frontières, are working on recovery efforts. Syrian officer Sherwan Qasem joins us.

Beef cattle inventories across the United States are at their lowest point in more than six decades, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

University of Minnesota researchers recently led successful efforts to work on African swine fever virus (ASFV) and developed and validated a surrogate virus for ASFV, a disease that has devastated pig populations and pork production in countries around the world. 

Purchasing a bull is one of the most consequential decisions that a cow-calf operation can make. Bulls play an outsized role in the long-term genetic progress of our herds

While these temperatures are tolerable (well, the warmer temps anyway), the rapid change in temperature makes it much more difficult to acclimatize to and will require additional management to maintain productivity.

Lucas and Alise Sjostrom of Brooten, Minn. have been selected as the Holstein Foundation’s 2023 Young Dairy Leaders Institute Distinguished Alumni Leader award recipients

Dutch officials have identified a single case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, commonly known as “mad cow disease”, in a cow carcass, the agriculture ministry said Wednesday.