Disease Alert: PED Jan 8, 2025
Swine Health Ontario is spearheading the Ontario initiative to improve disease prevention, detection, response, containment and elimination, leading to better decisions and added value at the farm and industry levels.
A gap is a hole in prices which occurs when the current day’s high is below the previous day’s low or when the current days low is above the previous day’s high. Gaps indicate a sudden change of direction and, if left unfilled, can hint toward a major price reversal. Until filled, the gap serves […]
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Record matching funds, research projects, and monitoring outputs underscore value of Pork Checkoff investment. The Swine Health Information Center has released its 2025 Progress Report, documenting record producer‑focused research investment, response to requests for proposals, and matching funds. The National Pork Board approved the report on January 14, 2026, and it is now available at swinehealth.org/plan-of-work. […]
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Global pork production is expanding again, but the rules governing who can sell — and where — are quietly changing. While output is climbing in major producing regions, disease risk is increasingly acting as a filter on global trade, shaping market access just as much as price or volume. This shift marks a structural change […]
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Air quality inside swine barns has always played a role in animal health and performance, but today it carries greater implications than ever—from respiratory health and productivity to worker safety, environmental expectations, and disease resilience. While ventilation systems are often blamed when issues arise, evaluating air quality starts with a simpler question: what are pigs […]
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Hannah Burlet, Frederic Beaudoin, Beatrice Sauve, Laetitia Cloutier, Matheus Costa, Danyel Bueno Dalto – While studies have looked at increasing a subset of vitamins during gestation, no published works have looked at increasing the concentrations of all vitamins normally included in vitamin premixes. This study set out to examine how a high vitamin diet, containing […]
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Evaluation of split suckling strategies on pre-wean piglet growth and mortality for high-producing sows Mikayla Spinler – 2025 Midwest ASAS
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A sustained focus on biocontainment and practical biosecurity has played a significant role in reducing the spread of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED) across Manitoba’s swine sector, according to Manitoba Pork. Since PED was first identified in the province in 2014, Manitoba experienced notable spikes in cases in 2017, 2019, and again in 2021–22. However, recent […]
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Spain has confirmed 21 additional cases of African swine fever (ASF) in wild boar populations in the northeastern region of Catalonia, according to regional authorities. The newly detected cases were found near previously reported positives, within the same six-kilometer surveillance radius surrounding the initial outbreak area near Barcelona. The latest confirmations bring the total number […]
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[email protected] Veterinarians are no longer simply implementing welfare standards. They are shaping how welfare is defined, measured, and achieved across modern production systems. As expectations rise and scrutiny extends beyond the farm gate, applied leadership grounded in science and reality has never mattered more. Key Perspectives “Animal welfare is no longer a single moment. It […]
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Global pork production continues to climb, but recent developments in China and Brazil signal that while supply is growing, trade dynamics are shifting in meaningful ways—with important implications for exporters, pricing pressure, and competitive positioning in 2026. In China, pork production reached record levels in 2025 as the country’s swine sector continued its recovery and […]
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