New reports highlight the concerning transboundary spread of a new serotype that evades current vaccines and increases the ...

A new $500,000 grant will help a Kansas State University researcher look for ways to control one of the most important viral agents in pigs: porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus. Megan ...

Continued transboundary expansion increases the risk of introduction via international travel, contaminated animal products ...

The novel sampler in combination with the novel way to analyze viruses could be useful “to understand how diseases get ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, located in Manhattan, Kansas, has been chosen as the Collaborating Centre for Genomic Monitoring of Viral Swine Diseases.

African swine fever (ASF) is one of the most devastating diseases affecting domestic pigs and wild boars worldwide. Since its ...

Swine flu, known as pandemic influenza or swine influenza, is an influenza virus that makes individuals ill. It is a ...

AMES, Iowa – After pioneering a system to improve swine health by collecting and publicizing pathogen testing results from large public veterinary laboratories across the Midwest, a team led by ...

Research from the University of Queensland has found the sex of feral pigs and seasonal conditions are likely to intensify potential disease outbreaks in pig populations. The work is published in the ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations agricultural specialists prepare to inspect a container of fruit shipments arriving at Penn Terminals in Eddystone, Pa., April 16, 2020.

Thailand's pig farms ravaged by suspected African swine fever NAKHON PATHOM, Thailand (Reuters) - Thai pig farmer Jintana Jamjumrus, 75, suspected two years ago that her herd had been infected with ...