Two States Report New Avian Influenza Cases
By Courtney Love 9/19/2022 Tennessee and Nebraska have confirmed two new cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza in backyard flocks. Tennessee is the 40th state to have a flock test positive for bird flu as the disease resurges in certain parts of the nation. For Nebraska, this is its ninth case since April. According to […]
Wind, PRRS and Pig Farm Biosecurity: Learn from Our Outbreak
By BENNY MOTE-UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN Traditionally, Nebraska has fared better than many of our neighbors when it comes to swine diseases such as porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) and porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED). However, the last several months have been extremely brutal here in Nebraska in relation to PRRS breaks. High health farms that have […]
Salmonella Standards: FSIS Turns its Focus to Pork
The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is taking a closer look at Salmonella performance standards for livestock as part of a comprehensive approach to reduce human illness by Salmonella by 25%. Last October, FSIS announced it would be mobilizing a stronger and more comprehensive effort to reduce Salmonella illnesses associated with poultry products. […]
Economic consequences of stopping ‘thinning’ in broiler production
Retail chicken prices would have to rise to compensate stopping partial depopulation of broiler flocks. Flock ‘thinning’ is often used in broiler production to optimise the use of farm space and rear a larger number of birds while still respecting the EU regulations that set the maximum stocking density in a house at 42 […]
Don’t be on the fence about biosecurity. Create a plan.
Free online templates walk farmers through biosecurity questions to develop a farm plan. Mindy Ward | Jul 07, 2022 Cattle farmers lag behind both poultry and pork producers when it comes to protecting the nation’s beef industry from a disease outbreak. Developing a biosecurity plan can help close the gap. In Kansas, Justin Smith, Kansas Department […]