Dr. Charlie Broaddus, State Veterinarian with the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, reminds livestock and poultry owners and show managers that there is the potential for ...
Wilkes says that good biosecurity and advance planning will reduce the chances of spreading an infectious disease by people, animals, shoes and clothing or equipment. Show managers should have a ...
These practices focus on controlling people, animals, equipment, and vehicles that come in contact with livestock. Simple ...
Health challenges with PRRS and PED persist, along with emerging diseases at our doorstep such as New World screwworm.
A new University of Vermont study published today in Nature: Scientific Reports examines the social and psychological aspects of farmers’ decisions about whether or not to implement biosecurity ...
Drug-resistant bacteria are one of the most urgent health challenges of our time, affecting people, animals, and the ...
Campaign, in its fifth year, reinforces steps producers can take to help protect U.S. herd from deadly animal diseases like African swine fever.
Biosecurity should be top of mind for anyone showing animals, especially swine, at county and state fairs. University of Missouri Extension veterinarian Cory Bromfield said she’s noticed less concern ...
After more than a decade of controversy and delays, the nation's most secure biosecurity laboratory for research on potentially deadly animal and plant diseases has opened in Manhattan, Kansas.
British farmers are being exposed to animal disease risk because illegally imported meat seized at UK ports is not routinely ...