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Interest in Biosecurity Training Strong Among Ontario Pork Producers

(Farmscape Online) An estimated 40 percent of Ontario pork producers have now completed the first stage of a new national on-farm biosecurity training program. The National Biosecurity Training Program, developed by the Canadian Swine Health Board to familiarize pork …

MRSA in livestock acquired drug resistance on the farm, now infects humans

(American Society for Microbiology) Researchers have discovered that a strain of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria that humans contract from livestock was originally a human strain, but it developed resistance to antibiotics once it was picked up by farm animals. The findings, which appear in the online journal mBio on Tuesday, Feb. 21, illustrate a very  Read More »

Urgent measures to curb bird flu in Vietnam: Ministry

(SGGP) In addition, Quang Nam Province is facing high risk of the spread of foot-and-mouth disease in pigs, presently occurring in Que Son and Dien Ban Districts. Cao Duc Phat, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development on Feb.18 met members of the …

Science & Technology Directorate

(Fierce Homeland Security) NBAF is envisioned as a Biosafety Level 4 (the most dangerous possible) laboratory for the study of animal diseases and a replacement for the existing Plum Island Animal Disease Center, which is located off of Long Island, NY The Plum Island center, …

Protecting Our Borders

(National Hog Farmer) The Center for Food Security and Public Health is organized around a mission to thwart bioterrorism scares that may impact the US food supply. The Center is working to increase national preparedness for accidental or intentional introduction of …

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