HPAI no threat to pigs, but vets urge biosecurity vigilance
Sunday, May 03, 2015 9:00 AM
CARTHAGE, Ill....
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Hollis is a senior partner with Carthage Veterinary Services and District 5 director on the board of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians.
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Hollis said swine vets are urging producers to maintain stepped-up biosecurity in the wake of outbreaks of HPAI H5 strain throughout the upper Midwest and into the Plains and Northern Plains states.
?It?s not currently expected to infect or to create disease in people or pigs,? he said.
Hollis said that while pigs can become infected with influenza virus, at the moment, there is no evidence that herds have contracted the HPAI H5 virus.
?We don?t think it would create clinical disease. We don?t expect clinical disease in people or pigs. But we don?t want to risk any transmission,? he said.
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?Producers should enforce biosecurity. If they are going to use surface water, they should chlorinate it to prevent any possible transmission,? Hollis said.
Flu shots are the norm among those who work with hog herds, to protect everyone and to prevent humans from shedding virus to the pigs they?re around, and Hollis said vaccination of sow herds is encouraged.
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Hollis said farms also should encourage everyone who has contact with pigs to get an annual influenza vaccination.
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Sunday, May 03, 2015 9:00 AM
CARTHAGE, Ill....
...
Hollis is a senior partner with Carthage Veterinary Services and District 5 director on the board of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians.
...
Hollis said swine vets are urging producers to maintain stepped-up biosecurity in the wake of outbreaks of HPAI H5 strain throughout the upper Midwest and into the Plains and Northern Plains states.
?It?s not currently expected to infect or to create disease in people or pigs,? he said.
Hollis said that while pigs can become infected with influenza virus, at the moment, there is no evidence that herds have contracted the HPAI H5 virus.
?We don?t think it would create clinical disease. We don?t expect clinical disease in people or pigs. But we don?t want to risk any transmission,? he said.
...
?Producers should enforce biosecurity. If they are going to use surface water, they should chlorinate it to prevent any possible transmission,? Hollis said.
Flu shots are the norm among those who work with hog herds, to protect everyone and to prevent humans from shedding virus to the pigs they?re around, and Hollis said vaccination of sow herds is encouraged.
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Hollis said farms also should encourage everyone who has contact with pigs to get an annual influenza vaccination.
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