Penn State Ag Sciences Newsline -- May 5, 2009

Biosecurity measures will help keep swine flu from nation's pork herds (:54)

[Click here to listen, or right-click to download and save MP3 audio file]

Suggested Intro:

AS THE H1N1 FLU SPREADS AMONG PEOPLE WORLDWIDE, CANADIAN AUTHORITIES TOOK ACTION AGAINST A SURPRISE OUTBREAK IN THAT COUNTRY'S SWINE HERDS. A VETERINARIAN IN PENN STATE'S COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES SAYS BIOSECURITY PRECAUTIONS OFFER PROTECTION FOR AMERICA'S SWINE PRODUCERS. GARY ABDULLAH HAS MORE:

Story:

(:17) THE VIRUS, WHICH WAS FIRST IDENTIFIED IN MEXICO, HAS TURNED UP IN HUNDREDS OF PIGS IN ALBERTA, CANADA. BUT PENN STATE ATTENDING VETERINARIAN JACOB WERNER SAYS ESTABLISHED BIOSECURITY PROCEDURES IN PLACE AT PENN STATE AND OTHER AMERICAN HERDS SHOULD KEEP MOST INVASIVE DISEASES FROM GETTING A TOEHOLD IN THIS COUNTRY:

Werner Actuality:
(:19) "THE IDEAL THING IS TO KEEP ANY MAJOR DISEASE OUT OF OUR SWINE HERDS AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO WITH GOOD BIOSECURITY PRACTICES. SO, NO, WE WON'T CHANGE MUCH OF WHAT WE'RE DOING. WE MIGHT ELEVATE THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING TO ANOTHER LEVEL, BUT BIOSECURITY HAS ALWAYS BEEN PART OF THE SWINE INDUSTRY AND I THINK THIS IS JUST A REMINDER OF WHY WE DO THE THINGS THAT WE DO."

(:15) WERNER POINTS OUT THAT THE SO-CALLED SWINE FLU IS NOT A FOODBORNE ILLNESS, AND POSES NO THREAT TO THE NATION'S PORK SUPPLY. FOR UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ON THE OUTBREAK, CHECK THE H-1-N-1 SPOTLIGHT AT PENN STATE' S COLLEGE OF AG SCIENCES WEB SITE, AT AG-SCI DOT P-S-U DOT E-D-U FOR PENN STATE, I'M GARY ABDULLAH.

# # #

Learn more:

"Good biosecurity can help producers keep swine flu in check" (from the Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences news archives/Penn State Live)

 

[AIRWAVES] [STORY INDEX] [NEWS RELEASES] [RELATED LINKS] [HOME]