17 Nov
Improving Salmonella Controls to Maintain Consumer Trust
  • Posted by Dr. Charles Hofacre

Improving Salmonella Controls to Maintain Consumer Trust

As we have known for a long time, Salmonella organisms follow a simple process over the course of their life: Get into the intestinal tract of a host animal; Multiply; Get out of the host animal alive; and Find another intestinal tract as soon as possible. Controlling Salmonella is

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12 Nov
Risk and Mitigation of African Swine Fever in Feed
  • Posted by Anitox

Risk and Mitigation of African Swine Fever in Feed

More than 90 cases of African Swine Fever (ASF) have been confirmed in wild boar in Germany since mid-September, leading to suspension of German pork imports into China, South Korea, Japan, and the Philippines. As the Chinese swine industry continues to recover from its latest ASF

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21 Oct
How Technology Could Predict Future PEDv Outbreaks
  • Posted by Anitox

How Technology Could Predict Future PEDv Outbreaks

Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDv) has had a dramatic impact on the U.S. swine industry since it first appeared in the United States in 2013. By some estimates, PEDv has cost over $1.8 billion in losses, led to the culling of 8 million pigs, and touched approximately 50% of all sow

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14 Oct
Meet the Anitox Insight Experts
  • Posted by Anitox

Meet the Anitox Insight Experts

Here at Anitox, we provide pathogen control programs that safeguard millions of tons of feed and feed ingredients globally each year. Our products are the most cost-effective solution for preventing pathogen contamination and protecting against recontamination. Anitox is a privately owned

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12 Oct
CRISPR - SeroSeq as a tool to reveal Salmonella Populations
  • Posted by Anitox

CRISPR - SeroSeq as a tool to reveal Salmonella Populations

While there are over 2,600 serotypes of Salmonella, a smaller number are commonly linked to human illness. Conventional culture-based identification culminates in selecting a small number of colonies. This poses a problem when multiple serotypes are present in a sample, as it tends to

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29 Sep
Feed Essential to Biosecurity Plans as ASF Is Confirmed in Germany
  • Posted by Anitox

Feed Essential to Biosecurity Plans as ASF Is Confirmed in Germany

Whenever there’s a new incidence of a notifiable disease, the local authorities swing into action, implementing crisis management plans to contain the spread of the infection. As news disseminates, there’s inevitability renewed interest from a broader audience into the questions ‘how did

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