Swine on two farms in Clark County in central Wisconsin contracted the pseudorabies virus, which can cause respiratory and reproductive problems in hogs. After identifying registered farms within a five-mile radius of the infected farms, officials spent four more days tracking down places where unregistered livestock was kept. Wisconsin's response to a potentially fatal swine disease last month was hindered by farms that failed to register where their animals are kept as required by law,...

MILWAUKEE (AP) The state's response to a potentially fatal swine disease was hindered last month by farms that failed to register where their animals are kept as required by law, officials say. Wisconsin became the first state in the nation a year and a half ago to require livestock premise registration in an effort to track down animals within 48 hours and help prevent the spread of disease. But when swine contracted pseudorabies on two Clark County farms in central Wisconsin, the state...

TO: Quote) said on Thursday it plans to shut down a pork processing plant in Toronto at the end of October, affecting about 100 jobs and resulting in a pretax charge of about C$5 million ($4. Maple Leaf, one of Canada's largest food processors, began to restructure its operations last year to exit the unprofitable hog production and pork export business and instead focus on higher-end meat processing. The company said it would book most of the pretax charge in 2007. The plant, located in...

IF THE 'non-cooperation movement' conceived by Mahatma Gandhi helped him to fight the British during India's freedom struggle, Indonesia, which took a leaf out of his book, used this weapon to take on the World Health Organisation and the developed nations in its struggle to gain access to vaccines produced using its bird flu samples in case of a pandemic. IF THE 'non-cooperation movement' conceived by Mahatma Gandhi helped him to fight the British during India's freedom struggle,...

Volunteers demolished the swine barn and show ring building at the Knox County Fairgrounds this spring and construction will begin next week on a livestock barn that increases the square footage by 45 percent. The show ring and hog building have been razed to make way for one large building that will take the place of the two. KNOXVILLE - The longest-running county fair in Illinois is building a new livestock exhibition center, one of the biggest projects in fair history. The new facility...