Thailand - Livestock officers in various provinces tackle PRRS in pig farms[Latest swine news]Livestock officers have inspected pig farms in various provinces following reports of the Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) that has killed a large number of pigs in Nong Khai province.source: thainews.prd.go.th |
First PCV-2 / Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae vaccine combination registered in the European Union[Company news]The EU Commission has approved the simultaneous use of the pig vaccines Ingelvac CircoFLEX® and Ingelvac MycoFLEX® in the European Union. Boehringer Ingelheim will market this unique vaccine concept under the name FLEXcombo®. |
Vietnam - Efforts made to restore pig herds[Latest swine news]Nguyen Thanh Son, deputy director of the Department of Livestock Production spoke with Thoi Bao Kinh Te Viet Nam (Vietnam Economic Times) about pig farming after the outbreak of blue-ear pig disease.source: vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn |
Slovenia, Poland and Spain get Aujesky's upgrade[Latest swine news]EU veterinary experts have decided to upgrade the health status of several member states.the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health (SCOFCAH) agreed to declare Slovenia an Aujesky-free member state, while Poland and Spain were also upgraded to a regime of "special trade rules" aimed at consolidating progress made to date. source: www.agra-net.com |
Denmark - Stronger action against Salmonella and Campylobacter in food[Latest swine news]The government with the Socialists, Socialist People's Party, Danish People's Party, Liberal Party and Unity signed a new four-year agreement on a continued effort to bacteria in food. There is allocated approx. 25 million kroner a year of effort, which is a strengthening relative to the previous action against Salmonella and Campylobacter. At the same time reinforced efforts against antibiotic resistant bacteria.source: bites.ksu.edu |
USA - FDA issues draft guidance on the judicious use of medically important antimicrobials in food-producing animals[Latest swine news]The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued draft guidance intended to help reduce the development of resistance to medically important antimicrobial drugs used in food-producing animals.The draft guidance outlines the FDA’s current thinking on strategies to assure that antimicrobial drugs that are important for therapeutic use in humans are used judiciously in animal agriculture. The FDA acknowledges the efforts to date by various veterinary and animal producer organizations to institute guidelines for the judicious use of antimicrobial drugs, but the agency believes additional steps are needed. source: www.fda.gov |
Canada - Foot and Mouth scare offers opportunity to review procedures for addressing foreign animal disease[Latest swine news]The Canadian Swine Health Board says the pork industry can learn a lot from an incident last week in which operations at a Canadian pork processing plant were temporarily suspended over fears of foot and mouth disease.source: www.farmscape.ca |
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