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Thompson’s tip: Regular worm monitoring

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Worms can still be a cause of financial loss in pigs. The main species of concern are ascarids (roundworms) which, in the course of the migration through the body, damage lungs and cause coughing.

European Union - CVO conclusions on animal disease surveillance systems in the EU

Following the seminar on animal disease surveillance held in the framework of the Working Party of Chief Veterinary Officers hosted by the Spanish Presidency, the Working Party adopted CVO conclusions which delegations will find attached to this note.

Netherlands - The Minister for Agriculture plans a reduction in the use of antibiotics in livestock

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The Dutch Minister for Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, Gerda Verburg, declared at the end of a recent government meeting that the use of antibiotics in livestock will have to be reduced by half in the next three years to reach the levels of 1999, and at least by 20% in 2011.
source: www.minlnv.nl

Guatemala free again from CSF

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According to the national coordinator of the CSF program of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food (Maga), David Orellana, the OIE have announced that Guatamala is once again a country free of classic swine fever.

United Kingdom - Bovine TB found in wild boar for first time in UK

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Scientists have found bovine TB in a feral wild boar for the first time in the UK. The discovery may raise fears among farmers that boars, along with badgers, could be contributing to bovine TB in cattle – but the researchers say the porcine species poses a low risk of spreading the disease to livestock or humans.
source: www.guardian.co.uk