
Swine news - Pig health
Belgium: Japan lifts embargo on pork meat
The lifting of the Japanese embargo is particularly significant as Japan represents an important market for the Belgian pork sector.
FAO: New guide to prevent COVID-19 spread in food businesses
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has just published guidance for preventing transmission of COVID-19 within food businesses that updates the interim guideline issued in April 2020.
Bulgaria: First ASF outbreaks in domesticated pigs of 2021
Two farms have reported outbreaks of ASF so far in 2021 affecting a total of 13,124 susceptible animals.
South Korea: First ASF outbreaks of the year in domesticated pigs
So far three ASF outbreaks on pig farms have been reported in 2021.
U.S. announces plan for zoonotic disease surveillance
This investment will ultimately help prevent and minimize the negative impacts of COVID-19 and other emerging and zoonotic diseases on animal health, the economy, public health, and food security.

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EU: Concern over possible ban on use of certain antibiotics for animal health
In mid-September, the European Parliament is due to vote on a ban on the use in animals of antibiotics of importance in humans.
ASF virus circulating in the Dominican Republic earlier than thought
OIE data show positive samples were found in backyard farms in April.
Latin America creates crisis committee for ASF prevention
A total of 22 organizations from 18 Latin American countries have formed a continent-wide committee to prevent the entry of African swine fever into the region.
Dominican Republic: ASF detected in 11 provinces
The authorities are going to intervene in the backyard farms in these provinces to prevent further spread of the disease.
Mexico and Colombia take measures in response to confirmed ASF in Dominican Republic
Following the confirmation of African swine fever (ASF) positive pigs in the Dominican Republic, Mexico and Colombia have taken extreme sanitary measures to prevent the introduction of this serious disease.
USDA confirms ASF in Dominican Republic
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory has confirmed African swine fever (ASF) in samples collected from pigs in the Dominican Republic through an existing cooperative surveillance program.


African Swine Fever
Poland: ASF outbreaks spike in domesticated pigs
To date, 31 outbreaks have occurred in domestic pigs, some of them located in areas where the disease had not been detected before.
Philippines: Pangasinan province receives aid for ASF recovery program
The Department of Agriculture has allocated PHP41.6 million for 18 localities and the province of Pangasinan that were affected by ASF.
China says ASF situation generally stable, but still complicated
So far this year, 11 cases of African swine fever have been reported in eight provinces.
Netherlands introduces protective measures against ASF from Germany, transport affected
The second cleaning and disinfection was already mandatory for Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Poland, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Greece, and all third countries.
Germany: Third case of ASF in domestic pigs
In the Märkisch-Oderland district, the presence of African swine fever has been confirmed in another farm of domestic pigs.
EFSA expands its campaign to fight ASF to new countries
EFSA is stepping up its efforts to halt the spread of African swine fever in Europe by expanding its campaign to a further nine countries.


First cases of ASF in domestic pigs in Germany
The Friedrich Loeffler Institute has confirmed the first cases in two domestic pig farms in Spree-Neisse and Märkisch-Oderland.
Germany keeps antibiotic use in animals at a low level
The results of the evaluation of antibiotic control over a seven-year period are presented in the third QS status report.
EU: ASF cases in pigs and wild boar on the rise
Both African swine fever outbreaks in wild boar (7,429) and in pigs (526) have increased compared to the same period last year.
ASF Germany: Brandenburg decides to establish a protection corridor along Polish border
The state crisis team to combat ASF in Brandenburg has decided to build a protection corridor along the border with Poland.
Use of antibiotics in animals is decreasing
The significant fall in antibiotic use in food-producing animals suggests that the measures taken at country level to reduce use are proving to be effective.
Poland's ASF situation is becoming increasingly more worrisome
The past month has been fraught with ASF outbreaks in pigs.
Poland confirms new ASF outbreaks in domestic pigs in new areas
So far this year, seven outbreaks of ASF have been detected in domestic pigs, three of them in the Lodzkie Voivodeship.

