Swine news - Pig health

Infected, surveillance, and buffer zones have been established along with restriction measures for each zone.There are 18 farms in the core and surveillance zones.

States and regions have met requirements such as improving official veterinary services and implementing a structured program to maintain a disease-free status.

The International Commission on Microbiological Specifications for Foods (ICMSF) has published its scientific opinion: “ICMSF opinion on SARS-CoV-2 and its relationship to food safety”.

The working group, North American Swine Health, was created by health authorities from Mexico, the United States, and Canada, in collaboration with the meat industry in each of the countries.

ASF suspected in wild boar carcass found in Brandenburg.

The aim is for veterinarians and producers to properly administer medications to both terrestrial and aquatic animals for consumption.

In about a week, eight more ASF outbreaks have occurred in the country. One of the outbreaks affected 6,000 pigs.

Use of 3rd and 4th generation fluoroquinolones and cephalosporins are at the lowest level since 2011.

EFSA has begun a major campaign to raise awareness and help halt the spread of African swine fever in south-east Europe.

The number of ASF outbreaks for the year has doubled in August, with the Lublin Voivodeship especially affected.

The Colombian Agriculture Institute (ICA) has declared 15 departments free of Aujeszky's disease.

Total human use of antibiotics in Spain fell by 5.4 % in 2019, while sales of veterinary antibiotics fell by 13.6 % in the same period.

There are several issues that make it difficult to eradicate ASF in the affected countries.

The new 62-km fence has been constructed near the border between the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Poland.

As a result of epidemiological surveillance efforts in Bolivar, the ICA investigated three reports of disease in pigs consistent with classical swine fever (CSF).

The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and FAO launch a joint initiative for the Global Control of African swine fever.

The volume exported so far in 2020 exceeds the 2019 balance for the same period by 37.01%.

Active ASF cases are down from the beginning of the year, but still high compared to last year.

An overview of the African swine fever outbreak situation in wild boar and domestic pigs for Asia, Africa, and Europe, according to reporting to the OIE.