Swine news - Pig health

Rafael Laguens García, president of the Veterinary Association of Soria and former president of the Federation of Veterinarians of Europe (FVE), has been elected as the new president of the World Veterinary Association.

The ICA establishes sanitary measures at ports, airports and border control points.

President moves legislation to ensure the control and eradication of African swine fever in the Philippines.

The application for mobile devices AVISE, allows the reporting of symptoms in animals that could indicate the presence of exotic diseases on farm or production unit.

Due to the outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in Greece transport vehicles for ungulates that return or enter from Greece to The Netherlands require additional cleansing and disinfection (C&D) immediately after entering The Netherlands.

Most communes have gone over a month without new cases of African swine fever, but authorities aren't celebrating just yet.

"Protecting America's Food and Agriculture Act of 2019" gives funding to increase national biosecurity.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Andrés Valencia Pinzón, reported that Colombia has once again achieved FMD-free status through vaccination.

The Greek Ministry of Agriculture has confirmed the presence of the ASF in a small farm located in Serres, in the north of the country.

ASF jumps south to the province of Davao Occidental. Fifteen districts are under investigation and at least 100,000 animals are at risk.

Brazil bans the import, manufacture, sale and use of tylosin, lincomycin and thiamulin as growth promoters.

The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) launches the second phase of its awareness campaign focusing on the role of travellers as carriers of African swine fever.

ASF cases continued to increase in EU countries during the past year and the disease appeared for the first time in Slovakia and Serbia.