
Swine news - Pig health
ASF in Asia: One year on, close to 5 million pigs lost
Almost 5 million pigs in Asia have now died or been culled because of the spread of African swine fever (ASF), a contagious viral disease that affects pigs and that was first detected in Asia one year ago this month.
ASF reaches Myanmar
African swine fever (ASF) continues spreading across Asia, and has now been confirmed in Myanmar, close to the border with the Chinese province of Yunnan.
New UK border campaign warns of threat of African swine fever
Boosting biosecurity and border measures to control African swine fever in Asia

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CFIA officially documents Canada's historical freedom from ASF
ASF in Bulgaria: outbreaks surge in domestic pigs, three of them on large farms.
Poland confirms ASF on a farm with more than 9,000 pigs
Located in the voivodate of Varmia and Masuria, it is the greatest outbreak detected in Poland so far.
First emergence of ASF in Slovakia
Slovakia confirms, for the first time, ASF in its territory. The disease has affected pigs kept on backyard farms near the border with Hungary.
ASF simulation exercise in Mexico
Bulgaria confirms the largest ASF outbreak on domestic pigs
The new confirmed outbreak, near the border with Romania, housed 17,000 susceptible animals.

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Bulgaria: massive information campaign to prevent the spread of the ASF
The Ministry launches a massive information campaign in the Bulgarian risk areas to prevent the spread of the African swine fever.
ASF in Belgium: evolution of the outbreaks since the first case
Drop in the number of positive wild boars found dead or culled by the health authorities since February 2019.
EU: The Commission would remain active in fighting ASF
EU: Agriculture Work programme of Finland's presidency
China confirms the existence of weak points in the control of ASF
Spain: drop in the consumption of colistin in pigs by 97.18%
The REDUCE program has reached a drop in the consumption of colistin in pigs by 97.18 % (2015-2018), although Spain still is among the countries with a greatest antibiotic consumption in the European Union.

African Swine Fever

Mexico: integral biosecurity to prevent the entry of ASF
ASF in Laos: The second confirmed outbreak is located near the border with Thailand
Vietnam faces pork scarcity
ASF in Vietnam: 11% of the pig census has been culled
North Ireland: detection of ASF DNA fragments in meat brought illegally by passengers
ASF Bulgaria: first outbreaks in domestic pigs in 2019, near Romania
African swine fever cases have been detected in domestic pigs in the province of Pleven, right beside the border with Romania.
