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OIE - Investing in biosecurity: a key step to curb the spread of animal diseases
Animal diseases, such as avian influenza or African swine fever, know no borders and can continually affect new areas. Reducing the risk is possible through the implementation of procedures designed to avoid the introduction and spread of pathogens in animal populations.
Romania confirms ASF in Dimbovitam
Affected animals have been detected in the center of the country.
Denmark will control the use of zinc on pig farms
The monitoring will be carried out on some 200 farms where zinc has been prescribed in the last 6 months.
ASF in China spreads to a new province
African swine fever has now been detected in the province of Inner Mongolia.
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NewsCSF in Japan: new case in a wild boar
A dead wild boar confirmed positive to CSF was found within the 10km radius from the affected farm.
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Ceva Animal Health unveils new global headquarters: a strategic ..UK: FSA report on levels of AMR in retail pork
A systematic review of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the food chain by the Food Standards Agency (2016) concluded that there was a lack of data on AMR prevalence in British-produced food, leading to difficulty in monitoring trends or producing risk assessments for the exposure of consumers.
Superbugs: MEPs advocate further measures to curb use of antibiotics
The growing threat posed by antibiotic-resistant bacteria can only be tackled through a “One Health” approach, MEPs said on Wednesday.
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NewsBelgium confirms an outbreak of ASF
Two wild boar carrying the African swine fever virus have been detected in the commune of Etalle.
ASF in Sardinia: decrease in outbreaks
Sardinia has gone from more than 100 outbreaks in 2013 to 3 in 2018.
EU: new Director-General to its health and food safety department
Ms Anne Bucher, the current chair of the Commission's Regulatory Scrutiny Board, will take over as head of the Commission's Directorate-General for Health and Food Safety (DG SANTE) on 1 October.
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NewsUkraine imposes restrictions on Polish pig/pork products
The presence of ASF in several Polish voivodates has forced the Ukrainian authorities to impose certain restrictions.
African Swine Fever
All the information about ASF: how to recognize the disease, how it is transmitted, pictures of lesions, latest news, guides, etc.
ASF in China now affects 6 provinces
The disease has been detected in the provinces of Liaoning, Henan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and Heilongjiang.
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NewsAntibiotic use in UK pig production in 2017
Overall antibiotic usage in pigs halved in just two years between 2015 and 2017.
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NewsJapan confirms an outbreak of CSF
Japan has confirmed the first outbreak of classical swine fever in 26 years.
FAO: Asian countries warned that deadly ASF is ‘here to stay’
Asian countries warned that deadly African Swine Fever is ‘here to stay’ – utmost diligence required to avoid major damage to food security and livelihoods.
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NewsCanada: Responsible use of Medically Important Antimicrobials in animals
MIAs for veterinary use will be sold by prescription only.
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NewsChina confirms an ASF outbreak in a new province
The new outbreak is located in the province of Heilongjiang, where we can find the live pig market that supplied the abattoir in the province of Henan.
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NewsUS: Pork industry focuses on feed ingredients to combat ASF threat
Swine industry experts now have some peer-reviewed science to rely on when looking at ways to mitigate the current risk posed by ASF in China.
Commission authorises five Genetically Modified products for food and feed use
Decisions concern 2 new authorisations and the renewal of 3 existing authorisations.
China is still confirming new ASF cases
New outbreaks have been confirmed in the provinces of Anhui and Jiangsu, already affected by the disease.
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NewsFirst ASF case in Bulgaria
African swine fever has been detected in Bulgaria for the first time and has affected pigs on a backyard farm in the province of Varna.
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NewsASF in China: two new outbreaks
The outbreaks have been detected in the provinces of Zhejiang and Anhui.
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NewsASF threatens to spread from China to other Asian countries
The movement of pig products can spread diseases quickly and, as in this case of ASF, it's likely that the movement of such products, rather than live pigs, has caused the spread of the virus to other parts of China.