Swine news - Pig health

The use of antibiotics, expressed in daily doses, has dropped once more.

To prevent the appearance of African swine fever in Germany and the spreading of this disease, the German and Polish specialised administrations are joining efforts.

The growing threat posed by antibiotic-resistant bacteria can be tackled through a “One Health” approach, MEPs said on Wednesday.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Government of Denmark will start the second stage of the cooperation project between both countries for the Colombian pig sector.

The agreement paves the way for a new system of rules that will improve the availability of these medicines, enhance competitiveness and innovation in the veterinary pharmaceutical sector and contribute to the fight against antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

Monitoring data from 2016 for a range of veterinary medicines, unauthorised substances and contaminants found in animals and animal-derived food suggest high rates of compliance.

Leipzig has beaten Minnesota, and it will be the IPVS Congress venue in 2022.

The animals were detected on backyard farms located near the border with Ukraine.

Taking into account the high risk of transmission of ASF by wild boar, the EU has banned the dispatch of wild boars between Member States.

With this decision, both countries will move forward regarding the process of admissibility of products such as pork destined to this Asian market.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) agreed to step up joint action to combat health threats associated with interactions between humans, animals and the environment.

Parliament approved plans to erect a 1.5-metre fence across the Danish-German border.

Antimicrobials are important to safeguard the health of humans and animals, but these medicines need to be used responsibly, including in the agricultural sectors, FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva said at a high-level UN coordination meeting on antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

At the occasion of the 86th General Session of the OIE, the 181 OIE Member Countries discussed several revisions of OIE international Standards and guidelines resulting in a stronger veterinary supervision of the use of antimicrobials in animals worldwide.

At this year’s General Session, the World Assembly of OIE Delegates distributed 11 certificates to 10 countries for official disease status recognition.

This international status will encourage the negotiations with third countries for the export of pigs and their products.

Argentina has received the official international recognition as a Classical Swine Fever (CSF)-free country by the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH/OIE).

Despite the rejection by the Government, the team comprised by several ministers will review the plans for the building of the wall.

The WOAH/OIE officially recognises Brazil as a free of foot-and-mouth disease country.

“Stronger compliance by national Veterinary Services and Aquatic Animal Health Services with OIE International Standards is essential for improving animal health, animal welfare, and veterinary public health at the national, regional and international level.” Dr Monique Eloit, OIE Director General.

The new cases of African Swine Fever in Poland and Latvia represent an increase in the level of risk and the affected areas must be subject to further restrictions.

African swine fever (ASF) has been confirmed in a dead wild boar found in Hungary, a few kilometres away from the border with Ukraine.

The “SENASICA Integral System” will concentrate, in real time, the health information generated in Mexico. The new platform is a useful tool for making decisions regarding health and harmlessness matters.

Industry leaders have welcomed latest figures which show the pig industry reduced antibiotic usage in the UK by 28 per cent in 2017, bringing the total reduction in two years to more than 50 per cent.