Swine news - Pig health

Antibiotic use in the UK pig industry has declined rapidly over the last nine years, but the latest figures from AHDB reveal there was a slight increase in 2023.

President Luis Abinader led the presentation ceremony of the first biosecurity certificates to four pig farms in the Dominican Republic, within the framework of the National Swine Biosecurity Plan, implemented last year.

Significant decrease in cephalosporins and polypeptide antibiotics, slight increase in fluoroquinolones.

Testing for Salmonella in pigs will be suspended as of January 1, 2025.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Veterinary Medicine published the 2023 Summary Report on Antimicrobials Sold or Distributed for Use in Food-Producing Animals.

France is stepping up surveillance to prevent the spread of African swine fever across its borders.

The sentinelling program in the region began on October 4.

This investment aims to enhance animal health and welfare through improvements to disease surveillance, emergency management, and animal care standards.

The 54-kilometer protective fence aims to contain African swine fever.

At the high-level ministerial meeting, UN member countries pledged to take concrete action against antimicrobial resistance.

The mitigation measures will help to prevent the spread of ASF across the border, protecting the pig sector worth over £8 billion to the UK economy.

There have been 42 outbreaks of African swine fever in pigs in Poland in 2024.

After 40 years, Sardinia has been recognised as free from African swine fever.

The 4th North American African Swine Fever Forum was hosted in Canada.

A new report outlines the tools and practices that can reduce the need for antimicrobials such as vaccination, biosecurity, genetics, and digital technologies.

The 44th outbreak of ASF in domestic pigs in Poland in 2024 is located in the west of the country.

Among the diseases occurring in pig herds in Vietnam in 2024, the most important disease is still African swine fever.

The Department of Agriculture procured 600,000 ASF vaccines to limit the spread of the virus.

Several projects focus on research related to vaccines that could mitigate the spread of ASF.

USDA research documents absence of Trichinella infection in commercial pigs.

The cost of PRRS has increased by 80% in the last decade.

The Pharmacovigilance System for veterinary products is implemented to guarantee the efficacy, quality, and safety of animal medicines, contributing to the production of healthy and safe food.

One case of ASF has been confirmed in a domestic pig on a small farm located in Gerolsheim, district of Bad Dürkheim, about 65 km from the border with France.

The affected farm is in Trebur and houses about 1,800 domestic pigs.