Swine news - Pig health

The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration has published a new handbook on the administration of antibiotics to pigs.

The global porcine vaccines market is expanding due to growing prevalence of swine diseases across the globe.

A second case of ASF in a wild boar has been confirmed in Hungary

Last Friday, the veterinary authorities of Moldova informed the WOAH/OIE of the appearance of a new ASF outbreak in pigs.

China recently announced the “Work program for the reduction of the use of antimicrobials in animals (2018-2021)”.

The Ministry of Agriculture of Brazil has started a public survey regarding the devising of regulations for the management of dead pigs and fowls on the farms.

The virus has been identified in pigs in a slaughterhouse.

African swine fever has been reported in wild boar in Hungary for the first time.

Despite the entrance of contraband animals positive to foot-and-mouth disease, the containment allows to maintain the status in Colombia.

The number of outbreaks of ASF in domestic pigs and wild boar has decreased significantly in recent years.

In Eastern Europe, African swine fever is expanding increasingly. Since the beginning of this year there have been 2,259 new African swine fever cases in the European Union and Ukraine.

The European Union has just published a report on the progress and future actions of the EU against bacterial resistances.

Foot-and-mouth disease has been confirmed on pig farms located in the north of the country.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supplies (MAPA) held, last week, the “Brazil Free of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Week” to celebrate the efforts of all the health defence bodies in the country, the producers and the farming industry to eradicate the disease from the national territory.

The development of a new Livestock Information Service to give farmers and processors accurate information about animals and their movements has been announced by Environment Secretary Michael Gove.

Last week, a meeting of the Ministers of Agriculture and the Heads of Veterinary Services of the Member States of the European Union, as well as of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, took place in Warsaw to address the problem of African swine fever (ASF).

The ANSES, through its Animal Health Laboratory located in Maisons-Alfort, has been appointed as the WAOH/FAO’s Reference Centre for foot-and-mouth disease and vesicular diseases.

Last March 28th, all the restriction measures implemented after the detection of Aujeszky’s disease on an outdoor pig farm have been lifted.

A fence along Poland’s eastern border to stop wild boar from migrating and spreading African swine fever is to be set up.

An Aujeszky’s disease outbreak has been confirmed on a farm in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department.

SECD is now well understood by the veterinary community and producers, and tools exist to effectively respond to it.

The Ratification Agreement for the Implementation of the Health Intelligence State Unit (UEIS) of Jalisco has been signed, joining the 16 existing UEISs.

The government and the Danish Popular Party have signed an agreement on a series of initiatives to avoid ASF from entering Denmark.

Exports are, one year on, the driving force of the sector, with an increase by 8.36% with respect to 2016