Swine news - Pig health

ASF has appeared in Romania and the Czech Republic for the first time, and it advances southwards in Poland.

Online tool to help in the sampling strategies with the aim of proving that a farm is PRRSV-negative.

The representatives of the veterinary services of Mexico, Canada and the USA ratified their commitment for keeping the health status in the region with the aim of providing confidence regarding the health certifications.

The Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) established the containment area with which it aims to recover, for the rest of the national territory, the foot-and-mouth disease free status with vaccination.

The new regulations concern manufacturers, storehouses, traders, handlers, distributors, importers and exporters.

Their members come from universities, official laboratories, food technology institutes and research companies, as well as from the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supplies.

According to the circular, highly toxic ingredients are strictly forbidden in pesticide and veterinary medicine.

Country-by-country guide to levels of antimicrobial resistance in food, animals and humans

The updated measures aim at protecting the EU single market from this serious contagious animal disease. The Commission continues to follow the evolution of the epidemiological situation and adapts the measures accordingly.

The European Commission has agreed to allow the use of EU funds to help Polish pig farmers who will have to cease their activity in the context of African swine fever.

The National Health Intelligence Network is a valuable mechanism for reducing the hazard of spreading epidemics and diseases, because we can know, in real time, the health status of plants, animals and aquaculture species in all the country.

The Agriculture and Livestock Institute of Colombia (ICA) established the requirements for the obtaining of the Health Register number (RSPP) and the Health Entry (ISPP) of farms in all the country.

With the aim of identifying, assessing and controlling the hazards related to the use of veterinary drugs and biopharmaceuticals, and to protect the animal life and health, the ICA has established the National Pharmacovigilance System.

A website set up to promote responsible use of antibiotics on farms has been updated to provide farmers with a 'one-stop shop' on the subject.

Paraguay starts with the serological sampling of pigs within the framework of the CSF control programme.

The WOAH acknowledges that the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak ended in Colombia, so it is expected that in 90 days Colombia will be deemed as a foot-and-mouth disease-free country.

This newly proposed action would relieve CSF-specific restrictions on the importation of pork and pork products from Mexico.

Due to the detection of PRRS in Uruguay in late July, the SENASA adopted several measures to protect the national pig production.

New leaflet explains how EMA works to promote safe and effective veterinary therapies.

Health authorities from both countries analysed the health protocols for exporting avocados from Jalisco, and Mexican bananas, pig by-products, horse meat and beef.

After a thorough evaluation, APHIS determined that the surveillance, prevention, and control measures implemented by the European Union (EU) and the Republic of Malta are sufficient to minimize the risk of introducing these diseases into the United States. View the determination here.

The new model includes control practices already proven in the USA and the EU.

The disease has been detected in domestic pigs from a backyard farm near the border with Hungary.

On 16 December 2016 the Commission launched a call for applications to select and designate an EU reference laboratory in the field of foodborne viruses.