Brazil: Outbreak of classical swine fever in Piauí
The outbreak occurred on a backyard farm. The state of Piauí is not part of the CSF-free zone.
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The outbreak occurred on a backyard farm. The state of Piauí is not part of the CSF-free zone.
Since 2011, the country has been declared free of this disease.
Once the positive results for classical swine fever were received, ICA carried out cleaning, disinfection, and quarantine actions in the premises where the notification was received, active surveillance in the focal area, and a meeting with Porkcolombia.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) brought together communicators and journalists from the Latin American and Caribbean region to strengthen communication strategies to prevent and contain African swine fever reported in 2021 in Haiti and later in the Dominican Republic.
The new Center on Vaccine Evaluation and Alternatives for Antimicrobials, or CVEAA, will support animal vaccine development and usage.
The purchases help increase U.S. preparedness to respond to high-consequence foreign animal diseases.
The Agricultural Defense team of the State Secretariat of Agriculture carries out sanitary surveillance actions to maintain the free status.
The campaign is part of the pilot project for implementing the strategic plan Brazil Free of Classical Swine Fever (CSF).
To strengthen detection capabilities and enhance outbreak preparedness for ASF and CSF, USDA has made a surveillance dashboard available.
The main goal of the program is to develop and implement an African Swine Fever (ASF)-Classical Swine Fever (CSF) Monitored Certification Program.
What laboratory diagnostic methods can I use to diagnose classical swine fever? Which one should I choose according to the situation? How do I interpret the results?
In view of the favorable epidemiological situation of CSF, Bulgaria has been removed from the EU list of restricted zones.
New CSF cases in the north of the state have been reported to the OIE.