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OIE: New group of experts to prevent the entry of ASF in the Americas Region

The recent spread of African swine fever (ASF) in Europe, and more recently in Asia, is responsible for huge economic losses within the pig industry, endangering the livelihoods of many smallholders.

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Japan will allow the vaccination of pigs against CSF

The Minister of Agriculture, Mr Taku Eto, announced the revision of the specific CSF prevention guidelines to enable the preventive vaccination of pigs.

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Association between antimicrobial usage, biosecurity measures as well as farm performance

According to the results of this study carried out in 60 German farrow-to-finish herds , the active improvement of biosecurity measures could be a promising alternative to reduce antimicrobial usage on herd level.

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Boehringer Ingelheim breaks ground on its strategic vaccine production center for veterinary public health

The company will invest 200 million euro into this high-tech complex, located near Lyon, France, and create around 100 skilled jobs.

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Figure 1. Illustration of system installation. Devices were installed on the wall to monitor individual rooms (left), and beacons were worn individually by farm employees (right).

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The use of technology in swine farms to help directing PRRS control and elimination efforts

An example on how technology can be implemented in a farm for evaluation of biosecurity compliance using production parameters.

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Thailand: pigs culled amid African swine fever fears

The Thai Livestock Department told the media that 200 pigs had been culled in the country's northern province of Chiang Rai.

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Second ASF outbreak in South Korea

The OIE/WOAH has informed of a new case of African swine fever (ASF) on a commercial farm in the South Korean province of Gyeonggi.

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Panama seizes pork from China at the airport

The confiscation affected a passenger that transported pork in her luggage and that arrived on a connection flight that came from Los Angeles but originating in China.

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Spain becomes the first pork exporter to China

Between January and July, pork and pig offal exports from Spain to China reached USD561.4 million. With these figures, Spain is now the first pork and pig offal supplier to China, overtaking Germany.

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South Korea confirms the presence of ASF for the first time

The disease has been confirmed on a pig farm near the border with North Korea.

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Processing fluids and serum samples to characterize PRRSv dynamics in 3 day-old pigs

Processing fluids (PF) constitute a useful sample to detect PRRSV infections at processing. Current practice to bleed 30 pigs could be underestimating PRRSV prevalence in the herd.

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The FAO pig price in August up

In August, price quotations for pigmeat strengthened further, underpinned by a strong import demand from Asia.

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The new diagnostic kit developed Biotecon Diagnostics in co-operation with Ceva

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Ceva partners with Biotecon Diagnostics to introduce a real-time test kit to fight growing problem of salmonella on pig farms

A new real-time diagnostic kit that will help pig producers fight salmonella infections on their farms has been launched at the SafePork scientific symposium in Berlin.

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Elanco Animal Health supports Stonehaven Incubate

Stonehaven Incubate, a business incubator that brings disruptive human health technologies to the animal sector, has received capital backing from the global animal health company Elanco Animal Health Incorporated.

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EU: High-level coordination and preparedness meeting on ASF

It is expected to lead to further technical coordination in Europe by putting around the table the chief veterinary officers of ASF-affected countries.

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Current situation of ASF in Asia

Since the emergence of ASF in China in August 2018, the disease has been detected in Mongolia, North Korea, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar and Philippines.