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A first inception meeting of which could be held in P.R. China to define the terms of reference and the work programme of the group.

In light of the recent outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF) and other animal diseases, the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) has been working on a multi-pronged action plan to: research science-based solutions for mitigating the risks of virus transmission through feed, and communicate any new information and recommendations to the industry and producer groups.

Based on use per ‘bodyweight’, there was a reduction of 40% in food-producing animals (from 62 mg/kg to 37 mg/kg) and 9% in people (from 135 mg/kg to 123 mg/kg).

The disease has been detected on 7 pig farms, the last one with 1,600 susceptible animals.

The work provides an atlas that describes the possible roles of these components in the assembly of the viral particle, the viral genes expression and the entry of the virus into the host cell.

The Commission is organising the first of a series of regional workshops on antimicrobial resistance (AMR) from 5-8 February in Cape Town, South Africa.

After a first detection in 2015, the SHIC has confirmed the reappearance of the disease.

Effective January 15, 2019, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will add Mongolia to the list of regions that APHIS considers to be affected by African swine fever (ASF).

The conference was attended by experts from the hunting community, scientists, the European Commission, EFSA, OIE, national authorities as well as key stakeholders from EU farming and pig meat sectors.

For 2019, the Commission decided to allocate about €154 million to the fight against animal diseases and infectious diseases of animals that can be transmitted to humans as well as to support plant pests surveys.

The OIE is redesigning and upgrading WAHIS to a technologically advanced yet user-friendly form with many previously unavailable features.

In 2018, the ASF cases in the EU both in domestic pigs and wild boars increased considerably.