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Ministerial Conference: Eradication of ASF in the EU

European Commission is organising a Ministerial Conference on the “Eradication of African swine fever (ASF) in the EU and the long-term management of wild boar populations” on Wednesday 19 December in Brussels.

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Government of Canada helps improve swine health surveillance

The Government will invest up to $1.5 million in the Canadian Pork Council (CPC) to adopt a virus detection system to support animal health.

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Malaysia: No antibiotic in animal feed soon

“This is the first step towards prohibiting the use of antibiotics considered critical for humans”.

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Myanmar suspends pork imports on threat of African swine fever

Although ASF has yet to reach Myanmar, which imports pigs and pork from China for local consumption, the government is raising efforts to curb the illegal trade of pork.

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Japan confirms 48 new CSF outbreaks

All the outbreaks are located in the province of Gifu and affect both wild boars and domestic pigs

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Vaccination of 1-day-old pigs with a PRRSV modified live attenuated virus vaccine is able to overcome maternal immunity

The efficacy of the attenuated PRRSV-1 vaccine in 1-day-old pigs seropositive to PRRSV prior to a PRRSV-1 challenge was demonstrated by improvement of clinical, virological and immunological variables.

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US: Declaring farm visits in ASF positive countries to customs

When returning to the United States after visiting a farm or being in contact with animals in a country with ASF or any other foreign animal disease, you should declare this information to US Customs and Border Patrol.

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Iowa State University to lead research to increase pig survivability

A research project led by the Iowa Pork Industry Center at Iowa State University seeks to increase pork producers’ profits by improving the survivability of their animals.

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Shaanxi, new province affected by ASF in China

So far, there are 21 provinces affected by this disease.

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ASF skews the Chinese pig market

The prices along the vast an heterogeneous Chinese geography have undergone different evolutions.

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MSD: 2019 High Quality Pork Ph.D. Award

One recent doctoral graduate will be awarded the opportunity to present their research at an upcoming MSD Animal Health High Quality Pork meeting in Asia, Europe or North America.

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EFSA: update on the epidemiological situation of ASF

Early detection coupled with the application of measures such as quick removal of carcasses and intensive hunting in the specially designated hunting areas increases the probability of eradication.

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ASF:Copa-Cogeca launches a series of conferences on biosecurity

Above all, farmers and those working on holdings need to fully understand how to correctly implement the necessary measures.

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Figure 1. Threshold cycle (Ct) is the first number of the real time PCR cycle when fluorescence is detected indicating the presence of the given pathogen in the sample. The lower the Ct value, the higher the amount of the pathogen in the tested sample. Very high Ct values have to be interpreted with care as they can originate from spontaneous degradation of a TaqMan probe in the very late cycles, despite the lack of target DNA in the sample.

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PCR limitations in PRRS diagnostics

PCR can detect the virus in virtually any material but, does it mean the sample contains the virus and it is infectious? Is any PCR test valid for any strain?

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