Russia forbids the entrance of pig products and live animals from South Ossetia
Russia has imposed a temporary prohibition on the entrance of pork from South Ossetia due to the presence of ASF.
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United States: NIFA invests in research to maintain healthy agricultural animals
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced support for research to help maintain healthy agricultural animals.
Delaying pigs from the normal production flow is associated with health problems and poorer performance
In practice, delaying pigs from the normal production flow translates into higher feeding costs, increase number of days to slaughter and increased labour requirements reducing production efficiency for the pig operation.
Syringe and vial carrier
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Germany: new drop in the commercialisation of veterinary antibiotics
Since 2011, the German pharmaceutical industry has the obligation of recording, yearly, the amount of commercialised veterinary medicines, specially antibiotics, and of reporting these data to a central register.
Modeling the growth dynamics of multiple Escherichia coli strains in the pig intestine
Besides dosing factors, epidemiological factors (such as number of competing strains and bacterial excretion) influenced resistance development and need to be considered further in relation to optimal treatment strategies.
Sales of veterinary antimicrobial agents in the UE in 2015
A total of 30 European countries — 29 European Union (EU)/European Economic Area (EEA) countries and Switzerland — submitted data on sales or prescriptions (two countries) of antimicrobial veterinary medicinal products (VMPs) to the European Medicines Agency for 2015.
France: decrease in the exposure of animals to antibiotics
The goals regarding the decrease in the use of antibiotics have not only been attained but exceeded.
The immune system and immunity in swine. Specific humoral immunity (1/2): Ig types and structure
Specific humoral immunity is mediated by glycoproteins called antibodies or immunoglobulins.
OIE, FAO and WHO enlarge their collaboration commitment to face health challenges
Se extenderá el ámbito de su colaboración con el fin de ampliar el enfoque “Una sola salud”, reconociendo la interconexión entre la salud humana, la sanidad animal y el medio ambiente.
Clinical case: The possible ways of App spreading and stopping
Once the first symptoms of the infection emerged in pigs the facility was locked and the possibility to get in from outside was the only used.
ASF in Ivory Coast
The veterinary authorities of Ivory Coast reported the presence of African swine fever in the Commune of Ferkéssédougou to the WOAH.
A new recombinant live attenuated African swine fever virus with cross-protective capabilities
Here we describe a new LAV candidate with unique cross-protective abilities: BA71ΔCD2. Thus, inoculation of BA71ΔCD2 protected pigs not only against the experimental challenge with BA71, the virulent parental strain, but also against heterologous viruses, including Georgia 2007/1, the genotype II strain of ASFV currently circulating in East Europe.
New measures to prevent the introduction into the UE of the African swine fever virus
Following recent notifications of ASF outbreaks in Moldova, the existing measures of cleansing and disinfection should be extended to the vehicles entering the Union from Moldova.
Retrospective serological survey for Seneca Valley virus infection in Brazil
The first outbreaks of SVV infection in Brazil were reported in 2014. However, it was not known whether the virus was circulating in Brazilian pig herds before this year.
Denmark: Antimicrobial consumption in animals
The decrease was mainly driven by the use of antimicrobials for pigs, which was 4% less than the year before.