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EU scientific opinion: how to assess progress on reduction of antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobial consumption

A set of indicators will assist European Union (EU) Member States to assess their progress in reducing the use of antimicrobials and combatting antimicrobial resistance.

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Collection of tails and testicles in a Ziplock bag

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Use of processing fluids for PRRSV diagnostics

We propose to use the processing fluids, the liquid accumulated at the bottom of the pail when farmers collect tails and testicles during routine procedures as a sample.

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United States: FDA releases 2015 National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, along with its National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System (NARMS) partners, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, released the 2015 NARMS Integrated Report.

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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.

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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.

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Syringe and vial carrier

You can use old wicker baskets, builder’s buckets, etc., but I will now show you a syringe carrier at zero cost made with recycled materials.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.