Manitoba’s 9th case of PED found in sow barn
On September 15, Manitoba’s Chief Veterinary Office (CVO) confirmed positive test results for porcine epidemic diarrhea (PED) from a southeastern Manitoba sow barn.
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The European Commission forbids the sale of colistin in combination with other antimicrobial drugs
Last July, the European Commission adpoted an Implementing Decision regarding the authorisation of all the veterinary drugs containing 'colistin' in combination with other oral antimicrobial drugs.
Animal Health: Commission further updates control measures to combat African swine fever
A review of preparedness to ASF carried out by the EU Veterinary Emergency Team (CVET) for Romania and Hungary, due to their proximity with non-EU countries that may represent a specific ASF risk like Ukraine and Moldova, and for Estonia.
Update on Clostridium difficile disease in swine
It appears that the use of non-toxigenic C. difficile as a probiotic can reduce the severity of histologic lesions and the quantity of toxins detected in neonatal piglets.
Characterization of ESBL–producing Escherichia coli isolates from pigs and farm workers
ESBL-producing E. coli isolates with the same β-lactamase genes, antibiotic resistance profiles, enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus types, and multilocus sequence types were detected in both pigs and workers on the same pig farm.
Research project to examine the resilience of the UK pig industry
More than £2 million has been awarded to scientists at the University of Lincoln, UK, to lead the most comprehensive study of the British pig industry ever conducted.
Detection and distribution of TTSuV1 in PRRSv positive/negative pigs
Statistical analysis showed that PRRSV may have a synergistic effect with TTSuV1, and promote the replication and proliferation of TTSuV1.
Health and economical impact of PRRS in Northern Ireland
The economic potential lost in a unit positive to PRRS could be around 35 – 37% of net unit margin.
A new OIE and OECD collaboration to face animal health and welfare future challenges
The cooperation of the two organisations will notably concern exchange of information and technical cooperation, in particular by focusing on best practices, policies and economic evaluations, related to animal health and welfare, veterinary drugs...
Ukraine confirms new ASF outbreaks on commercial farms
Two of the affected farms house more than 6,000 susceptible animals.
Germany reduces the use of antibiotics in animal production by more than half
Between 2011 and 2015, the use of antibiotics in animal production dropped by more than half, going from 1,706 to 837 tonnes.
Field evaluation of the intranasal route as an alternative for administering Streptococcus suis and Haemophilus parasuis bacterins
Pigs in this study appeared to respond very similarly between the IN and IM routes at the time of processing when boosted at weaning by the IM route.
The restriction areas in Poland and the Baltic countries due to ASF are expanded
The new ASF cases have entailed an increase in the risk level and changes in different sections of the Annex of Decision 2014/709/UE, as well as the establishment of new provisional protection and surveillance zones.
Development of congenital tremors following novel pestivirus inoculation
This is the first report to 1) identify a novel porcine pestivirus associated with CT and 2) successfully reproduce CT following inoculation of fetuses in utero.
Inexpensive diagnostic test for foot-and-mouth disease
This could make diagnosis of FMD strains cheaper and easier, as only one integrin would be needed to identify all strains of FMDV.
Novel porcine sapelovirus found during SHIC-funded diagnostic investigation
Porcine sapelovirus has been implicated in an acute outbreak of atypical neurologic disease.