USA: Antimicrobials sold or distributed for use in food producing animals in 2014
Domestic sales and distribution of antimicrobials approved for use in food-producing animals increased by 22% from 2009 through 2014.
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The Council adopted its position on a draft regulation on transmissible animal diseases
The Council adopted its position at first reading on a draft regulation on transmissible animal diseases ('Animal Health Law').
Swine Influenza can persist endemically in Farrow-to-Finish farms
Infectious outbreaks can last for more than a month at a population level, which explain that a new batch including mainly susceptible piglets can get infected if the animals are housed in a separate room but in the same compartment (airborne transmission).
Use of a live attenuated Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium vaccine
These findings indicate that vaccination with an attenuated S. Typhimurium strain reduces S. enterica shedding, but the reduction is not consistent and the vaccine strain may persist in tissues.
Senecavirus A: An emerging vesicular infection in Brazilian pig herds
This is the first study to report the Senecavirus A infection in clinically affected pigs outside of North America. Senecavirus A was considered a novel emerging pathogen associated with an important vesicular disease in Brazil.
Research develops breakthrough technology to address PRRS
The discovery of PRRS-resistant pigs could significantly improve animal well-being and save hundreds of millions of dollars each year.
Clinical case: Leg lameness in gilts
After two weeks of quarantine, gilts started limping. Treatment with amoxycillins did not help, only treatment with high doses (10 mg/kg) of macrolides and spectinomycines brought a solution.
Paraguay will ask for the CSF-free country certification
The National Quality and Animal Health Service (SENACSA) has started the procedures to request the Classical Swine Fever-free country certification to the World Animal Health Organisation (WOAH).
Emergence of plasmid-mediated colistin resistance mechanism
During a routine surveillance project on antimicrobial resistance in commensal Escherichia coli from food animals in China, a major increase of colistin resistance was observed.
Israel confirms an aoutbreak of FMD in a pig farm
The farm, with 2300 susceptible animals of which 172 cases, is located in Fassuta (Acco, Hazafon).
Spain implements preventive emergency measures against FMD in the Maghreb
The health situation in relation to FMD in the countries of North Africa puts Spain, in the first instance, and the European Union straight after, in a position of imminent risk of disease transmission.
Cost of Mycoplasma Hyopneumoniae in growing pigs
Cost Of Mycoplasma Hyopneumoniae In Growing Pigs - Dr. Mark Schwartz, from the 2015 Allen D. Leman Swine Conference, September 19-22, 2015, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
Efficacy of a live attenuated vaccine in classical swine fever virus postnatally persistently infected pigs
To our knowledge, this is the first report demonstrating the absence of a response to vaccination in CSFV persistently infected pigs.
European Medicines Agency: New strategy to fight antimicrobial resistance
EMA veterinary committee sets objectives to limit risks arising from use of antimicrobials in animals.
Estonia confirms 195 ASF outbreaks in wild boars since October
The outbreaks are spread in all of Estonia and have affected 276 animals.
Differential diagnosis of post-weaning diarrhoea in pigs
An accurate diagnosis is sometimes difficult because of the common occurrence of mixed infections, the compounding effects of environment and nutrition and the difficulties experienced in isolating and identifying all the possible pathogenic agents involved.