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Superbugs: curb use of today’s antibiotics, and develop new ones

To fight the growing resistance of bacteria to today’s antibiotics, the use of existing antimicrobial drugs should be restricted, and new ones should be developed, said Environment and Public Health Committee MEPs.

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Development and application of an indirect ELISA for the diagnosis of PCV-like virus P1

The indirect ELISA that we developed with rctCap, the recombinant capsid fragment containing the 217–342 nt repeat domain, was sensitive, specific, and suitable for the large-scale detection of P1 infections in swine.

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Effects of ceftiofur treatment on the susceptibility of commensal porcine E.coli

The present study shows that treatment of several animals in a stable with ceftiofur influences the resistance pattern of intestinal Escherichia coli of the treated as well as untreated animals housed in the same stable.

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European Commission ready to finance prevention and control of the ASF in Ukraine

The Commission confirmed that it was ready to finance prevention and control of the ASF in Ukraine as long as a strategy is presented by this country.

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Effect of PCV2 infection on reproduction: disease, vertical transmission, diagnostics and vaccination

The immune status of farms is quite possibly different from the one they had before piglets mass vaccinations.

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Antimicrobial resistance on the rise in the European Union

Bacteria in humans, food and animals continue to show resistance to the most widely used antimicrobials, says the latest report on antimicrobial resistance in zoonotic bacteria in Europe.

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European approach to antimicrobial resistance in health and agriculture sectors

European countries will jointly tackle antimicrobial resistance in the health and agriculture sectors.

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FAO calls for international action on antimicrobial resistance

Aside from the human health considerations, the emergence of microbes resistant to antibiotics and other pharmaceutical agents puts animal health at risk and consequently has an impact on rural livelihoods and food security.

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Characterization of viral load, viability and persistence of IAV in air and on surfaces

Our results indicate that during outbreaks of IAV in swine, aerosols and surfaces in barns contain significant levels of IAV potentially representing an exposure hazard to both swine and people.

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Evaluation of disinfection protocols to reduce virus transmission via livestock transport vehicles

Under study conditions, a high-pressure wash with cold water plus application of an accelerated hydrogen peroxide or a combined glutaraldehyde and quaternary ammonium disinfectant is effective at inactivating PRRSV.

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Gestational heat stress alters postnatal offspring body composition indices and metabolic parameters in pigs

Heat stress during the first half of gestation altered metabolic and body composition parameters during future development and in biological responses to a subsequent heat stress challenge.

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Food and feed safety: EU commits to €32.5 million to support EU Reference Laboratories

The European Commission has awarded a total of €32.5 million, for the years 2016 and 2017, to support the 43 EU Reference Laboratories (EU-RLs) designated for food and feed safety, as well as animal health.

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Mongolia reports an outbreak of CSF

The farms are located in the provinces of Dornod (2 farms) and Tuv (one farm).

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Transferrable colistin resistance found in bacteria from German farm animals

Results show that this transferrable antimicrobial resistance has been around for many years in Germany, but has only been detected recently.

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Significant increase in ASF outbreaks in the EU, Ukraine and Russia in 2015

2015 ends with a significant increase in cases of African swine fever (ASF) in the European Union.

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Fecal smear stained with Diff-Quick. Red arrow indicates the central vacuole. Black arrow indicates the nucleus

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Clinical case: Blastocystis sp.: Do we have to consider a new enteropathogen?

Due to the fact that no known enteropathogen was found in clinically relevant amounts, importance of massive Blastocystis sp. infestation was counted as significant in this case.