Colombia: CSF epidemiological surveillance for disease-free area re-certification
A total of 1,033 serum samples for diagnosis of classical swine fever will be taken in Valle del Cauca.
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Germany: First federal figures on the frequency of antibiotic use in livestock for slaughter
Holdings with fattening animals should compare their individual figures on antibiotic use for therapeutic purposes with the overall figures in Germany.
Duration of influenza infections in weaned pig populations
Influenza infections are self-limiting at the individual animal level with infection lasting between 5 and 7 days approximately. However, influenza virus is considered endemic in swine populations worldwide, and is not uncommon to find between 3 and 5% of pigs positive to influenza virus at slaughter.
Canada: new measures to address antimicrobial resistance
The Government of Canada is committed to taking action to prevent, limit, and control the emergence and spread of AMR.
Mexico expands the technical agricultural cooperation with Central America and Caribbean countries
The SAGARPA signed the second stage of the Technical Cooperation Agreement for the Encouragement of Abilities with the IICA, with which the geographical coverage will englobe 22 Central American and Caribbean countries.
Negotiations between CVOs of Russia and Belarus
The negotiations were held on the initiative of the Belarusian side on the 13th of April and were devoted to resuming pork and beef imports from meat-processing plants of Belarus.
Detection of antibodies of the C. novyi type B toxoid in swine sera
Although the infection of the C. novyi type B is uncommon, these results can be a useful data for further investigation of C. novyi type B because there was few survey detecting the infection of C. novyi type B for now.
The role of transport vehicles in the transmission of PRRSV
How can we tell whether a transport vehicle is clean by just taking a glimpse?
Russia - Republic of Korea: development of FMD control strategy
The sides reached an agreement on cooperation between the FGBI ARRIAH and the veterinary services of Korea in the field of FMD outbreaks control in the Asian countries.
Development of a synthetic PRRSv strain that confers broader cross-protection
The results demonstrate that the PRRSV-CON virus can serve as a potential vaccine candidate for the development of a novel PRRS vaccine with broader cross-protection.
PED technical update: evolution of virus and clinical syndromes
The current situation for PED is that of continual occurrence of moderate to severe outbreaks in many pig farms, across Asia, USA and elsewhere, on both naïve farms and those that have suffered previous episodes.
Launch of Porcine Health Management (PHM), the official journal of the ECPHM and EAPHM
This new journal, which puts the pig in a central position, has been jointly established by the ECPHM and EAPHM.
Argentina: Interinstitutional committees to improve zoonoses prevention
Their aim is to study the health problems in each municipality and to improve the thoroughness and the efficacy of the prevention and control programmes implemented by the health organism.
Fatal disease associated with Swine Hepatitis E virus and Porcine circovirus 2 co-infection in four weaned pigs in China
We speculate that co-infection with PCV2 and HEV may bring some negative effect on pig production and recommend that more attention should be paid to this phenomenon.
Current state of ASF in the EU, Russia and Ukraine
During the first trimester of 2015, new outbreaks have been confirmed in Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Estonia and Russia whilst, for the moment, the OIE has not informed of new cases in Ukraine.
Mongolia confirmed an outbreak of CSF
The Mongolian Veterinary Authorities have confirmed the presence of an outbreak of classical swine fever (CSF) in the centre of the country.