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The Hawaii Department of Agriculture (HDOA) has issued a quarantine order stopping the movement of pigs on Oahu after an outbreak of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus (PEDv), was confirmed on a farm in Waianae Valley.

Vision 2020 Plan sets the goal of a "50% reduction in the use of veterinary antibiotics by 2020".

According to NPA, licences on movements from pig-with-poultry farms in the East Yorkshire control zone will now be granted for specific movements.

This phase aims to prevent the spread of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED) during transport of Saskatchewan hogs.

In Kiev, FAO epidemiologists and livestock experts updated local lab technicians on the status of the contagious disease in Ukraine and Europe.

The percentage of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) showed a significant decreasing trend at EU/EEA level for the period 2010 to 2013, but the decrease was less pronounced compared to the previous four-year period.

The Belarusian Agriculture and Food Ministry noted that domestic companies should use the methods developed by the National Research Institute for Veterinary Virology and Microbiology of Russia.

The 22nd Conference of the World Organisation for Animal Health’s (OIE) Regional Commission for the Americas, which counts 29 Member Countries, was held in Guadalajara (Jalisco).

Between 2012 and 2013, the exposure to antibiotics fell by 6.6% in cattle, by 5.4% in fowl, by 4% in pigs and by 1.7% in pets.

According to NPA, pig producers should be aware that movement of pigs off holdings with poultry on them in no-movement zones is banned.

Model health certificates for intra-Union trade in bovine animals and swine and the additional health requirements relating to Trichinella for intra-Union trade in domestic swine.

The Mongolian veterinary authorities have confirmed an outbreak of classical swine fever in Bayangol soum (Selenge).