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Under this proposed rule, such pork and pork products would have to be derived from swine raised on farms meeting stringent sanitary and biosecurity requirements.

The number of PEDv cases in the country since the first outbreak in October has reached more than 800, this is around 15% of all pig farms.

After a period of four days when the country's borders were closed to Lithuanian pork products, the Veterinary and Food Board lifted the ban.

Yesterday in Vilnius, Baltic agriculture ministers discussed the spread of African swine fever and decided to draft an action plan by August 15 and putting in a request to the European Commission for funding.

The cancelation of the NOM-037-ZOO-1995 norm is due to the fact that on 30 January 2009, the whole of the Mexican territory was declared free of the CSF virus.

The proposed system is a phylogenetic classification system, distinguishing clusters of viruses that share common genetic characteristics.

The NVWA has closed off the cattle and pig farms on which the contaminated feeds have been found.

A total of 19,411 pigs of different ages are kept in this farm.

The total consumption of veterinary antibiotics (in farm animals and pets), expressed in terms of tonnes of active ingredients, dropped by 6.6% between 2012 and 2013.

Once again, the Latvian veterinary authorities have informed the OIE of the appearance of 9 new outbreaks of African swine fever in the country.

Bill will make it legal for veterinarians to transport and use controlled substances beyond their primary places of registration and across state lines to treat their animal patients.

BEUC (European Consumer Organisation) has set out its position on how to fight antibiotic resistance, one of today’s most challenging public health issues.