United States: 23 states reporting confirmed cases of PED
No states have reported a first positive result in the last week and so the total affected remains at 23.
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Denmark: reduced use of antibiotics in Danish farming
The use of antibiotics in Danish farming has fallen by 11 percent since 2009.
Weaning age and post-weaning feeding programme affect growing performance
Increasing weaning age has positive health effects and increase growth performance between weaning and 10 weeks of age.
Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea virus in swine
Agriculture Today with Eric Atkinson interviews K-State veterinarian Steve Dritz and veterinary researcher Sue Nitikanchana on Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus or PEDV.
Canada: PED now a reportable disease in Alberta
Alberta's Chief Provincial Veterinarian has declared PED as a reportable disease in the Province of Alberta.
Russia: new outbreak of African swine fever
The outbreak is located on a farm in Gusevka, Olkhovsky (Volgogradskaya).
France detects Aujeszky's disease in dogs
By the end of 2013, Aujeszky's disease was confirmed in three hunting dogs in the area of Meuse, in the municipalities of Loisey and Sommedieue.
Detection and characterisation of hepatitis E virus in naturally infected swine in Croatia
Nearly all tested animals were seropositive for antibodies against the hepatitis E virus (55/60, 91.7%).
Launched an European network on taeniosis/cysticercosis
Institutions from eighteen European countries have recently built a strong, multi-disciplinary scientific network to advance knowledge and understanding of these zoonotic disease complexes.
United Kingdom: Swine Dysentery Outbreak
According to BPEX, there has been an outbreak of Swine Dysentery in Yorkshire.
Russia: temporary restrictions on live pigs and porcine products from Lugansk Oblast, Ukraine
Rosselkhoznadzor informs about the imposition of temporary restrictions on the import of porcine products from the Lugansk Oblast, Ukraine, from January 17, 2014.
Clinical case: Effects of the adaptation to the welfare law in a PRRS outbreak
This farm produces its own gilts from grandmother sows, but taking advantage of the adaptation to meet the needs of the welfare law it was decided to increase its capacity from 600 sows to 1,200.
Impact of foot-and-mouth disease on pork and chicken prices in Central Luzon, Philippines
Over the long term, the price margins of pork traders were more severely affected in contrast to that of the other traders’ profits.
Russia: temporary restrictions lifted from pigs and pork from Brestskaya Oblast in Belarus
Temporary restrictions lifted from pigs and porcine products from a number of pig farms and meat-processing plants of the Brestskaya Oblast in the Republic of Belarus.
NIAA releases white paper from antibiotics conference
The National Institute of Animal Agriculture (NIAA) hosted a symposium titled “Bridging the Gap between Animal Health and Human Health."
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NewsItaly: first case of African Swine Fever in 2014 in Sardinia
A total of 10 pigs have been slaughtered and destroyed. In the protection area (3 km) there are 44 farms, whilst in the surveillance area (10 km) there are 269 farms.