PCV2 and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae: co-infection and co-vaccination
Experimental Mhyo and PCV2 co-inoculations have resulted in somewhat divergent results.
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China confirms foot and mouth disease
The outbreak is located in Hailipaiquke Village (Luopu, Hetian).
Selection for increased number of piglets at day five after farrowing has increased litter size and reduced piglet mortality
Selection for litter size at day five after farrowing (LS5) was introduced in 2004 in order to increase number of piglets weaned and reduce piglet mortality in Danish Landrace and Yorkshire.
Clinical case: The case of sudden deaths and oedema in different age groups of pigs
A sudden death of animals, with no prior symptoms of disease, and clinical symptoms such as massive facial, ears and forechest oedema, as well as an increase of body temperature to 41.5ºC, were observed.
Dietary copper affects small intestine physiology in weanling pigs
Giving 225 mg of Cu/kg as Cu chloride may reduce intestinal oxidative stress than by using Cu sulfate in weanling pigs.
China: pigs to be tested for H7N9 virus
China's agriculture authority has expanded the monitoring for the H7N9 strain of bird flu to pigs in order to have a better understanding of the virus.
China: pig carcasses found floating in Hunan river
Scores of dead pigs have been retrieved from a Central China waterway.
PCV2 infection before and during an outbreak of PMWS on a pig farm in the UK
The findings of this study highlight the potential role of the immune status of the sow on the occurrence of PMWS.
Italy: conclusions of the visit of the FVO to Sardinia
The need to fight against the illegal presence of pigs at the farms has been reaffirmed.
Russia confirms new outbreaks of foot and mouth disease
The new outbreaks of foot and mouth disease are located in Srednyaya - Borsya, Duroi and Priargunsk (Zabajkal'Skij Kray).
Russia: African swine fever in Severnaya Osetiya-Alanya
Two outbreaks were registered in Romanovo (Alagirsky raion) and Nart (Ardonsky raion).
EU: Commission Decision repealing approving plans for the eradication of CSF in Germany, France and Slovakia
According to the information submitted by France, Germany and Slovakia, the emergency vaccination of feral pigs was stopped.
Latvia reports new outbreaks of Classical swine fever in wild boar
The affected animals are wild boars with subclinical infection.
Diagnostic perspectives on mesocolon edema syndrome of neonatal pigs: laboratory case incidence in the north central United States (2002-2011)
Annualized data analysis suggested that MES has become more prevalent as a cause of neonate pig diarrhea over this interval, and that this rise in prevalence has been due to an increasing presence of C. perfringens.
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NewsA new methodology to produce a vaccine for foot-and-mouth disease
The vaccine is all synthetic, made up of tiny protein shells designed to trigger optimum immune response.
United States donates one million doses of Classical Swine Fever vaccine to Guatemala
On March 19, APHIS donated the vaccines based on a request for assistance from the Guatemalan Chief Veterinary Officer, Dr. Humberto Maldonado, to help Guatemala control the spread of CSF there.