Chile: new PRRS outbreaks
The OIE has notified 5 new PRRS outbreaks.
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PRRS Diagnosis and Monitoring Workshop
On October 17-19, 2013 the final meeting of the project "Understanding and fighting PRRS in Europe" (COST action FA0902) focused on the diagnosis and the monitoring of PRRS was held in Greece.
Microbiological, pathological and histological findings in four Danish pig herds affected by a new neonatal diarrhoea syndrome
The results of the study supported the hypothesis that a new neonatal porcine diarrhoea was present in the investigated herds.
United States: PEDv on the rise in North Carolina
Reports beginning with the week of September 15 show dramatic increases in cases in NC.
Spain: vaccine against foot and mouth disease - a successful case of technology transfer
An innovative approach that combines multiple copies of the structural components (called epitopes) of the viruses that generate protective immunity in a single molecular platform.
Novel method makes FMD vaccine production safer
A virus DNA sequence that, if removed, makes the FMD virus harmless to animals, but still allows it to grow in cell culture.
CIS: common measures for Foot-and-Mouth disease control reviewed
The Set of Common CIS Member-Country Measures for Foot-and-Mouth Disease Prevention and Control up to 2020 was discussed at the meeting of the Economic Commission held in the CIS office.
Origin, evolution, and genotyping of emergent PEDV strains in the United States
The data from this study have important implications for understanding the ongoing PEDV outbreaks in the United States.
United States: Ohio forms first PRRS task force
The group will consist of producers, veterinarians and other industry partners.
European Union: sales of veterinary antimicrobials in 2011
The report highlights that 19 of the 20 countries that provided data to the ESVAC project in both 2010 and 2011 reported a decrease in sales in 2011, ranging from 0.4% to 28%.
Russia: temporary restrictions on pork products from several Belarusian plants lifted
The Rosselkhoznadzor considered feasible to lift temporary restrictions imposed on pig and pork product movements from several pig farms and meat processing plants of the Minsk Oblast.
Russia: the ASF cases continue
The OIE notifies 4 new outbreaks of African Swine Fever, most of them in wild pigs.
Optimal routes of administration
How to administer drugs in order to optimize the speed of action, the efficiency and the financial cost.
Argentina: trichinellosis prevention
According to the College of Veterinarians of the province of Buenos Aires, districts like Junín, Chacabuco, Azul, Lobería, Salto, Brandasen and Maipú have reported, in total, more than 300 people affected by trichinellosis.
Update on the importance of porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) subclinical infection
Might be there is a little doubt nowadays on the beneficial clinical and economic effects of PCV2 vaccination in subclinical infections in piglets, but… which is the role that sows play in the whole picture?
Antimicrobial resistance of swine Escherichia coli F4+ strains isolated in Italy from 2002 to 2011
A significant decrease of susceptibility to antimicrobials and a significant increase of multi-resistant strains (classes II and III) of E.coli F4+ was observed from 2002 to 2011.