Italy: EU inspectors in Sardinia for the African Swine Fever control
EU inspectors were in Sardinia for the verification of the African Swine Fever monitoring plan.
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New Zealand MPI welcomes judgment on pork imports
Court of Appeal judgment found that MPI followed the correct decision-making process before allowing imports of raw pork from countries where PRRS is present.
Antimicrobial susceptibility of Listeria monocytogenes, Listeria ivanovii, and Listeria species isolated from swine processing facilities in Colombia
Resistance to clindamycin and ciprofloxacin are shared between L monocytogenes and untyped Listeria. Although erythromycin is a drug of choice for prophylaxis in Colombian swine, resistance is low.
China: authorities dismiss swine epidemic, more dead pigs surface
The carcasses of nearly 6,000 pigs were pulled out of the Huangpu River from March 8 to 13.
OIE: solidarity against antimicrobial resistance
A consensus was reached on the need to stimulate cooperation and international solidarity with regard to ensuring supervision of the production, importation, marketing, distribution and use of antimicrobials.
Spain: growth of the Spanish animal health and nutrition industry
Swine leads the ranking of species with an invoicing of more than 252 million euros.
Swine dysentery elimination is priority
The BPEX Pig Health Improvement Project (PHIP) is focusing this year’s activity on the elimination of swine dysentery.
European Union: €15 million to support EU Reference Laboratories for food and feed safety
The European Commission adopted a financial decision to grant a total of €15 million for 2013 to support the 44 EU Reference Laboratories (EU-RLs) designated for food and feed safety and animal health.
Emergency vaccination alleviates highly pathogenic porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus infection after contact exposure
These results indicated that emergency vaccination could effectively alleviate HPPRRSV infection during experimental contact exposure.
Russia confirms foot and mouth disease in cattle and swine
Foot and mouth disease virus serotype A was found in the village of Molodezhny (Zabajkal'skij kray).
Russia: OIE opens a new office in Moscow
The office will be, among others, in charge of supporting the quality of national veterinary services and information on animal disease situation in the region.
Spray-dried animal plasma on weanling pigs administered a PCV2 and M. hyopneumoniae vaccine strategy
Early administration of spray-dried animal plasma may stimulate feed intake in weanling pigs.
Latvia: more classical swine fever subclinical infection in wild boars
Subclinical infection was detected in a total of 79 wild boars.
Clinical case: Severe respiratory disease in weaned piglets
A cough outbreak appeared in 8-9 weeks old piglets. It apparently was a "normal" outbreak that could be solved with a few days of antibiotic but the pigs did not respond to the treatment.
Worldwide conference on the prudent use of antimicrobial agents in animals
It aims to present an overview of the current situation on AMR, encourage international cooperation, explore opportunities to improve data collection on antimicrobial usage in animals...
ILRI: Boosting pig production among India’s poor
Tata-ILRI research partnership helps farmers beat classical swine fever.