African swine fever in the Russian Federation: Spatio-temporal analysis and epidemiological overview
Anthropogenic factors play the leading role in the spread of ASF across the territory of the Russian Federation.
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United States: FDA announces reorganization for the Foods and Veterinary Medicine Program
These changes will strengthen the overall program and better enable FDA to meet its public health and consumer protection responsibilities related to food and veterinary medicine.
Latvia: new outbreaks of classical swine fever in wild boars
The Latvian veterinary authorities have reported five new outbreaks of classical swine fever in wild boars.
Chitooligosaccharide supplementation for gut health of weanling pigs
The inclusion of chitooligosaccharide in the piglet diet may perform antibacterial activity enhancing the intestinal structure.
Russia: coordination of FMD preventive measures started its work
During the meeting will be discussed issues related to risks of other transboundery diseases such as highly pathogenic avian influenza, African swine fever.
Uruguay increases the purchase of pig meat from Brazil
Uruguay approved the release of the importation of meat products and pork byproducts from 13 Brazilian federal states.
Culturing and molecular methods to assess the infectivity of porcine circovirus from treated effluent of swine manure.
PCV2 viruses were able to resist the regular wastewater treatment.
Canada and the United States sign agreement on animal disease zoning
If Canada were to establish a disease control and eradication zone anywhere in Canada, the USDA would continue to allow imports of live animals, animal products and by-products from disease-free areas of Canada.
Switzerland free from PRRS
The last results from the second serological testing round on all farms were negative.
Antimicrobial susceptibility of porcine Pasteurella multocida, Streptococcus suis, and Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae
This report provides the first extensive survey of the antimicrobial susceptibility of major SRD pathogens isolated from swine across the United States and Canada during the years 2001 to 2010.
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NewsUnited Kingdom: sales of veterinary antimicrobial products in the UK from 2011
There was variation in sales of veterinary antibiotic in 2011 for some of the individual food-producing species, pig only products increased by 15 tonnes and poultry only products decreased by 27 tonnes in 2011 compared to 2010.
Strategic management of the replacement gilts for sustainable PRRS control
The desired result of the strategic management of replacement gilts at a company level is to minimize the economical losses potentially caused by PRRS.
United States: Animal Disease Traceability rule published
Now that it has been published, the rule becomes effective Mar. 11, 2013.
Vietnam: HCMC launches food safety testing facility
The facility can conduct hi-tech analysis on germs, virus in various kinds of food products.
Relationship between biosecurity measures and production, health and treatment in pig herds
It is generally believed that biosecurity measures in pig production improve performance and health status of the pigs, but limited quantitative data is available to support this hypothesis.
China notifies a new outbreak of FMD in pigs
The epidemiological unit is a village with 124 susceptible animals.