Ukraine: quarantine due to ASF has been lifted
According to the latest report of the OIE, this event is considered as controlled and quarantine has been lifted.
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Latvia confirms new outbreaks of CSF in wild boars
The latest report indicates the presence of 17 cases, all wild boars.
United States: FDA proposes new food safety standards for foodborne illness prevention
These two FSMA rules are part of an integrated reform effort that focuses on prevention and addresses the safety of foods produced domestically and imported.
Clinical case: Sudden increase in stillborn piglets and suckling pigs mortality
The litter size of the recent and the last farrowing batches was significantly reduced, and the suckling pigs showed an obvious varying weight, condition and viability.
Simultaneous PCV2 and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae co-inoculation does not potentiate disease in conventional pigs
Under the conditions of the present study, concurrent inoculation of PCV2 and Mhyo did not result in potentiation of clinical signs and lesions attributed to either infection.
Carbohydrate composition in barley varieties on Salmonella typhimurium var. copenhagen colonisation in challenged pigs
Dietary inclusion of high levels of β-glucan from hulless barely does not prevent Salmonella typhimurium var. copenhagen colonization but might help to reduce transmission in pigs.
Detection of tick Ornithodoros moubata, which transmit the African swine fever to pigs
The method, based on the detection of antibodies to the TSGP1 protein, could help to localize the tick populations and, especially, to obtain a risk map of African swine fever.
New neonatal porcine diarrhoea: aspects on etiology
The results obtained suggest that E coli not is responsible for NNPD, as also previously concluded.
Update on the diseases associated with the PCV2: clinic, diagnosis and control
The PCV2 has been associated, in an ongoing way and throughout time, with more pathologies called, collectively, diseases associated with the PCV2 (PCVDs): PCV2 systemic disease, PCV2 lung disease, PCV2 enteric disease, PCV2 reproductive disease,PCV2 subclinical infection and porcine dermatitis and nephropaty syndrome.
Gas alternatives to carbon dioxide for euthanasia: A piglet perspective
The use of nitrous oxide as an anesthetic/euthanasia agent may prove to be affordable, feasible and more humane than other alternatives.
OIE: rising instability together with weak veterinary services pose a threat to world security
The quality of surveillance and response mechanisms for animal diseases varies from country to country, and in our globalized world weaknesses in one country pose a threat to all others.
FAO and ACP Countries agree strategic partnership
Specific areas for collaboration under the FAO-ACP agreement will include promotion of food security; promotion of sustainable intensification of crop and livestock.
Latvia: six new outbreaks of classical swine fever in wild boars
Totally 20 wild boars were detected seropositive with Ab ELISA test.
Infectious risk factors for individual postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) development in pigs from affected farms in Spain and Denmark.
The present study reflects the complex interaction among different pathogens and their effects in order to trigger PMWS in PCV2 infected pigs.
Air filtration expected to be a game changer in protecting swine from disease
The Quebec based Swine Development Centre or CDPQ, in partnership with the Saskatchewan based Prairie Swine Centre, is coordinating five Canadian Swine Health Board projects involving veterinarians and engineers from across Canada, aimed at improving the protection of Canadian swine farms from disease through the use of air filtration.
Protecting pigs against a lethal ASFV challenge by using DNA vaccines
The last results clearly demonstrate the possibility of protecting pigs against a lethal ASFV challenge by using DNA vaccines encoding 3 of the viral antigens.