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Russia: African swine fever

The cases now flaring up in Russia, Ukraine and other countries in the Caucasus have their origins in a 2007 outbreak in the former Soviet republic of Georgia, where the virus gained a foothold after being imported from Africa.

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Mexico: Japan authorizes the entry of fresh pork from Jalisco

This decision is of great importance as Jalisco, along with Sonora, are the main producers of pork in the country, with about 45 percent of national production.

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Russia: new outbreak of African swine fever

The latest outbreak is located in Novonickolayevskaya (Krasnodarskiy) with 3362 susceptible animals.

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Zinc oxide–montmorillonite hybrid influences diarrhea, intestinal mucosal integrity, and digestive enzyme activity in weaned pigs

The use of dietary Zn in montmorillonite hybrids for piglet diets improve performance and digestive parameters.

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China: outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Tibet

A total of 123 live head of cattle and 108 pigs at a village in Bomi county (Nyingchi) are affected.

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Necropsy of a pig affected by a gastric ulcer

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Clinical case: Acute gastric ulcers

This case describes an acute outbreak of gastric ulcers in pigs of 30-40 kg live weight that affected 38 farms throughout a year and that presented mortalities from a 5% up to a 40% depending on the severity of the cases.

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Atlantic Premium Brands announced plans to eliminate pig gestation crates

Atlantic Premium Brands Ltd. announced, with the support of The Humane Society of the United States, plans to eliminate controversial pig “gestation crates” from its supply chain.

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Gilt replacement strategies used in two swine production areas in Quebec in regard to PRRSv

Replacement strategies may have weaknesses that should be addressed to facilitate PRRSV management at the herd and regional levels.

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Distribution of the losses according to the age and the cause in the fattening stage of farms without diarrhoea problems

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Analysis of the health in the weaners and fattening stages; a different approach (II)

The losses due to diarrhoea problems appear concentrated, basically, during the first week in the weaners stage, whilst in the farms that have not suffered diarrhoea problems, the mortality is distibuted more evenly.

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Canada: Government invests in health-boosting research for livestock industry

A new investment from the Harper Government will support research into an innovative substitute for antibiotics in livestock feed.

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Mexico: Coahuila declared free of Aujeszky's disease

The entire territory of the State of Coahuila, except the municipalities of La Laguna, is declared free of Aujeszky's disease.

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Guatemala: new outbreak of Classical swine fever

The outbreak, with 10 pigs susceptible and 3 cases, occurred on a farm in the Village of Sajcavilla.

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Weaned pig responses to Escherichia coli K88 oral challenge when receiving a lysozyme supplement

Lysozyme supplementation may reduce the negative impact of Escherichia coli K88 in weanling piglets.

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PRRS afflicts breeders in Vietnam

Around 5,000 pigs are infected with the disease in the province.

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Image of the attic with filter boxes in a sows' farm adapted to the air filtering system.

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Observational study of farms with air filtering against the PRRS virus in North America

This study, based on some 120,000 sows, quantifies the reduction of the risk of introducing PRRS viruses when using air filtering.

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Russia lifts temporary restrictions on import of breeding swine from the Czech Republic

The Czech veterinary services are required to fulfill health and welfare guarantees according to the current veterinary certificate when laboratory tests of animals for brucellosis are negative.