Uganda: swine fever kills 500 pigs in Amuru
At least five hundred pigs in Amuru District have succumbed to the highly contagious African swine fever, a disease that majorly affects pigs.
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Russia: economic impact of African Swine Fever
VPSS forecasts that continued spread of ASF could result in an economic impact as high as RUR8 billion ($267 million) by year’s end.
European Union: Parliament demands smarter use of antibiotics
Tighter controls on the use of antimicrobials - such as antibiotics - are needed to fight growing bacteria resistance, says a resolution adopted by Parliament on Thursday.
Ukraine lifts ban on imports of pigs and pork from Lithuania
The State Veterinary and Phytosanitary Service of Ukraine has lifted a ban on imports of pigs and pork from Lithuania.
ASF: Russia proposes sterile zone
Russia's veterinary service says the Ukraine should take measures to protect itself from African Swine Fever spreading from Russia.
Lithuania: CSF has been eradicated
On the basis of the testing results and clinical investigation of pigs, the veterinary authorities of Lithuania have concluded that CSF has been eradicated.
Taiwan: subclinical FMD detected
During the routine active FMD serological surveillance, NSP antibodies were detected on one pig farm.
Galvmed publishes database with vaccine information
The NGO Galvmed has published an online database with free access to information on all livestock vaccines, throughout the world.
New outbreak of FMD in China
Last week China's veterinary authorities informed the OIE of a new focus of foot and mouth disease.
FMD in Kazakhstan: epidemiological situation
Veterinary authorities in Kazakhastan have reported the FMD-related restriction measures on movement of animals.
Russia: African Swine Fever affects 2 large farms
In this case, the outbreaks affected 2 large scale swine farms in the Krasnodar region (Krasnodarskiy Krai).
FMD situation in Paraguay
There are currently 25 teams in the zone around the outbreak and in the surveillance zone and 13,333 blood samples.
Associations between biovar and virulence factor genes in Pasteurella multocida isolates from pigs in Spain
Two hundred and five isolates of Pasteurella multocida from pigs were phenotypically and genetically characterised by determining their biovar, capsular type, virulence-associated genes and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) profiles.
United Kingdom: top Five for pig health
A ‘top five’ of farm services that will be available to every pig farm signing up to BPEX’s new national pig health scheme, was revealed at this week’s ‘Two Tonne Sow’ Focus on Health conferences.
Botswana: Foot and mouth disease
Continuous surveillance is still ongoing to monitor FMD situation. Surveillance in pigs is namely passive.
United Kingdom: AHVLA announces changes to its delivery network
Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA) has announced that in future its laboratory services work will be delivered from fewer locations.