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OIE launches a web space dedicated to antimicrobial resistance

Arising from its mandate for the protection of animal health and veterinary public health including food safety, OIE is highly concerned about antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and has decided to create a dedicated web space to provide updated and relevant information on the subject.

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Evaluation of seaweed derivatives on gastrointestinal fermentation and microbiota in piglets challenged with S. Typhimurium

Consumption of diets containing seaweed-derived extracts does not diminish faecal shedding of Salmonella in post-weaned piglets.

USA: USMEF releases livestock ID/Traceability economic assessment

A study assessing the impact of traceability and animal identification programs on the international market for red meat has been released by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF).

Transmission of Lawsonia intracellularis using a seeder pig model

Fecal to oral transmission of PE is considered to be a major factor in the spread of a Lawsonia infection. A seeder pig model, designed to show the effect of introducing an infected animal into a population of susceptible contact animals, allows characterization of natural transmission of Lawsonia and determination of the effect of an antibiotic intervention.

Armenia: eleven new outbreaks of African swine fever

There are a total of 22 susceptible animals, all of them affected and destroyed.

Protection of European domestic pigs from virulent African isolates of African swine fever virus by experimental immunization

Experimental immunisation of pigs with the non-virulent OURT88/3 genotype I isolate from Portugal followed by the closely related virulent OURT88/1 genotype I isolate could confer protection against challenge with virulent isolates from Africa.

USA: Farm-animal prescriptions urged to cut drug resistance

American farmers would be forced to get prescriptions for livestock antibiotics under a plan developed in Denmark and promoted by infectious disease doctors to stem a rising tide of drug-resistant infections in people.

Russia: new outbreak of Classical Swine Fever

The Russian authorities have informed the OIE about a new outbreak of Classical Swine Fever at a farm in Krasnodar Krai.

US: Pork Checkoff recommends producers and workers get flu vaccination

As the United States enters another flu season, the Pork Checkoff is advising producers, farm personnel and others who have contact with pigs to get the seasonal flu vaccination as soon as possible to help protect human and pig health.

Outcome of porcine circovirus type 1 (PCV1) infections in mid-gestational porcine foetuses

In the present study, virus replication and pathology were examined in porcine foetuses, inoculated with two PCV1 strains at 55 days of gestation.

Inovio Pharmaceuticals enters collaboration with U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security to assess foot & mouth disease synthetic vaccines' potential to help ensure Nation's food supply safety

Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a leader in the development of synthetic immunogens against cancers and infectious diseases, announced today that it has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate Plum Island Animal Disease Center. This collaboration will evaluate the efficacy of Inovio's SynCon® vaccines for foot & mouth disease (FMD) in important animal models including cattle, sheep, and pigs.

UK: Eight veterinary labs to close

Savings arising from these changes are likely to be in the region of £2.4 million per annum.

Effect of vaccination of pigs against experimental infection with high and low virulence Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae strains

This study investigated the infection pattern and lung lesion development in pigs caused by a low and highly virulent Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae strain.

Russia: new Swine Fever outbreak

The IOE has reported a new outbreak of CSF on Russia.

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RespiSure-ONE^® now registered for use in day old piglets

Canadian swine producers can now vaccinate for mycoplasma pneumonia when they process baby pigs. A new label claim makes RespiSure-ONE the only vaccine approved for administration at one day of age.