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.
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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.
MRSA thrives even without antibiotics
The MRSA bacterium, which is resistant to antibiotics, has spread rapidly in the past few years on pig farms. Extensive use of antibiotics is thought to help it spread, but reducing the use of antibiotics is not enough to eliminate MRSA on pig farms.
China: new outbreak of foot and mouth disease
The report described a single outbreak of FMD on a farm in the village of Duixu (Zhongda town, Lang, Linzhi).
Russia confirms another outbreak of ASF
The Russian veterinary authorities have confirmed another outbreak of African Swine Fever in Krasnodar Krai.
Effects of different antimicrobial treatments on serum acute phase responses and leucocyte counts in pigs after a primary and a secondary challenge infection with A. pleuropneumoniae
The susceptibility to an initial challenge and a re-challenge inoculation with Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae was analysed in pigs that were treated with antimicrobials of different efficacies following the first exposure to A. pleuropneumoniae.
Learning how to eat like a pig: Facilitating vertical information transfer to reduce weaning problems in piglets
The aim of this thesis was to explore whether providing piglets with more opportunities to learn from their mother about what, how and where to eat increases food intake before and after weaning and consequently can reduce health and welfare problems after weaning.
Italy: new outbreaks of African Swine Fever in Sardinia.
At the beginning of October veterinary authorities of the island of Sardinia informed of new cases of African swine fever.
Russia: two new outbreaks of classical swine fever
The outbreaks are located in two regions: Krasnodar Krai and Vladimirskaya Oblast and affects swine and wild boars.
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.
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.