USA - US House restores food safety lab funding
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed an amendment restoring funding to the National Animal Health Laboratory Network after it was cut from the 2012 Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative.
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European Union - New animal health control measures relating to classical swine fever in Hungary and Slovakia
Hungary and Slovakia have informed the Commission about the recent developments with regard to that disease in their territories.
Argentina - Inauguration of the Senasa National Reference Laboratory
The President of Argentina together with the Minister of Agriculture, Livestock and Fishing, Julián Domínguez, officially inaugurated the first Senasa National Reference Laboratory.
Administration of probiotics influences F4 (K88)-positive enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli attachment and intestinal cytokine expression in weaned pigs
This study evaluated the effect of the probiotics Pediococcus acidilactici and Saccharomyces cerevisiae boulardii on the intestinal colonization of O149 enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli harbouring the F4 (K88) fimbriae (ETEC F4) and on the expression of ileal cytokines in weaned pigs.
USA - Drug-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus: Nationwide study finds U.S. meat and poultry is widely contaminated
Drug-resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus, a bacteria linked to a wide range of human diseases, are present in meat and poultry from U.S. grocery stores at unexpectedly high rates, according to a nationwide study by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen).
A comparison of PRRS virus PCR testing methods: Serum PCR versus oral fluid PCR
The objective of this study was to evaluate the correlation between serum PRRSv PCR positives and oral fluids PRRSv PCR positives, to evaluate the detection dynamics between serum and oral fluids PRRSv PCR positives, and to determine the effects of pooling samples.
China’s five labs designated as OIE Reference Labs
It was approved at the General Session on 26 May that five veterinary laboratories of China were designated as OIE Reference Laboratories.
Commission urges Germany to transpose provisions of Animal Feed Directive
The European Commission asked Germany today to notify the remaining national implementing measures of the Animal Feed Directive (2010/6/EU), which sets maximum levels for undesirable substances in animal feed.
Effect of dietary supplementation of oregano essential oils to sows on colostrums and milk composition, growth pattern and immune status of suckling pigs
Supplementing sow diets with 250 mg/kg of oregano essential oils during gestation and lactation did not affect the growth potential of and immune responses in suckling piglets.
South Korea to launch new unified quarantine agency
South Korea will launch a new unified quarantine agency to handle farm and fisheries products in an effort to strengthen the country's ability to protect public health and local industries from animal and plant diseases, the government said Tuesday.
Russia - Outbreak of african swine fever in the Tver Oblast
ASFV genetic material was detected in the samples of pathological material taken from a pig in the backyard in the Danilovskoe village, the Kalininsky Rayon, the Tver Oblast by the FGI “Tver Interoblast Veterinary Laboratory”.
Canada – Canadian Swine health Board funding included in june 6 budget
The Canadian Swine Health Board (CSHB) is pleased that funding to continue its programming was included in the Federal Budget released earlier today. Funding hadbeen announced in the March 22nd Budget which did not pass because ofthe election call.
Probiotics and antibiotics as additives for sows and piglets during nursery phase
Sows and piglets diets supplemented with probiotics are effective in maintaining animal performance and control of diarrhea during the nursery phase.
Swine fever threatens 90,000 pigs in northern Malawi
The Department of Animal Health and Livestock Development under Mzuzu Agricultural Development Division says a suspected outbreak of African swine fever has occurred in Rumphi and Mzimba Districts putting at risk a total of 92,000 pigs.
Thailand - Unexpected increase in morbidity or mortality of a swine listed disease
An increase in the morbidity/mortality has been observed in the area of Amphur Ban-Ra-Kam (Phitsanulok province) and PRRS is suspected based on clinical signs.
Efficacy of probiotics from anaerobic microflora with prebiotics on growth performance and noxious gas emission in growing pigs
The results of the present study suggest that synbiotics exert similar effects with antibiotics on the nutrient digestibility and fecal microflora composition in growing pigs. Moreover, synbiotics can also decrease the fecal noxious gas emission in growing pigs.