Canada - Sask Pork prepares to launch western Canada PRRS-Free herd certification pilot project
The Saskatchewan Pork Development Board hopes to begin testing swine herds in western Canada for PRRS-Free Herd Certification within the next few months.
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South Korea reopens livestock markets
South Korea will reopen all 85 of its livestock markets today, almost four months after they were closed at the end of November last year when FMD surfaced.
COSALFA defines the next stages in the fight against foot and mouth disease
The 38th Meeting of the South American Commission for the Fight against Foot and Mouth Disease (COSALFA) took place last week in Recife (Brazil), with the objective of defining the next steps to take in the fight against foot and mouth disease in the 2011-2020 Foot and Mouth Disease Eradication Plan of Action (PHEFA).
Elimination of Porcine Respiratory Coronavirus
A research protocol was designed to eradicate the virus in pigs sourced from a PRCV positive sow herd. The sow herd is a 150 farrow to finish herd, under one roof, and is PRRS and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae negative. Forty piglets were weaned from nursing gilts/sows at 5 days of age and removed to a separate nursery which had been thoroughly disinfected and cleaned.
Bulgaria notifies two new outbreaks of foot and mouth disease
The Bulgarian authorities have notified two new outbreaks of foot and mouth disease in the country.
Korea – FMD under control: livestock restriction lifted
The foot-and-mouth disease outbreak that has haunted farms nationwide seems to have come under control.
Vomitoxin concentration in nursery pig diets and the effectiveness of commercial products to mitigate its effects
The use of mycotoxins absorbents in sever vomitoxin contaminated diets may reduce the negative impact of vomitoxin on piglet performance.
Italy - New outbreak of swine vesicular disease
Italy has given notice of the 15th source of swine vesicular disease in the country since the start of the year.
Russia - New African Swine Fever outbreak in Krasnodar Krai
The specialists of Kropotkinskaya regional veterinary laboratory detected genetic material of ASF virus in the samples of pathological material collected from dead and emergency slaughtered swine kept in a pig farm rented by a private person in the territory of agricultural and animal breeding complex "Kedr" located 2.5 km from village of Krasnoye, Voznesenskoye settlement, Labinsky Rayon, Krasnodar Krai.
Effect of dietary protein level on growth performance, indicators of enteric health, and gastrointestinal microbial ecology of weaned pigs induced with postweaning colibacillosis
Feeding low CP, AA supplemented diets can help to improve poor growth performance and enteric disorders of the weaned pigs.
United Kingdom - Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency merge to create new agency
Animal Health and the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) will merge on 1 April 2011 to create the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency (AHVLA). Both agencies work to combat animal diseases, and bringing together their services, expertise and scientific capability will create a stronger organisation capable of providing a range of vital services to the livestock farming industry and related sectors.
An evaluation of ultraviolet light (UV(254)) as a means to inactivate porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus on common farm surfaces and materials
The results obtained in this study suggest that UV(254) is an effective means to inactivate PRRSV on commonly encountered farm surfaces and materials and inactivation can be accomplished following 10min of exposure.
Taiwan – New outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease
Abnormal lesions on fifteen pigs' feet were found on the truck by routine inspection before they entered into the auction market of Tainan City. The local animal disease control competent authority traced back to the farm of origin to carry out the clinical investigation. The result showed that 15 pigs on farm had the same clinical lesions. Thirty pigs, the 15 pigs on the truck and the 15 pigs on the index farm, were destroyed on 21 March 2011.
Industry News - China accepting live hog imports from U.S
According to USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), China is once again accepting live hogs exported from the United States. China had suspended those imports two years ago, when H1N1 influenza virus was sickening people, along with pork products.
China - System to assess govt food safety supervision
China vows to strengthen its regulation of food quality to eliminate concerns over food safety and to adopt a system to assess the efficiency of the quality supervision and inspections undertaken by local governments.
China - New outbreak of Foot and mouth disease
The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has reported a new outbreaks of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in China on 29 March.