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The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has reported two outbreaks of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in South korea.

Prices of meat in Vietnam particularly pork, will increase between 15% and 20% from a year earlier during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday.

High-ranking officials from all OIE Member Countries in the Americas, including the Caribbean, and from national, regional and world organisations, including the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), attended the 20th Conference of the OIE Regional Commission for the Americas, held in Montevideo (Uruguay) from 16 to 19 November 2010.

COMMISSION DECISION of 23 November 2010 Euroepan Union - Annual and multiannual programmes and the financial contribution from the Union for the eradication, control and monitoring of certain animal diseases and zoonoses presented by the Member States for 2011 and following years.

In 2010 the Rosselkhoznadzor authorized import of 1360 breeding pigs from Denmark to the Belgorodskaya Oblast. The animals were imported in three consignments accompanied with phytosanitary certificates issued by the National Veterinary Service of Denmark according to which the animals were clinically healthy. 320 animals with lesions on legs and limp were detected in the course of the daily clinical examination in the quarantine period.

The Salvadorian Minister of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) authorized, for one year, the importation of pigs and pork proceeding from certified Guatemalan farms, alter confirming with Salvadorian authorities the elimination of swine fever on those farms.

The latest report elaborated by the FAO/OIE Foot and Mouth Disease Reference Laboratory, during the last trimester (July – September), worldwide, shows the appearance of sources of the disease in China, Taiwan, Japan, Mongolia, Russia, Venezuela, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and Turkey.

Vietnam has allowed abattoirs in areas affected by blue-ear disease to resume slaughtering pigs, said Hoang Van Nam, Director of the Department of Animal Health.

The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has reported an outbreak of classical swine fever in Serbia. The date of last occurrence was 10/2007.

The National Agri-Food Service, Quality, and Health Service of Mexico (SENASICA) has declared Chiapas as Aujeszky disease-free zone, meaning that 68% of their national territory is free of this disease that affects swine.

The latest figures from the Danish statistics service show a drastic reduction in the use of antibiotics in swine production during the first trimester of this year.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending its regulations governing the importation of certain animals and animal products by adding the Brazilian State of Santa Catarina to the list of regions we recognize as free of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), rinderpest, swine vesicular disease (SVD), classical swine fever (CSF) and African swine fever (ASF). APHIS is also adding Santa Catarina to the list of regions that are subject to certain import restrictions on meat and meat products because of their proximity to or trading relationships with rinderpest- or FMD-affected countries.

Defra has published a report on sales of veterinary antimicrobials for 2009. The report, produced by the Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD), shows that total sales of therapeutic antimicrobials in 2009 was 402 tonnes, which was an increase of 18 tonnes (4.7%) when compared with 2008, when 384 tonnes were sold.

The Russian VPSS published a semiannual report on the epizootic situation in the country for the first half of 2010.