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This year marks the 250th birthday of the veterinary profession. The European Commission’s Directorate General for Health and Consumer Policy (DG SANCO) and the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) join forces to organise a series of events to celebrate the anniversary and highlight the diverse role of veterinarians across the world. Their partnership begins with the dissemination of six video clips promoting the profession to the public.

Commission recommendation of 14 January 2011 establishing guidelines for the distinction between feed materials, feed additives, biocidal products and veterinary medicinal products (2011/25/EU) .

Hungarian Rural Development Minister Sandor Fazekas on Wednesday ordered the mandatory testing of all pork from Germany for dioxin contamination.

The Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) is to increase surveillance for PCV2 virus as a cause of reproductive failure in cases of abortion and stillbirth where no other infectious cause has been identified.

Canada is enhancing the way it monitors the national swine herd for federally reportable swine diseases.

Germany’s federal states have agreed on tough measures, including possible prison terms for offenders, in an effort to prevent a repeat of the dioxin scandal that has severely damaged the agriculture industry.

Taking into account detection of FMD affected animals in the territory of Bulgaria and possibility of the agent introduction to the Russian Federation with live animals and animal products, the Rosselkhoznadzor imposes temporary restrictions.

South Korea on Wednesday confirmed more outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in areas that had not been hit by the highly contagious animal disease so far.

Results of laboratory testing on eggs, poultry and pork that had been imported from Germany and raised concerns over possible dioxin contamination are negative, said Zsolt Simon, the Agriculture and Rural Development Minister.

Videoconference Devoted to Eradication of New ASF Outbreaks in the Territory of the Russian Federation Held at the Initiative of Elena Skrynnik, RF Minister of Agriculture.

A total of 5,334 pig submissions were received by VLA/SAC during 2009, down from 5,761 in 2008 and 6,176 in 2007. Diagnostic pig submissions however (which generate the bulk of Salmonella incidents in pigs) actually rose by a fifth from 1,490 in 2008 to 1,797 during 2009.

Blood samples of animals in the village of Rezovo, Burgas region, have tested positive for foot-and-mouth disease (FMD).