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Months of testing has culminated in the U.S. Pork Center of Excellence launching classes at six universities through Swine Science Online.

Four pig producer groups will put in pilot applications next month for support for specific on-farm projects to improve pig health.

Cambodia has banned the import of pigs from Vietnam and Thailand after swine infected with blue-ear disease were smuggled into the country from neighbouring Vietnam.

On August 26 the Russian Veterinary Services reported 8 new outbreaks of African swine fever.

Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru declared Friday an end to the foot-and-mouth epidemic that has severely hit livestock in the prefecture.

The National Assembly adopted a strategy for the establishment of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency and Risk Assessment Center with 117 ayes, no nays and 6 abstentions. Minister of Agriculture and Food Dr. Miroslav Naydenov attended the vote.

Today, the House Agriculture Committee approved three bills for consideration by the U.S. House of Representatives.

The Miyazaki prefectural government has lifted its state of emergency concerning foot-and-mouth disease, which had broken out among livestock in the prefecture. The state of emergency officially ended at midnight Monday and was announced shortly thereafter, in the early minutes of Tuesday morning, by Miyazaki Gov. Hideo Higashikokubaru in front of the prefectural government building.