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Researchers in Germany have added a twist to the pandemic currently affecting humans: the influenza virus A/H1N1 has been shown to be infectious in pigs and to spread quickly in a trial pig population. Published in The Journal of General Virology, the results of the study are part of the EU-funded EPIZONE ('Network on epizootic disease diagnosis and control') project, which is supported under the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) to the tune of EUR 14 million.

The German veterinary authorities have informed the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about an outbreak of porcine brucellosis (Brucella suis). The report covers a case of brucellosis at Melz in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It involved a farm with 4019 pigs, of which 22 died.

A piggery in NSW has been placed in quarantine after returning positive tests for Influenza A H1.

The OIE is aware that in many countries veterinary legislation became inadequate to address the challenges and new threats of today and of the future. At the request of its Members, the organisation has developed and published in the website guidelines on all the essential elements to be covered in veterinary legislation.

Pigs are susceptible to infection with influenza A (H1N1) virus that results in the induction of detectable levels of clinical disease, virus shedding and pathology in an experimental setting.

The House on Thursday passed legislation to require more frequent inspections of food-processing plants and to give the government the authority to order the recall of tainted foods.

During its regular surveillance activities, the ministère de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation (MAPAQ), has detected one isolated case of A(H1N1) in a swine herd.

The municipal authority is to step up its monitoring of livestock and poultry transportation, slaughter and production in the capital until the end of the month.

A large group of agricultural organisations, among which many pork organisations, has urged the speaker of the US House of Representatives not to allow a bill to ban certain animal health products to be tacked on to any pending legislation.

Affected animals will be managed using the same veterinary management and biosecurity practices employed for other swine influenza viruses. This includes limiting opportunities for virus to spread to susceptible animals. Canada’s slaughter system contains multiple inspection points to ensure that only healthy animals enter the food supply.

The listeriosis outbreak in meat products in Canada during 2008, that killed 22 people and led to massive amounts of pork and other meat recalls, was the result of a 'void in leadership' within the federal Canadian government.