Boehringer Ingelheim celebrates 25 years to combat PRRS in Europe
Boehringer Ingelheim’s PRRS vaccine celebrates 25 years of presence in Europe.
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EU: Joint action on antimicrobial resistance
The presidency concluded by emphasising the global aspect of the threat and the need to take action at international level.
Apiam's Data Pig: First responder in biosecurity battle
Data Pig assists pork producers in record keeping, antimicrobial stewardship, monitoring pig health, and improving quality assurance and compliance.
Singapore agrees to zoning arrangement allowing trade from Canada in the event of ASF outbreak
This arrangement would serve to minimize trade impacts to the Canadian swine sector while protecting the swine populations in both countries.
Computer vision to detect lethargy: A trial on ASF in wild boar
A motion monitoring system based on artificial vision may be used indoors to trigger suspicions of fever.
Organizations join forces to control animal disease in South-East Asia
OIE and ASEAN will further expand regional animal disease control programmes to include African swine fever and classical swine fever.
Philippines declares first province free of ASF
The province of Batangas is the first in the country to be cleared of African swine fever.
EFSA assesses control measures for foot and mouth disease
A review of the effectiveness of sampling procedures, monitoring period, and minimum radius of the protection and surveillance zones for FMD.
UK: Further reduction in antibiotic use on pig farms
New figures show the amount of antibiotic prescribed to treat pigs on UK farms in 2020 fell by 5%.
Atypical pathogenic PRRS virus strains: A new problem?
High virulence PRRS virus strains cause more accentuated clinical symptoms, higher mortality, higher viral load and dissemination in body tissues, as well as a higher inflammatory response.
ASF reaches Bhutan for the first time
Uncontrolled movement of scavenging stray pigs to blame for the first incidence of ASF in the country.
ASF restricted zones expanded in Germany, Poland, and Slovakia
New ASF outbreaks in Germany, Poland, and Slovakia prompt redefining and enlarging of restricted zone boundaries.
Role of food producing environments in antimicrobial resistance
EFSA experts have assessed the role of food producing environments in the emergence and spread of AMR.
Intrauterine growth-restricted piglets can catch up on growth with pGLP-2 microspheres
Injection of pGLP-2 microspheres can be a therapeutic strategy for compensatory growth in intrauterine growth restricted piglets with low birthweights.
U.S: FDA finalizes bringing remaining OTC antimicrobial drugs under veterinary oversight
Once this change is made, these important drugs can only be used in animals under the supervision of a licensed veterinarian.
Diarrhea in neonatal piglets: treatments
In a series of seven articles we have discussed with four prestigious veterinarians the different aspects of neonatal diarrhea: infection, nutrition, management, environment, etc. We couldn't end this series without specifically addressing how to manage treatment.