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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Foreign Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory has confirmed African swine fever (ASF) in samples collected from pigs in the Dominican Republic through an existing cooperative surveillance program.

The Department of Agriculture has allocated PHP41.6 million for 18 localities and the province of Pangasinan that were affected by ASF.

So far this year, 11 cases of African swine fever have been reported in eight provinces.

In the Märkisch-Oderland district, the presence of African swine fever has been confirmed in another farm of domestic pigs.

EFSA is stepping up its efforts to halt the spread of African swine fever in Europe by expanding its campaign to a further nine countries.

The Friedrich Loeffler Institute has confirmed the first cases in two domestic pig farms in Spree-Neisse and Märkisch-Oderland.

The results of the evaluation of antibiotic control over a seven-year period are presented in the third QS status report.

Both African swine fever outbreaks in wild boar (7,429) and in pigs (526) have increased compared to the same period last year.

The state crisis team to combat ASF in Brandenburg has decided to build a protection corridor along the border with Poland.

The significant fall in antibiotic use in food-producing animals suggests that the measures taken at country level to reduce use are proving to be effective.