Current situation of ASF in Asia
Since the emergence of ASF in China in August 2018, the disease has been detected in Mongolia, North Korea, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Myanmar and Philippines.
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Changes in the prescription of antimicrobials in the EU: questions and answers (I)
Must a veterinarian treat sick animals, whatever the circumstances or conditions that have favoured the emergence of the disease? Prophylaxis or metaphylaxis?
Philippines confirms presence of African swine fever
After several weeks reporting the detection of abnormal mortality on some pig farms, the Philippine Department of Agriculture has just reported positive results for African swine fever (ASF).
The quarantine is rough, can we feed anything to help immune status of quarantine gilts?
In addition to prophylactic measures, gilt nutrition plays a crucial role in the development of their health status. This review addresses different nutritional strategies to stimulate the immunological state during quarantine.
ASF: Chinese pork imports doubled in July
In July, the Chinese pork imports have grown by 106.7% with respect to July 2018.
Reduction in China’s swine herd due to ASF drops meal consumption
Soybean imports in 2019/20 are set to be the lowest in five years.
North American strategy for ASF prevention and preparedness
The strategy will help guide ASF-related coordination and cooperation between Canada, Mexico and the United States in our communications, prevention, preparedness and response activities.
USDA’s training exercise to respond to and mitigate an outbreak of ASF
A series of functional exercises and drills to be conducted between September 23 and 26, 2019.
SPACE: Download the official app of the Show!
SPACE 2019 mobile app is available for free.
Pirbright grants licence for new Foot-and-Mouth disease vaccine
Instead of traditional methods of vaccine development, using infectious virus as its basis, they synthetically created empty protein shells to imitate the protein coat that forms the strong outer layer of the virus.
African Swine Fever clinical presentation in the field
What is the course of this disease in the field recently? Not always following the textbook description… Global swine professionals with field experience answer this and many other questions.
Use of a fluorescent powder to study the transfer of contamination from livestock trailers
The objective of this pilot study was to determine if a fluorescent powder (Glo Germ) could be used to study the transfer of contamination from livestock trailers to the center alleyway and pens in the barn during marketing events.
Philippines: Abnormal swine deaths in backyard farms
The DA received an incident report on increased mortality of pigs raised by farmers in their backyards. Several diseases can be associated with the clinical signs. Further confirmation is needed from a recognized foreign reference laboratory in Europe.
FEFAC makes available Biosecurity recommendations in context of ASF
The focus of this document is on biosecurity measures for the operations of sourcing of feed ingredients, transport, storage, manufacturing and delivery of final feed to farms. It also covers visits to farms of feed company personnel.
ASF in Asia: One year on, close to 5 million pigs lost
Almost 5 million pigs in Asia have now died or been culled because of the spread of African swine fever (ASF), a contagious viral disease that affects pigs and that was first detected in Asia one year ago this month.
Innov'Space 2019
Discover the 2019 award-winners and download the booklet and pictures of the awarded products and services.