Uganda: swine fever kills 500 pigs in Amuru
At least five hundred pigs in Amuru District have succumbed to the highly contagious African swine fever, a disease that majorly affects pigs.
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Australia: FMD outbreak fears
Australia does not have sufficient suitable human resources to manage anything other than a small foot-and-mouth incursion.
Ukraine tightens control over Russian pork imports
In connection with the cases of African swine fever at a private farm in Kursk region (Russia), 85 km from the Ukrainian border, Ukrainian veterinary and sanitary control points at the state border have been put on alert.
Russia confirms an outbreak of ASF in Kursk
The outbreak above seems to be the 1st one recorded in the Kursk (Kurskaya) oblast, bordering Ukraine on its north-eastern border.
Russia: economic impact of African Swine Fever
VPSS forecasts that continued spread of ASF could result in an economic impact as high as RUR8 billion ($267 million) by year’s end.
Ukraine lifts ban on imports of pigs and pork from Lithuania
The State Veterinary and Phytosanitary Service of Ukraine has lifted a ban on imports of pigs and pork from Lithuania.
Galvmed publishes database with vaccine information
The NGO Galvmed has published an online database with free access to information on all livestock vaccines, throughout the world.
Taiwan: subclinical FMD detected
During the routine active FMD serological surveillance, NSP antibodies were detected on one pig farm.
Lithuania: CSF has been eradicated
On the basis of the testing results and clinical investigation of pigs, the veterinary authorities of Lithuania have concluded that CSF has been eradicated.
ASF: Russia proposes sterile zone
Russia's veterinary service says the Ukraine should take measures to protect itself from African Swine Fever spreading from Russia.
FMD in Kazakhstan: epidemiological situation
Veterinary authorities in Kazakhastan have reported the FMD-related restriction measures on movement of animals.
New outbreak of FMD in China
Last week China's veterinary authorities informed the OIE of a new focus of foot and mouth disease.
Effect of porcine circovirus type 2 vaccine on postweaning performance and carcass composition
PCV2 vaccination has a large impact on growth rate and on the proportion of pigs going to primary markets, but not on carcass fat depth, loin depth, or percent lean, measurements that are used to determine market value.
Associations between biovar and virulence factor genes in Pasteurella multocida isolates from pigs in Spain
Two hundred and five isolates of Pasteurella multocida from pigs were phenotypically and genetically characterised by determining their biovar, capsular type, virulence-associated genes and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) profiles.
FMD situation in Paraguay
There are currently 25 teams in the zone around the outbreak and in the surveillance zone and 13,333 blood samples.
Botswana: Foot and mouth disease
Continuous surveillance is still ongoing to monitor FMD situation. Surveillance in pigs is namely passive.