Page 84 of articles about swine-diseases

The Department of Animal Health and Livestock Development under Mzuzu Agricultural Development Division says a suspected outbreak of African swine fever has occurred in Rumphi and Mzimba Districts putting at risk a total of 92,000 pigs.

Two days after notification of the first outbreak of Classic Swine Fever (June 1, 2011), the Lithuanian Veterinary Service has confirmed the presence of the CSF virus on another two swine farms located in the same district as the first outbreak.

On 25 May 2011, two animals were reported by a farmer at Ramokgwebana crush with a history of salivation and lameness. On investigation by the FMD Emergency Alert Team, lesions were confirmed to be consistent with foot and mouth disease lesions.

Ukraine has banned imports of pigs and pork from Lithuania and the Central Federal District of Russia following an outbreak of classical swine fever and African swine fever there.

During the routine active FMD serological surveillance, NSP antibodies were detected on 2 pig farms located in Chang-Hua (Tianwei township; Yongjing township).

Pigs were found dead in a pig farm situated in the territory of one of the penal colonies in Torzhok, the Tver Oblast.

On 1st June 2011, in the central part of Lithuania, in the village of Šils, during an investigation in the pig farm of the joint-stock company “Beržs kompleksas”, an outbreak of classical swine fever (CSF) was confirmed by the National Food and Veterinary Risk Assessment Institute (NFVRAI), which is the designated National Reference Laboratory for CSF of Lithuania.

The OIE has reported a new outbreaks of african swine fever in Tanzania. The affected village is located in its southwest region of Mbeya.

The veterinary authorities have reported an outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease, the first since 2007.

Vietnam’s prime minister has allocated an additional VND 70.6 billion (USD3.36 million) for the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to buy animal-disease vaccine and disinfection chemicals for national reserve in 2011.

Filipino livestock and hog raisers, and meat processors can now export ‘Pinoy’ livestock and pork products to the rest of the world, as the entire Philippines was recently certified free from the dreaded foot and mouth disease (FMD) without vaccination by the Office International des Epizooties (OIE) or World Organization for Animal Health.

Veterinarians play a pivotal role in all stages of the food chain namely safe production, processing, transport, and distribution of products of animal origin, but their low numbers in both the private and public sectors of many countries represent a major constraint to world food security and safety.

The New Zealand high court has stopped the importation of raw pork that pig farmers fear could infect animals in NZ with a disease that kills unborn and young pigs.

Warning of a likely imminent upsurge of a deadly pig disease in the Caucasus region and Russian Federation, FAO today called on affected countries to step up precautionary measures and for a concerted international effort to prevent the infection spreading more widely across the Northern Hemisphere.