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Due to change in the epidemic situation, it is impractical to further maintain the restrictions on import of animals and animal products from the countries where this disease is registered, as these conditions will make a negative economic impact on international trade, and are not able to slow down the disease spreading among people in Russia.

The Norwegian veterinary authorities have informed the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about an outbreak of virus A/H1N1 in pigs.

The State Veterinary Medicine Committee has banned from September 29, 2009 the pig and pig product imports to Ukraine from Northern Ireland.

The Irish veterinary authorities have informed the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about an outbreak of novel a/H1N1 influenza virus in pigs.

Dwindling fortunes in the pig industry is forcing many farmers in the Ashanti Region to either cease production or convert their farms to produce poultry.

The European Union's health chief said Wednesday that China had slapped restrictions on pork imports from four member states over swine flu concerns.

USDA's Veterinary Services (VS) has developed and implemented a voluntary surveillance plan for swine influenza virus (SIV), including the pandemic H1N1 2009 virus1 (pH1N1), in swine.

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has confirmed that a pig herd here has tested positive for the novel H1N1 influenza A.

AASV, National Pork Board and the National Pork Producers Council have been working diligently with State Animal Health Officials (SAHO) and the USDA to develop a response plan to direct actions in the event that the novel H1N1 Pandemic Influenza strain should be suspected or confirmed in a U.S. pig herd.

Nearly two-thirds of China’s consumers stopped eating pork in the early stages of the H1N1 influenza outbreak this year, and more than one in five consumers in the world’s largest pork market still believe that eating pork can result in catching the flu virus, according to a survey of 1,200 Chinese consumers commissioned last month by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF).

The Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority (AVA) has detected Pandemic A/H1N1 2009 in samples from pigs imported from the farm on Pulau Bulan.

Ongoing surveillance for respiratory diseases in Manitoba swine herds has detected the novel pandemic H1N1 influenza virus in several herds, including sow barns, nursery barns, and feeder barns in various locations in the province.

Outbreaks of influenza virus in pigs has occurred in western New South Wales, northern Victoria and south-east Queensland. These outbreaks are in commercial piggeries.

South Korea said on Tuesday it would resume imports of live swine from North America, lifting a ban imposed since the outbreak of H1N1 flu in April.

Researchers in Germany have added a twist to the pandemic currently affecting humans: the influenza virus A/H1N1 has been shown to be infectious in pigs and to spread quickly in a trial pig population. Published in The Journal of General Virology, the results of the study are part of the EU-funded EPIZONE ('Network on epizootic disease diagnosis and control') project, which is supported under the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6) to the tune of EUR 14 million.

A piggery in NSW has been placed in quarantine after returning positive tests for Influenza A H1.