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Colombia: Health Register number and Health Entry of the farms

The Agriculture and Livestock Institute of Colombia (ICA) established the requirements for the obtaining of the Health Register number (RSPP) and the Health Entry (ISPP) of farms in all the country.

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Iowa State University Animal Science Faculty Involved in First-ever Big Data and Livestock Production Conference

A first of its kind conference focusing on the use and managing of big data as it pertains to research in production agriculture is a reality thanks to efforts of three Iowa State University animal science faculty and others who are part of the Livestock High-Throughput Phenotyping and Big Data Analytics steering committee.

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United Kingdom: Antibiotic advisory website updated

A website set up to promote responsible use of antibiotics on farms has been updated to provide farmers with a 'one-stop shop' on the subject.

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Colombia establishes the national veterinary pharmacovigilance system

With the aim of identifying, assessing and controlling the hazards related to the use of veterinary drugs and biopharmaceuticals, and to protect the animal life and health, the ICA has established the National Pharmacovigilance System.

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Paraguay: serological sampling for the control of CSF

Paraguay starts with the serological sampling of pigs within the framework of the CSF control programme.

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Challenging the Status Quo on Pig Handling

Low-stress handling techniques show that moving pigs does not need to be a challenge.

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People are continually exposed to incorrect information about livestock and the environment

A new study by FAO and published in Global Food Security found that livestock rely primarily on forages, crop residues and by-products that are not edible to humans and that certain production systems contribute directly to global food security, as they produce more highly valuable nutrients for humans, such as proteins, than they consume.

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Hypor Partners with Biotronics to Improve Accuracy and Safety in Ultrasound Scanning

BioQStation is a new product under development that integrates the BioSoft Toolbox II with BioQscan autoprocessing technology and the BioPigLift.

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Colombia will recover its status as a foot-and-mouth disease-free country

The WOAH acknowledges that the foot-and-mouth disease outbreak ended in Colombia, so it is expected that in 90 days Colombia will be deemed as a foot-and-mouth disease-free country.

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UK: Pork companies approved for China exports

Seven new businesses in England and Northern Ireland have secured access to export pork – including three producers.

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Tulip Ltd announces investment in UK farming

Leading food company Tulip Ltd, part of the Danish Crown group, has today announced its acquisition of UK pig producer Easey Holdings Ltd.

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Veterinarian Stephanie Nicholas with Portec Veterinary Services Principal and fellow veterinarian Kim Nairn. Dr Nicholas is the latest Pork CRC Industry Placement Program appointment.

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Another Workplace Agreement on Pork CRC Industry Placement Program

Her appointment would further enhance Portec’s capacity for developing training for Murdoch veterinary students and making more resources available to Australian pork producers.

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Brazil: increase in the pork exports in August

On the other hand, between January and August 2017, there has been a drop by 2.3% in comparison with the same period in 2016.

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Practical EU Animal Transport Guides for cattle, sheep, horses, pigs & poultry now available!

These new guides aim to provide practical advice to professionals to ensure that the animals they transport remain in good welfare.

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A local pork vendor at the wet market sells her meat to two local women, Hung Yen province, Vietnam (photo credit: ILRI/Nguyen Ngoc Huyen).

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Hanoi workshop held on providing safer pork products in Vietnam

The workshop brought together more than 80 key stakeholders from the livestock, animal health and public health sectors of Vietnam to find ways to make sure that pig production, processing and sale of pork is safer.

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July pork export volume dipped below its year-ago level

July pork export volume dipped below its year-ago level for the first time in 15 months, with export value also down slightly.