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Specialists of the Department for Pharmaceuticals of the All-Russian State Center for Quality and Standardization of Veterinary Drugs and Feed (FGBI “VGNKI”) took part in the second roundtable discussion on “Antimicrobial resistance: action plan implementation”, which was held in the Residence of the British Ambassador in Moscow.

The pig industry of Colombia has been growing at a very quick pace in the last years.

Pork, with 4,058,913 tonnes, stands out with 63% of the total meat production.

EU meat production reached a record level in 2016 but is showing signs of downward adjustments. Sustained pigmeat exports to China facilitated a recovery in the EU price.

The Real Welfare scheme is a unique, self-funded partnership approach between farmers and veterinarians. It was developed in response to the pig industry’s need and desire for science- based evidence to show where its husbandry standards were strong and to identify opportunities for continuous improvement.

A veterinary Pathologist with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine reports an emerging H1N2 strain of influenza, first detected in 2013 in Manitoba, has begun to spread throughout western Canada.

A new fund to help support investments in agriculture, food and forestry was launched on 23 February at an official ceremony in Toulouse, France.

Two five-year plans (2016-2020) on food and drug safety were issued by the State Council on Feb 21. According to the food safety plan, China will set stricter standards as well as strengthen supervision and punishment for law violators.

Figures newly released through RUMA suggest the UK pig sector is making significant changes in how it stewards antibiotic use in at least one key area, with a halving in prescribed antibiotics administered in feed for young pigs.

According to Statistics Canada, hog producers reported 13.7 million hogs on January 1, up 1.6% from January 1, 2016, marking the fourth consecutive year-over-year increase.

There has been a very significant reduction in the use of antibiotics in animals in the Netherlands in recent years (a 58.4% decrease in sales from 2009 to 2015).

Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Nguyen Xuân Cuong has called for a nationwide reduction in the number of pigs and animal feed factories after their overgrowth in the last few years, according to Vietnam News.

Managed by the INRA, this centre, by virtue of the Law on the future of agriculture, is a key measure of the Action plan for animal welfare started by the Minister in April 2016.