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ASF keeps spreading in Eastern Europe

06-Sep-2016
Recently, the cases of African swine fever (ASF) have increased significantly in Poland, Ukraine and Russia. The reach of the evolution of the disease can be clearly seen on the maps that compare the outbreaks notified in 2016 with respect to the two previous years.

EU wins a WTO dispute on Russian pork ban

01-Sep-2016
On August 19th, a World Trade Organisation (WTO) panel declared illegal the Russian import ban imposed in early 2014 on live pigs, fresh pork and other pig products from the EU in the light of international trade rules.

U of S VIDO-InterVac develops vaccine for PEDV

29-Aug-2016
In less than a year, University of Saskatchewan (U of S) scientists have developed and tested a prototype vaccine that could protect the North American swine industry from a virus that has killed more than eight million pigs and cost more than $400 million in lost income since 2013.