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Slaughterings are expected to be more than two per cent above 2011 levels during the first half of the year and again in the fourth quarter.

Throughout the past year about 12 million pigs were killed in Belgium.

According to "Monitoring consumer markets in the European Union", a survey carried out for the Directorate-General Health and Consumers of the European Commission DG SANCO, the meat and meat products market's performance is relatively mediocre compared to the other 20 surveyed goods markets.

Pork production in 2011 increased 5.9% compared to the previous year.

Effective immediately, the Ukrainian market has been re-opened to Canadian live swine, and opened for the first time to Canadian swine genetics.

Several Italian agricultural organizations signed a Memorandum of Understanding aiming to eradicate African swine fever which affects the region of Sardinia.

This means that 12% of Bolivia has already been internationally recognized as free of disease without vaccination, while 20.8% is free with vaccination.

This is a first step in the WTO dispute settlement system.

The affectad farm, a semi-industrial swine farm without biosecurity measures, is located in the town of Santo Domingo Xenacoj, in Suchitepéquez department.

Based on weekly data, April 30 pork stocks amounted to roughly 36% of April pork production.

The Secretary of State ordered the temporary closure of the pig farm, located in the Atacama region.

Three goats, three sheep and two pigs have died from the outbreak on one farm. Another five goats and two pigs have died on a separate farm.