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The disease has infected five provinces in the north: Bac Giang, Nam Dinh, Phu Tho, Dien Bien and Yen Bai.

After 18 months of work implementation and official verification of the compartmentalisation of the proposed pig production health project in the Huasco Valley agroindustrial complex has been completed.

Canadian pork shipments during 2011 came in at a record 1.15 million tonnes.

The Commission has stepped up calls on Member States to ensure that the ban on individual sow stalls is fully applied from 1 January 2013.

Global pork production in 2012 is revised upward 924,000 tons from the last forecast to 104.4 million tons.

Average farm-gate prices of pork had fallen to 14.60 yuan (US$2.30) per kilogram the week before last, a level below the 6:1 ratio of pork-to-grain prices it seeks to maintain as a minimum.

On Friday, Bulgaria's Agriculture Minister Miroslav Naydenov declared that stronger control will be imposed by veterinary physicians and forest rangers.

A North Carolina State University study shows that, for the first time since testing began several years ago, feral pigs in North Carolina have tested positive for Brucella suis.

Exports of Danish pork in 2011 increased by 5%.

Australian pork producers can now attain Free Range Certification under a newly developed, on-farm, free range standard, within the APIQ program.

In 2011 the number of pigs slaughtered in Brazil increased by 7.2%.