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According to the results of the thesis presented to The Royal Veterinary College, University of London: "The Epidemiology of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) in England: and evaluation of surveillance using scenario tree analysis", current control measures are not effective and that surveillance needs enhancement.

Canadian realized net farm income was $4 billion, up $916 million or 29 per cent from the previous year. This increase followed a 19.6 per cent decline in 2009.

The veterinary authorities of Kenya have sent Follow Up report No. 1 dated 28 November to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).

Peruvian veterinary authorities have reported two outbreaks of transmissible gastroenteritis in Peru.

Up to 143,400 metric tons (MT) of pork and chicken entered the Philippine market since September 2011.

For CAS, the FMD status of the Republic of Paraguay concerns the entire region and threatens the achievement of the objectives outlined in the Hemispheric Plan for Eradication of Foot and Mouth Disease.

A pilot project designed to allow pork producers in Western Canada to certify that their herds are free of PRRS has been expanded to include Ontario and Quebec.

The Veterinary Medecine Directorate has published a report on the sales of antimicrobial products authorised for use as veterinary medicines, antiprotozoals, antifungals and coccidiostats in the UK.

At the initiative of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency a working meeting with the Turkish Veterinary Services was held in connection with the introduced control measures for FMD in the sanitary cordon of Bulgaria and the European part of Turkey.

Prime Minister Mykola Azarov suggested Kazakhstan returning to the idea of a tripartite Black Sea grain pool, involving Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Russia.

In a new research project, scientists from Aarhus University and from universities in Switzerland, Finland, Germany and the Netherlands, among others, will develop organic feeding strategies for the European pig and poultry market based solely on organic products.

Under this agreement 73% of Chilean exports will enter Vietnam duty-free, while the rest of the products will begin to benefit under two tranches in year 3 and year 15.

The cabinet has no plans to introduce a maximum size for factory farms and there are so few at the moment there is no need for the government to intervene, junior environment minister Henk Bleker told parliament on Wednesday.

South Korea reported a more than two- fold growth in pork imports as of early November this year compared to the same period last year.

According to Russian authorities, among the main causes of the spread of the disease is the movement of the ASF virus among wild boar...