Page 15 of articles about swine-diseases in Swine news

It happened in two pig farms and a backyard animal. The total population of susceptible animals in the outbreak areas is 547, of which 4 developed symptoms.

EFSA recommends a combination of different management measures to contain the spread of African swine fever among wild boar populations in Eastern Europe.

Canada notified, last 2 July, a new case of porcine epidemic diarrhoea (PED) in Ontario, specifically on a farrow-to-finish farm located in the county of Lambton.

The disease was detected in backyard domestic pigs in Peresazh (Ripkynskyi, Chernigov).

The SAGARPA published last Wednesday, in the official journal, an agreement by which the Mexican pig production is declared free of Aujeszky's disease.

The Veterinary Authorities of the country conducted a mock outbreak in the land of Schleswig-Holstein earlier this month.  

11 animals out of 18 were detected: 2 of them were dead and the rest were slaughtered.

The animal health law aims to ensure high standards of animal and public health in the EU.

According to Ontario Pork, a new outbreak of PED has been detected in Wellington county, Ontario.

Chile is the only country in South America that fulfils this requirement.

Mexico became one of the first countries in the world to be declared free of Classical Swine Fever (CSF) by the World Organisation for Animal Health (Office International des Epizooties [OIE] in French).

World Animal Health, a unique compilation of information on the world situation relating to animal diseases, including those transmissible to humans.

Upon the results of strict review, the Scientific Commission concluded that China’s FMD control pathway is reasonable, science-based and feasible, and recognized China’s systems of animal disease reporting, zoning management, emergency response and disposal, and so on.

A new significant diseases charter has been launched by BPEX in the face of threats from challenges such as Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea (PEDv).

A new chapter on Taenia solium, a type of tapeworm transmissible to humans via contaminated pig meat, was added to the Terrestrial Code.

For the first time, 23 countries were recognised as “free from CSF” in Europe, the Americas, Asia and a zone in Brazil.