ASF:Copa-Cogeca launches a series of conferences on biosecurity
Above all, farmers and those working on holdings need to fully understand how to correctly implement the necessary measures.
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Contingency plan for exotic notifiable diseases of animals in England
This contingency plan describes how government, and operational partners, prepare for and respond to an exotic notifiable disease outbreak or incident.
Japan detects a new CSF outbreak on a pig farm
The outbreak has affected a farm with 23 susceptible animals.
EU: new informative posters to avoid the entry of animal diseases through meat products
The European Commission has decided to give a new format to the posters so the information is presented in a more visible way to the travellers and the general public.
China detects ASF for the first time in wild boar
The affected wild boar was found in Jilin province.
China: feed contaminated with African swine fever
This is the first reported contamination of feed supplies in China.
New CSF outbreaks confirmed in Brazil
7 new CSF outbreaks have been confirmed on backyard farms.
ASF: three new provinces affected in China
Up until now, 63 cases have been confirmed in 17 provinces.
China: Efforts to control the spread of the ASF
On November 1, the Teleconference on National Prevention and Control of the African Swine Fever (ASF) was held in Beijing.
ASF is still spreading in China
The disease has been detected in the province of Chongqing, increasing the number of affected provinces to 14.
Two new Romanian counties affected by ASF
ASF has been confirmed in the counties of Dolj and Arges.
ASF China: Greater surveillance of means of transport for pigs
The long-distance transport of pigs seems the main reason for the spreading of the disease in China.
EU: changes in the ‘Animal Health Law’
COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2018/1629 of 25 July 2018 amending the list of diseases set out in Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2016/429 of the European Parliament and of the Council on transmissible animal diseases and amending and repealing certain acts in the area of animal health (‘Animal Health Law’).
Taiwan: ASF virus found in a sausage from China
African swine fever virus was found in a sausage made by a subsidiary that was brought to the island by a traveler.
Ivermectin resistance confirmed in adult Oesophagostomum dendatum worms
This trial confirmed the finding of the first reported case of resistance to ivermecti n in adult Oesophagostomum dentatum worms in the UK.
ASF: Romania request financial aid
The Commission confirmed the extraordinary spread of ASF in Romania.