Swine news - Pig health

WOAH stresses the importance of the use of only high-quality ASF vaccines with proven efficacy and safety.

The new partnership will enhance the capabilities and capacities of the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility.

Wallonia is once again taking measures against the overpopulation of wild boars that they have been struggling with for years in the south of the country.

Once the positive results for classical swine fever were received, ICA carried out cleaning, disinfection, and quarantine actions in the premises where the notification was received, active surveillance in the focal area, and a meeting with Porkcolombia.

After over a year, Aujeszky's disease has been again detected in France.

All pig producers who send pigs for slaughter must have a clinical PRRS statement starting November 4, 2023.

The disease was detected on small farms.

This guidance covers the technical aspects of reporting laboratory data for the African swine fever data collection.

Key changes include introducing the concept of the Protection Zone for Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands.

The plan provides stakeholders with a transparent roadmap of the actions that correspond to FDA’s three main veterinary stewardship goals.

The EFSA and the Chief Veterinary Inspectorate join forces in the 2023 pan-European campaign to support the fight against African swine fever.

Four cases have been found in Norberg and the remaining cases were in Fagersta.

African swine fever genotype 2 was confirmed in a positive herd in Dorgali. The region reacts to counter the "imported" virus.

Sanitary agencies, academia, and the production sector of both countries are working to provide greater guarantees of food safety to their consumers by training producers and marketers of fresh foods in good agricultural practices and the standardization of laboratory techniques.

Eighteen cases of African swine fever in wild boar have been confirmed in Sweden.

Marketing, production processes, and genetics were the topics discussed at a meeting between the Minister of Agricultural Development, Augusto Valderrama, and Juan Guevara, representing the Panamanian pork sector.

The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) released a landmark report showing encouraging progress in combatting antimicrobial resistance.

The suspension is to prevent pigs raised in Japan from being infected with African swine fever virus.

The Border Target Operating Model sets out new controls to better protect the UK against security and biosecurity threats and create a world-class border system for trade in goods.

The monitoring of wild boars is essential for the authorities to be able to take the necessary measures to manage them.

Two domestic swine farms have been affected by African swine fever.

Palawan province is no longer free of African swine fever (ASF) after an outbreak of the disease was confirmed on Cocoro Island.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) brought together communicators and journalists from the Latin American and Caribbean region to strengthen communication strategies to prevent and contain African swine fever reported in 2021 in Haiti and later in the Dominican Republic.

Although new cases have yet to be officially confirmed, the region is announcing new regulations.