Swine news - Pig health

The new control will strengthen the requirements for bringing pork and pork products into Great Britain from the European Union and EFTA states.

From the beginning of this year to August 15, 83 outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF) have been reported in Russia.

The funding will be critical in reducing the risk of introduction and spread of African swine fever in Canada.

The Department of Animal Health of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development required to stop the vaccination with African swine fever vaccine after inoculated pigs died this month.

Ministry of Food and Agriculture requests a shorter duration in Brussels after the Lower Saxony Ministry of Agriculture provided data.

The evolution of outbreaks reported to ADIS in the European Union until July 2022.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has developed a new tool to make it easier for farmers to self-monitor the use of antibiotics in the fight against antimicrobial resistance, within the Computerized System for the Control of Veterinary Antibiotic Prescriptions (PRESVET).

The Sectorial Conference has approved the 2022-2024 strategic plan of the National Plan to address antimicrobial resistance (PRAN).

The campaign ‘Stop African swine fever’ has been extended for the third consecutive year.

The eighth outbreak this year was reported about 10 km from the border with Germany, in northwestern Poland.

The Agricultural Defense team of the State Secretariat of Agriculture carries out sanitary surveillance actions to maintain the free status.

The sale of veterinary medicinal products containing these antimicrobials will be prohibited.

ASF has been confirmed in domestic pigs in Lower Saxony, the biggest pig producing area in the country and only 20 km from the Netherlands.

The amount of antibiotic used to treat pigs on UK farms in 2021 fell by 17%, bringing the total reduction since 2015 to 69%.

World Organisation for Animal Health report shows promising trends in the race to fight antimicrobial resistance and preserve the efficacy of these critical medicines.

The veterinary authorities have denied the presence of foot-and-mouth and swine vesicular disease.

The laboratory plays a critical role in the international monitoring and control of African swine fever.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture launches a campaign to alert, educate, and help prevent the introduction and potential spread of African swine fever.

Danish Crown will deduct DKK 0.20/kg for slaughtering animals from PRRS-positive farms.

First african swine fever cases in domestic pigs after the disease confirmation in Italy this 7th January 2022.

On the 75th anniversary of the Mexico-U.S. Commission for Prevention of Foot-and-Mouth Disease and Other Exotic Animal Diseases (CPA), Mexico's National Reference Center for the Diagnosis and Research of Exotic and Emerging Animal Diseases was inaugurated.

The outbreak, affecting nearly 2,000 pigs, happened in Greater Poland, the largest pig-producing region in the country.

There is a pig farm located within three kilometers from the place where the ASF-positive wild boar was found.

To protect the French territory, the Ministry of Agriculture has announced that the sanitary surveillance of wild boar will be reinforced.