Swine news - Pig health

The presidency concluded by emphasising the global aspect of the threat and the need to take action at international level.

This arrangement would serve to minimize trade impacts to the Canadian swine sector while protecting the swine populations in both countries.

OIE and ASEAN will further expand regional animal disease control programmes to include African swine fever and classical swine fever.

The Chief Veterinary Inspectorate announced that inspections of slaughterhouses will intensify.

A review of the effectiveness of sampling procedures, monitoring period, and minimum radius of the protection and surveillance zones for FMD.

The province of Batangas is the first in the country to be cleared of African swine fever.

New figures show the amount of antibiotic prescribed to treat pigs on UK farms in 2020 fell by 5%.

Uncontrolled movement of scavenging stray pigs to blame for the first incidence of ASF in the country.

EFSA experts have assessed the role of food producing environments in the emergence and spread of AMR.

New ASF outbreaks in Germany, Poland, and Slovakia prompt redefining and enlarging of restricted zone boundaries.

Once this change is made, these important drugs can only be used in animals under the supervision of a licensed veterinarian.

To prevent the movement of infected wild boars, a new general order on animal diseases prohibits hunting in the entire Frankfurt (Oder) area.

In 2020, antibiotic use decreased for swine and remained the same in cattle, but increased in chickens.

EFSA has assessed the risk of African swine fever spreading through outdoor pig farms and has proposed biosecurity and control measures for outdoor farms in ASF-affected areas of the EU.

The departments of Boyacá, Caquetá, Cauca, Cundinamarca, Huila, Meta, Santander, Tolima and Sur del Casanare are now declared free of CSF.

An outbreak of African swine fever has been confirmed near the town of Gnuszyn which is located in restricted zone II, formerly a "red" zone.

Africa swine fever was detected in a batch of 980 imported live pigs from Thailand during the quarantine period.

The World Organization for Animal Health recognized the disease-free status for six Brazilian states.

First African swine fever cases reported in Eastern Samar

New cases of ASF-positive wild boar have been detected, leading to the designation of a second core area.

The USDA provides different perspectives from the Chinese government and industry participants.

WHO, FAO, OIE and UNEP launch the One Health High-Level Expert Panel.

The Department of Agriculture is distributing "sentinel" piglets in areas where there are no reported cases of ASF.

An outbreak of African swine fever was registered in a finishing barn of a swine enterprise with 15,000 susceptible pigs.