Veterinary drug residues: compliance remains high
The percentage of samples that exceeded maximum levels was 0.35% for the year 2017.
Swine news - Pig health
Germany: FLI updates African Swine Fever risk assessment
According to Friedrich Loeffler Institut, the risk of direct spread through infected wild boar is assessed as high in areas close to the affected region in Belgium.
Hong Kong confirms first case of African swine fever
Sophia Chan, secretary for food and health of the HKSAR government, confirmed its first case of African swine fever on Friday in slaughterhouse and ordered the cull of at least 6,000 pigs.
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NewsASF spreads to Vietnam’s largest pig-farming province
African swine fever has reached Dong Nai Province, a major source of pork supply to Ho Chi Minh City.
Colombia activates measures to avoid the entrance of ASF
The ICA is taking measures in ports, airports and border crossings because of the African swine fever outbreaks in Europe and China
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NewsASF in China: Winners and losers from pig-killing disease
The arrival and rapid spread of African Swine Fever (ASF) in China, home to half the world pig herd, will have a noticeable effect on world markets both for meat and animal feed.
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Italy strengthens the surveillance to avoid the entry of ASF
Due to the spreading of African swine fever in some countries and to the risk that this involves, the Italian authorities have strengthened the surveillance.
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NewsOIE: urgent action to avert antimicrobial resistance crisis
The United Nations, international agencies and experts today released a groundbreaking report demanding immediate, coordinated and ambitious action to avert a potentially disastrous drug-resistance crisis.
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NewsInternational forum on African swine fever
Canada's Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, the Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau, welcomes over 150 delegates from 15 countries to the forum on African swine fever (ASF).
Cambodia notifies new ASF outbreaks
The African swine fever virus has spread from the district of Oyadav to the district of O'Chum.
Mexico: actions and measures to prevent the entry of ASF
The SENASICA is training technicians to respond immediately before the presence of a health emergency due to African swine fever.
Luxembourg: fence and white area against ASF
The 8-km-long fence will be completed in late May. The government has also established a white area.
African Swine Fever
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NewsThailand's plan for a potential African Swine Fever outbreak
According to USDA, on April 9, 2019, the Thai Cabinet agreed to fund and implement a plan to prepare Thailand for a potential African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak.
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NewsFrance: Aujeszky's disease seropositive pigs
The serology tests were positive within the framework of the programmed surveillance.
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NewsBest-practice guidance for the use of vaccines in animals
EPRUMA publishes new best-practice guidance for the use of vaccines in animals
CSF in Japan: more than 330 wild boars and 38 outbreaks in domestic pigs
Data provided by the OIE/WOAH show that 38 pigs farms and 331 wild boars have tested positive for ASF in the prefectures of Gifu, Aichi, Nagano, Shiga and Osaka.
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NewsASF has spread through all China in only 9 months
With the detection of ASF in the island of Hainan, ASF has already affected all the regions, autonomous communities, municipalities and special administrative regions of China.
China: pork production down by 5.2 percent
In the first quarter of 2019, the total output of meat was 2.8% down year-on-year while the output of pork was 5.2%.
Brazil: efforts in the NE states for the eradication of CSF
Brazil will carry out a combined effort between the federal government and the northeastern states to implement programs for the eradication of classical swine fever (CSF) and other animal diseases.
ASF in China: pig farms shall carry out on-farm ASF detection tests
The Ministry of Agriculture of China has decided to strengthen the prevention and control of African swine fever even more, increasing the ability for the early detection of the epidemics at the farm level and encouraging the pig farmers to carry out the detection of the disease on their own farms.
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NewsISERPD 2019 cancelled
ISERPD 2019 attendance has been compromised in the midst of the African Swine Fever epidemic.
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NewsSpain: animal rights activists break into an abattoir
Almost a hundred animals rights activists have broken into an abattoir in the province of Girona and have blocked it for several hours.
Colombia: prevent CSF on islands of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina
Its been 20 years without a classical swine fever outbreak on the islands of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina.
Mexico: strengthening of the country's health programs
The SADER will invest 1.8 billion pesos for the strengthening of the national agrifood health and safety programs.