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USA - No antibiotics amendment: US pig industry

28-Jul-2009
A large group of agricultural organisations, among which many pork organisations, has urged the speaker of the US House of Representatives not to allow a bill to ban certain animal health products to be tacked on to any pending legislation.

North American H1N1 influenza update

The usual pig viruses are H1N1, H3N2 and H1N2. The original H1N1 pig viruses have been largely replaced by poultry viruses in pigs. The H3N2 viruses were from humans originally. The H1N2 viruses are re-assortants from human viruses (H and N genes) and poultry viruses.
circovirosis

Risk and/or triggering factors of porcine circovirus

Between 1995 and 1997, at the beginning of an epizootic called “maladie de l’amagrissement du porcelet” (MAP), it was observed that the farms that were most affected and that had the most losses, generally presented obvious deviations from what we would consider to be a suitable management of the animals and facilities. This is why Dr. François Madec made a list of management practices with the aim of improving the anomalous situation observed.

Epidemiolology and control of swine influenza

Considering the current situation we are reproducing an article by Tom Alexander previously published by 3tres3.com on 30/dec/2005. A key factor in the epidemiology of influenza is the ability of the virus to mutate or, when cells are infected by two different strains, to recombine to produce new viruses. Either of these genetic changes results in the repeated appearance of new strains with different immunogenic structures and/or virulence, including their ability to infect different hosts.

New Zealand - Strategy fights foodborne Salmonella

23-Apr-2009
The New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) has launched its plan to reduce the incidence of Salmonella in food. There are 1,274 cases reported to public health units a year, or 30.2 cases for every 100,000 New Zealanders.

Experts to meet in China to discuss impact of the financial crisis, the global pig markets, genetics, practical pig production in China, feed safety and disease prevention

22-Apr-2009
The Global Pig Forum is the first industry-wide conference for pig production. The forum brings together international experts the entire pig industry. The two-day forum, which is organised by China Animal Agricultural Association (CAAA), includes representatives from the processing sector, breeding companies and feed industry specialists, along with key personnel employed in research, finance and marketing.

USA - Study shows need for state, local food safety efforts

20-Apr-2009
In the wake of a series of high-profile foodborne illness outbreaks, the focus has been on how to improve government food safety efforts at the federal level. A new report issued by the Department of Health Policy at The George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services recommends the development of an integrated national food safety system that not only reforms federal food safety efforts, but also strengthens state and local government roles in detection and inspection.