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Figure 3. Status on the national reduction strategy in Denmark. Orange color represents established regional eradication programs.

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Danish national PRRS reduction strategy - Status year 1

By May 2023, 85% of all Danish pig herds have a serological PRRS status. Area eradication programs have been established in regions with a high density of PRRS seropositive herds. The Danish Agriculture & Food Council has taken a range of initiatives with the purpose of paving the road for a national reduction of PRRS, including an implementation strategy, digital tools, common guidelines for the classification, monitoring, and eradication of PRRSV, and project funding resources.

First outbreak of ASF (right) and second outbreak of ASF (left) with designated protection and surveillance zones and pig holding areas (red dots). Source: State Food and Veterinary Service (VMVT).

Lithuania detects ASF after nearly a year

Two outbreaks more than 20 km apart have been reported on small pig farms.

Location of the first two ASF outbreaks in Croatia.

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Croatia reports first outbreaks of ASF

The outbreaks occurred on two farms with 40 and 8 susceptible pigs.

The location of the ASF outbreak in north eastern Bosnia and Herzegovina.

First outbreak of ASF in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina has reported the first case of African swine fever in the country.

Figure 2. (A-C) Necropsy sampling locations including diffuse fibrinosuppurative meningitis macroscopical appearance (D). The etiological agent was confirmed as Streptococuss suis serotype 2 by serotyping and sequence type 1 by Multi Locus Sequence typing (MLST).

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Metabolic status and mineral homeostasis under S. suis infection. What do we know?

S. suis outbreaks are frequently associated with co-infections and stress factors identified as potential triggers, but the natural infection process is not fully understood, so, we wanted to know what the condition is for naturally affected pigs.

Argentina: Pig inventory 2023

Argentina has a total of 76,737 farms authorized by Senasa, with the highest concentration in Buenos Aires, followed by Córdoba.

Spanish imports of Dutch piglets between January and June.

New increase in Spain's imports of piglets from the Netherlands

Spain has imported over 14% more piglets from the Netherlands so far this year.

Russia: ASF outbreak affects two sites with 100,000 pigs

African swine fever hit two of Rusagro's sites in the Far East region of the country.

Figure 1. Grow-finish pigs.

Current status of PRRS in the US: some challenges and opportunities

Here we will focus the discussion on the practical applications and on lessons learned from recent field studies on response strategies for PRRSV management in affected breeding herds.

Total antibiotic usage in pigs recorded in eMB. Source: eMB and AHDB.

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UK pig industry reduces antibiotic use by 75%

The UK pig industry has surpassed the reduction target in total antibiotic use set by the RUMA Targets Task Force.

EU Council adopts recommendation regarding antimicrobial resistance

The recommendation seeks to encourage the prudent use of antimicrobials in humans and animals through a series of voluntary measures.

Assessing the role of sow parity on PRRSv detection

PRRS virus persistence in processing fluids was not affected by the sow parity effect in most of the breeding herds studied.

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Medgene: USDA Center for Veterinary Biologics allows groundbreaking platform technology portfolio of vaccines to pork industry

Animal health company Medgene granted a second Platform technology license to provide solutions for pork producers.

ESPHM 2023

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ESPHM 2023

333 attended the 14th European Symposium of Porcine Health Management (ESPHM) held from May 31 to June 2 in Thesaloniki, Greece.

Figure 1. Cranioventral lung consolidation often found in uncomplicated influenza A infections. These lesions are similar to those caused by Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae.

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Laboratory diagnostics: Influenza A virus (IAV)

What laboratory diagnostic methods can I use to diagnose influenza A? Which one should I choose according to the situation? How do I interpret the results?

The Swine Disease Reporting System is managed by ISU faculty and graduate students in veterinary diagnostic and production animal medicine, including from left, associate professor Daniel Linhares, graduate student Guilherme Cezar and research assistant professor Giovani Trevisan, in a lab inside the Veterinary Diagnostic Lab. Photo by Christopher Gannon/Iowa State University.

HealthPress releases

USDA grant expands data-sharing initiative that reveals swine disease trends

After pioneering a system to improve swine health by collecting and publicizing pathogen testing results from large public veterinary laboratories across the Midwest, a team led by faculty from Iowa State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine is planning to bore even deeper to glean more insight from the vast data set.