PRRS Biosecurity
Trailers contaminated with PRRSV can serve as a source of infection for naïve pigs. Therefore, sanitation for livestock trailers and transport vehicles is considered a high priority when it comes to biosecurity practices.
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Vietnam - Foot-and-mouth disease hits 10 provinces
Foot-and-mouth disease hit another Mekong Delta Can Tho province of Vietnam, raising the number of infected provinces to ten, according to Department of Animal Health under Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development on Wednesday.
Philippines - 6,000 'Ebola' hogs to be slaughtered
The Department of Agriculture (DA) is set to widen its monitoring and surveillance of hog farms in Bulacan and Pangasinan after a joint investigation team confirmed ongoing transmission of the Ebola Reston Virus (ERV) among 6,000 hogs in a farm in Pandi, Bulacan.
Taiwan - Foot-and-mouth disease reported in central Taiwan
Agriculture authorities have slaughtered hundreds of pigs in central Taiwan in a bid to contain the island's first outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in 12 years.
China - North China province takes measures against pig blue-ear disease
Vaccine for 165,000 pigs had arrived by Monday in Hongdong County, where the epidemic broke out, along with 430 exposure suits, 4.1 tons of disinfectant and 610 syringes for injections.
Local officials quarantined 10 villages where infected pigs were found. As of Tuesday morning, 936 pigs had been culled and work was continuing.
Vietnam - Cholera kills hundreds of pigs in Ha Tinh
An additional of 200 pigs were found dead in hamlet 4, Cam Quan commune, Cam Xuyen district in the central province of Ha Tinh, said Nguyen Thanh Binh, head of the provincial Animal Heath Agency, on Feb. 12.
Samples taken from the dead pigs tested positive for the cholera bacteria. So far, the disease has killed more than 600 pigs in the locality.
China - Foot-and-mouth disease found in Shanghai
Foot-and-mouth disease was found in eastern China's Shanghai, said the Ministry of Agriculture on Wednesday.
China bans pork imports from Philippines to prevent virus spread
All pork products from Philippine already at Chinese ports should be turned back or destroyed, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (GAQSIQ) said in anon-line announcement here on Wednesday.
Philippines - Cholera in pigs
An outbreak of cholera killed at least 240 pigs in the southern Philippine province of North Cotabato, a health official reported yesterday.
Clinical signs and autopsy findings: can porcine circovirus be diagnosed on the farm?
The autopsy is always an important diagnostic element for the majority of diseases, and this is the same for porcine circovirosis.
China - Pig deaths confirmed to be caused by blue-ear disease
The death of 1,056 pigs in Hongdong County in north China's Shanxi Province was caused by blue-ear disease, local authorities said Monday.
Vietnam - Foot-and-mouth disease continue to spread
The Veterinary Department has confirmed an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in northern Hoa Binh province.
As of February 5, the country has had four provinces infected with foot-and-mouth disease: Long An (less than 19 days), Kon Tum, Son La and Hoa Binh (all less than 21 days).
PRRS control
The presence of subpopulations of exposed and non-exposed sows in chronically PRRSV-infected breeding herds assists in the maintenance of virus circulation in the breeding herd over time.
Israel - Foot and mouth disease
The outbreak occurred in 40 calves. An epidemiological investigation is ongoing. The calves showed signs as salivation and fever.
Mexico – Free of classical swine fever
Last week the Mexican Minister of Agriculture, Alberto Cárdenas, officially stated that there is no CSF in Mexico. (Original in Spanish. Read Google translation here).
Philippines - Salmonella infection downs hundred of hogs in Samar
Leo Cañeda, Department of Agriculture (DA) Regional Executive Director for Eastern Visayas, has confirmed that laboratory tests have shown that the cause of death of hogs in Sta. Rita town in Samar province was not due to hog cholera but from Salmonella infection.