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There are now 62 farm premises that have tested positive for PED across Canada including two in Manitoba, one in Prince Edward Island, one in Quebec and 58 in Ontario.

After the detection of CSF in wild boars, the Rosselkhoznador has cancelled temporarily the importation of live pigs and pork from Latvia.

Last January two wild boars in Dagdas County were found affected.

At the SCOFCAH, possible import restrictive measures to protect the EU pig population against the introduction of the disease and in particular of the emerging Deltacoronavirus were reviewed.

Rabobank believes the outbreak of PEDv in the US, Mexico, Japan and South Korea will lead to a likely decline in global pork production in 2014.

The PED cases represent 0.00005% (less than 1%) with respect to some 16 million pig heads in the national pig herd.

The ICA has trained the swine producers in the department of Risaralda on porcine epidemic diarrhoea.

All the laboratory tests have been found to be negative for swine fever, and the suspicion has, therefore, been called off and the slaughterhouse has reopened.

The outbreaks have been detected in several backyard farms located in Santa Ana (Magdalena).

According to OIE, Canada has so far experienced 4 outbreaks (of which 2 clusters) of PEDv in 4 provinces with a total of 58 farms affected.

The measures should cover the animals delivered to the slaughterhouse as from 17 February 2014, the date of adoption of the Lithuanian preventive measures.

Since the start of the epidemic, more than 6,000 farms have been affected by the PEDv.

Enhancing biosecurity and education to help combat the spread of pig diseases will help Alberta's hog producers maintain a healthy pork industry.

Defra, the Scottish Government and the Welsh Government are inviting views from stakeholders on proposals to introduce new regulations for the control of an outbreak of ASF, CSF or swine vesicular disease in GB.