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Effective February 7, 2014, a certificate of veterinary inspection accompanying non-commercial hogs entering Texas (and February 10 in Oklahoma).

New legislation to tackle outbreaks of animal diseases, such as African swine fever, more effectively, restrict the introduction of dangerous new pests and enable the EU to act quickly but responsibly in emergencies was adopted by the agriculture committee in two separate votes on Tuesday.

Apart from the previously announced two positive cases no more infection of the dangerous contagious disease was detected.

The most probable source of the virus in the farm «L’vov A.L.» is the breeding factory «Lasarevskoye», Tul’skaya Oblast.

Latest scientific evidence shows that these two Lithuanian cases of ASF are linked to the unsuccessful attempts to control the prolonged presence of ASF in the western regions of Russia.

Finished pork products or products containing pork, raw material of animal origin (of porcine origin) intended for the production of feed for pets and fur animals from 6 February 2014 can be supplied from the EU plants to Russia only provided a number of conditions are complied with.

As part of the Global Framework for Transboundary Animal Diseases FAO in collaboration with the OIE organized a training session to improve regional veterinary services in the Balkans and the Caucasus.

It was decided to stop issuing veterinary certificates for products exported from Lugansk, Kharkov and Donetsk Oblasts.

At 265, the number of cases confirmed during the week of 1/26/2014 represents the largest number of new cases in a week.

In accordance with the order of the Director of the State Food and Veterinary Service, the infected area has been defined, which covers Alytus, Druskininkai, Varėna, Šalčininkai, Lazdijai, Trakai districts.

According to the report, a total of 57,047 pigs were found susceptible, out of which 370 cases.

Forthcoming meeting on the elaboration of the CU’s position concerning protective measures to be taken as regards the introduction of African Swine Fever to the EU territory.

The Commission has proposed to provisionally exclude the infected area of the EU from certification of exports of live pigs and pork to Russia, but Russia is not ready to accept.

PEDV S1 sequences from 5 cases (ISU cases 1-5) only have 93.9-94.6% nucleotide identities to the PEDV strains previously identified in US swine.

The outbreak is located in a backyard farm in Krasnodons’kyi (Lugansk).