France detects Aujeszky's disease in dogs
By the end of 2013, Aujeszky's disease was confirmed in three hunting dogs in the area of Meuse, in the municipalities of Loisey and Sommedieue.
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Detection and characterisation of hepatitis E virus in naturally infected swine in Croatia
Nearly all tested animals were seropositive for antibodies against the hepatitis E virus (55/60, 91.7%).
Launched an European network on taeniosis/cysticercosis
Institutions from eighteen European countries have recently built a strong, multi-disciplinary scientific network to advance knowledge and understanding of these zoonotic disease complexes.
United Kingdom: Swine Dysentery Outbreak
According to BPEX, there has been an outbreak of Swine Dysentery in Yorkshire.
Russia: temporary restrictions on live pigs and porcine products from Lugansk Oblast, Ukraine
Rosselkhoznadzor informs about the imposition of temporary restrictions on the import of porcine products from the Lugansk Oblast, Ukraine, from January 17, 2014.
Impact of foot-and-mouth disease on pork and chicken prices in Central Luzon, Philippines
Over the long term, the price margins of pork traders were more severely affected in contrast to that of the other traders’ profits.
Russia: temporary restrictions lifted from pigs and pork from Brestskaya Oblast in Belarus
Temporary restrictions lifted from pigs and porcine products from a number of pig farms and meat-processing plants of the Brestskaya Oblast in the Republic of Belarus.
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NewsItaly: first case of African Swine Fever in 2014 in Sardinia
A total of 10 pigs have been slaughtered and destroyed. In the protection area (3 km) there are 44 farms, whilst in the surveillance area (10 km) there are 269 farms.
Effect of zinc chelate and valnemulin for the treatment of swine dysentery in an experimental challenge study
The results demonstrated therapeutic effect of valnemulin in pigs with serious SD and did not show therapeutic effect of chelated zinc.
Mycoplasmal pneumonia: An important issue for the swine industry
Recent reports still show high prevalence of the pathogen in most pig producing countries.
Ukraine: ASF detected in a wild boar
Ukrainian veterinary authorities have informed the OIE about an outbreak of African swine fever in a wild boar in forester-hunting ground "Pischane", Stanychno-Luganskyi (Lugansk).
New Executive Director of IFAH
Carel du Marchie Sarvaas has been appointed as the new Executive Director of the International Federation for Animal Health (IFAH).
Association between average daily gain, faecal dry matter content and concentration of Lawsonia intracellularis in faeces
Increasing numbers of L. intracellularis log10 bacteria/g faeces were significantly associated with decreasing average daily gain.
United States: Total number of swine samples testing positive reached 6,006
Total number of biological samples testing positive for PEDv reached 6,006.
Evaluation of time and temperature sufficient to inactivate PEDV in swine feces on metal surfaces
These results suggest that it may be possible to inactivate PEDV in the presence of feces by heating trailers to 160F for 10 minutes or by maintaining them at room temperature (68F) for at least 7 days.
Sequencing of the genes responsible for the capsule production in Haemophilus parasuis
This finding is a first step towards understanding the basis of strain antigenic specificity and opens new possibilities for the developing of molecular serotyping systems, which could assist in the diagnosis and control of the disease.