Diagnosis of PCV2-related diseases: a matter of order
Despite the evident usefulness of laboratory diagnosis, we must not forget that a field necropsy allows us to us recover part of the loss caused by the death of the animal.
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Efficacy of single dose of an inactivated PCV2 whole-virus vaccine with oil adjuvant in piglets
The vaccine may have the potential to serve as a vaccine aimed to protect pigs from developing PMWS.
United States: 23 states reporting confirmed cases of PED
No states have reported a first positive result in the last week and so the total affected remains at 23.
Weaning age and post-weaning feeding programme affect growing performance
Increasing weaning age has positive health effects and increase growth performance between weaning and 10 weeks of age.
Canada: PED now a reportable disease in Alberta
Alberta's Chief Provincial Veterinarian has declared PED as a reportable disease in the Province of Alberta.
Russia: new outbreak of African swine fever
The outbreak is located on a farm in Gusevka, Olkhovsky (Volgogradskaya).
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.
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.