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The USDA has confirmed that porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV) has been identified in the United States for the first time through testing at the National Veterinary Services Laboratory.

The new cells detect the FMD virus in field samples that come directly from naturally infected animals faster than existing cell lines currently used for diagnostics.

The outbreak is located in Vaals in Margraten (Limburg), with 30 susceptible animals of which 2 cases.

The Ukrainian veterinary service, because of suspected cases of African swine fever in Belarus, temporarily banned the importation of animals and their products to ascertain the circumstances.

Classical Swine Fever has now been successfully eradicated from central Europe, one of the historical foci of the infection.

Researchers of CReSA and CENSA have developed a real-time PCR system for the detection and differentiation of PCV-2, PRV1, PPV and TTSuV1 and TTSuV2.

The two countries will work more closely together focusing combined defences against the threat of FMD.

The package will introduce a single piece of legislation to regulate animal health in the EU based on the principle that "prevention is better than cure".

A defect in a gene called dystrophin is the cause of a newly discovered stress syndrome in pigs, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have found.

The FVO makes a number of recommendations to the Bulgarian competent authorities, aimed at rectifying the shortcomings identified.