Page 70 of articles about swine-diseases

While Australia has been free of foot–and–mouth disease for more than 100 years, it is still by far the most significant biosecurity threat to Australia’s livestock industries.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development wants 14 vulnerable provinces and cities to take stronger action against the spread of the blue-ear disease among pigs.

On the Belarus border three breeding pig consignments destined for exportation from Denmark to the Tambov Oblast had been detained due to death of 37 animals.

The governments of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, through the Andean Community (CAN), and Venezuela, requested FAO technical assistance to ensure an Andean subregional strategy for control and eradication of CSF.

Iowa State University researchers have identified pigs that have a severely impaired immune system that could serve as important biomedical model for the study of immune system and other diseases in humans.

The outbreak is located in the hunting ground «Dubrava», Okulovsky raion (Novgorodskaya Oblast) with 97 susceptible animals and 16 cases.

The rule allows the use of two parasiticides—fenbendazole and moxidectin—in organic livestock production as emergency treatment.

The affected farms are located in Guatemala and Suchitepequez Departments.

A $524.2 million investment in Australia’s biosecurity system included in Federal Budget will deliver a state-of-the-art quarantine facility and strengthen Australia’s defences against pests and diseases.

MPI welcomed a judgement by the High Court validating the decision-making process MPI followed when developing import requirements for pork from countries where the disease PRRS is present.

FSIS is proposing to launch traceback investigations earlier and identify additional potentially contaminated product when the Agency finds E. coli O157:H7 through its routine sampling program.

The SAT2 variant is new to the region, meaning that animals do not have any acquired resistance to it.

Due to identification during the quarantine in Russia of brucellosis positive breeding pigs imported from Germany and Czechia, since April 27, 2012 the Rosselkhoznadzor has imposed temporary restrictions on importation of such animal category from these countries.

The Russian veterinary authorities have reported an outbreak of classical swine fever in Saratovskaya Oblast.