Botswana: Foot and mouth disease
Continuous surveillance is still ongoing to monitor FMD situation. Surveillance in pigs is namely passive.
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United Kingdom: top Five for pig health
A ‘top five’ of farm services that will be available to every pig farm signing up to BPEX’s new national pig health scheme, was revealed at this week’s ‘Two Tonne Sow’ Focus on Health conferences.
China: new outbreak of foot and mouth disease
The report described a single outbreak of FMD on a farm in the village of Duixu (Zhongda town, Lang, Linzhi).
MRSA thrives even without antibiotics
The MRSA bacterium, which is resistant to antibiotics, has spread rapidly in the past few years on pig farms. Extensive use of antibiotics is thought to help it spread, but reducing the use of antibiotics is not enough to eliminate MRSA on pig farms.
Effects of different antimicrobial treatments on serum acute phase responses and leucocyte counts in pigs after a primary and a secondary challenge infection with A. pleuropneumoniae
The susceptibility to an initial challenge and a re-challenge inoculation with Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae was analysed in pigs that were treated with antimicrobials of different efficacies following the first exposure to A. pleuropneumoniae.
Russia confirms another outbreak of ASF
The Russian veterinary authorities have confirmed another outbreak of African Swine Fever in Krasnodar Krai.
Italy: new outbreaks of African Swine Fever in Sardinia.
At the beginning of October veterinary authorities of the island of Sardinia informed of new cases of African swine fever.
Russia: two new outbreaks of classical swine fever
The outbreaks are located in two regions: Krasnodar Krai and Vladimirskaya Oblast and affects swine and wild boars.
Outcome of porcine circovirus type 1 (PCV1) infections in mid-gestational porcine foetuses
In the present study, virus replication and pathology were examined in porcine foetuses, inoculated with two PCV1 strains at 55 days of gestation.
Effect of vaccination of pigs against experimental infection with high and low virulence Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae strains
This study investigated the infection pattern and lung lesion development in pigs caused by a low and highly virulent Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae strain.
The impact of air filtration on PRRS control in 7 breeding herds from a commercial system of swine production
The filtering of incoming air to swine facilities located in dense regions of production has been proposed as a means to reduce the risk of airborne transport of PRRSV.
Peri-weaning failure to thrive syndrome (PFTS) diagnostic investigation to identify possible infective etiologies
The objective of this report is to summarize the diagnostic investigation in a PFTS-affected farm with emphasis on identifying potential infective etiologies.
New Zealand: New tool for foot and mouth preparedness
The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is launching a new tool to help staff at meat processing plants recognise and respond to an incursion of foot and mouth disease in stock, as part of its preparedness for risk organisms.
Russia: new outbreak of African Swine Fever in Krasnodar
Russian veterinary authorities have reported a new outbreak of African Swine Fever on a commercial farm in Leninsky (Krasnodar).
Investigation of the prevalence of hepatitis E virus contamination through the pork food supply chain in England
Fourteen European laboratories are investigating fruit, vegetable, shellfish and pork food supply chains for specified viral contamination. The VLA role was to investigate HEV contamination in the pork food chain in England.
Transmission patterns of influenza virus in vaccinated and non-vaccinated pig populations
The objective of this study was to determine Ro of flu in non-immune populations and in populations of pigs vaccinated with homologous or heterologous vaccines and to assess how vaccination may affect transmission.