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Bulgaria informs of a fourth outbreak of foot and mouth disease

02-Feb-2011
On January 31, 2011, Bulgarian veterinary services informed of a fourth source of foot and mouth disease after detecting the presence of non-structured antibodies in samples taken from thirteen sheep and one cow belonging to different owners. All of the animals were located in the town of Gramitokovo, including within the 10 km security radius established after the first notification of the diseases appearance, also located within the region of Burgas.

Russia - ASF outbreak in the Krasnodar Krai

01-Feb-2011
According to the report from the Territorial Administration of the Rosselkhoznadzor for the Krasnodar Krai and the Republic of Adygeya, positive results for ASF were obtained on January 27, 2011 in the FGI Krasnodar Interregional Veterinary Laboratory from tests performed with the aim of ASF monitoring on pathologic material taken from shot wild boars in the territory of the Teuchezh Payon of the Republic of Adygeya (4-5 to the west from the settlement Chabanov, 15-20 km to the south from the settlement Shevchenko).

Russia - ASF in Rostov and Volgograd

28-Jan-2011
Pathological material from pigs found dead at the SFT OOO “AgroSoyuzYugRusi” (“Leninskoye” branch) located in the settlement of Alexandrov of the Morozovsky Rayon of the Rostovskoy Oblast were positive for ASF. Pathological material from dead pigs detected in a backyard in the settlement of Staroanninsky of the Novoanninsky Rayon of the Volgogradskaya was tested in the GU “Volgogradskaya Oblast Veterinary Laboratory on 21 January 2011. The preliminary diagnosis was African swine fever (hereinafter ASF).

Antimicrobial resistance, virulence-associated genes, and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis profiles of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium isolated from piglets with diarrhea in Korea.

26-Jan-2011
Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium was isolated from diarrheic piglets in 2 periods, 2000–2001 (n = 25) and 2005–2006 (n = 17). To compare the characteristics of the isolates collected during the 2 periods, all isolates were tested for antimicrobial resistance, the presence of virulence genes, and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) patterns.

How common are genetic defects?

A survey was undertaken in a large anonymous European Breeding Company over a four year period ending March 2010. In total, 175843 pigs born were evaluated to establish the incidence of congenital defects and additional assessments were made at 95kg. More than half the total defects were identified in the growing and fattening period rather than at birth.