Russia – Epizootic situation in the country for the first half of 2010
The Russian VPSS published a semiannual report on the epizootic situation in the country for the first half of 2010.
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Germany – Veterinarians will have to guarantee meat quality
With the objective of further guaranteeing meat quality, last October the German Federal Chamber of Veterinarians published, in conjunction with the Regional Veterinary Medicine Work Group, a revised guide on the sensible use of antibiotics in livestock.
China - PCV vaccine developed in Henan
A vaccine against porcine circovirus (PCV) has been successfully developed in Henan Province and granted the National Registration Certificate for New Veterinary Drug and the production approval document number as well as the approval to be marketed as a national-level new veterinary drug of the second category from the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA).
Russia - Special program to eradicate African swine fever
The Russian Minister of Agriculture has presented the guidelines of the especial federal program for the eradication of African swine fever in Russian territory.
Canada - PRRS costs canadian swine industry 130 million dollars per year
The Guelph based George Morris Centre estimates Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome is costing the Canadian swine industry a minimum of 130 million dollars per year.
Russia - The existing threat of the introduction of ASF into the territory of Ukraine
One of the issues discussed by Sergey Dankvert and the Minister of the Agrarian Policy of Ukraine, Nikolay Prisyazhnyk during the talks concerned the spread of ASF virus across the territory of the Russian Federation. The Head of the Rosselkhoznadzor informed the Ukrainian side of the measures taken by the Federal Service with the aim to control ASF in the RF.
Canada - Economic impacts of Porcine Circovirus Associated Disease
This disease is costing the Canadian pork industry about 60 million dollars a year.
Why disease is the most expensive part of pig production?
Here we present a new section about the economics of swine disease: the first presentation is about the economic benefits of disease control in swine barns.
Transmission of influenza A viruses between pigs and people, Iowa, 2002–2004
Swine workers had serologic evidence for infection with both swine and human influenza viruses and were exposed to diverse influenza virus strains circulating in pigs. Influenza virus surveillance among pigs and swine workers should be encouraged to better understand cross-species transmission and diversity of influenza viruses at the human-swine interface.
Germany introduces health certificate for piglets
After several years of preparation and grants from the German government, the Deutsche Raiffeisen Verband (DRV), in collaboration with various German producers’ associations, will soon be launching a certification system for piglets. This certification system is a transparent counterpart of the Danish and Dutch model.
Evaluation of the pathogenicity and virulence of three strains of Salmonella organisms in calves and pigs
The objective of this study was to assess in pigs the pathogenicity and virulence of 3 strains of Salmonella spp capable of causing atypical salmonellosis in cattle.
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ArticleImprovement of environmental quality as a method of PRDC prevention
Porcine Respiratory Disease Complex (PRDC) is the result of a complexity of events, including infections, environmental factors and host’s immune system weakness deriving from genetic causes.
Pyelonephritis in slaughter pigs and sows: Morphological characterization and aspects of pathogenesis and aetiology
E. coli played a significant role in the aetiology of pyelonephritis. Neutrophils were involved in the first line of defence. CD3ε T-lymphocytes were involved in both the acute and chronic inflammatory response while a humoral immune response was most pronounced in later inflammatory stages. The observed renal lesions correspond with an ascending bacterial infection with presence of intra-renal reflux.
Chad - African swine fever
The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) received an immediate notification about an outbreak of classical swine fever in Chad.
United Kingdom - Industry calls on Defra to help curb TB in pigs
Pig industry leaders have asked Defra to work with them to develop a ‘sensible’ TB policy for pigs amid growing concern about current levels of disease in the species.
In the past 18 months alone, 40 individual cases of bovine TB have been identified in pigs – the same number detected between 2002 and 2008.
Watch out for Aujeszky’s
The recent discovery of Aujeszky’s Disease in pigs in the Pyrenees Atlantic region of France reminds us that we cannot take the absence of notifiable diseases for granted.