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This is the first outbreak of the disease since 1996.

Taking into account that meat products have not been exported from China to Russian since 2004 the start of pork imports is a special occasion.

The ICA (Colombian Agriculture and Livestock Institute) has established as compulsory the vaccination against CSF in the departments of Atlántico, Bolívar, Córdoba, La Guajira, Magdalena, Sucre and some municipalities of Cesar and Norte de Santander.

After several months without the detection of the disease in the country, the OIE has reported an outbreak of African swine fever in Ukraine.

According to the testing results of affected farms from regional and national laboratories, 34 pig farms were confirmed being infected with PEDV.

Pathogen-specific surveillance for ASF/FMD during this 12 month pilot will be based on the collection of whole blood samples (ASF) and oral swabs (FMD) from domestic swine with higher risk of ASF and/or FMD exposure than the average swine.

The SAGARPA (Ministry of Agriculture, Stockbreeding, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food) and the Mexican pig production chain are carrying out different actions for the recognition of the pig health status in Mexico and the export markets expansion.

United States and Canadian inventory of all hogs and pigs for June 2014 was 75.1 million head. This was down 4 percent from June 2013, and down 5 percent from June 2012.

China bans the imports of pork and pork products from six processing plants and six cold storage facilities in the United States because of ractopamine concerns.

Russia is the main destination for the Brazilian pork and beef exports.

The Animal Health Service of Sacer has detected two cases of African swine fever during routine monitorings.

These measures involve the EU, US, Canada, Norway and Australia, and will extend for a year.

A dead pig (a 5-month-old male showing clinical signs similar to African swine fever) was delivered to the National Food and Veterinary Risk Assessment Institute from a backyard farm (with 2 pigs).

The OIE has informed about the confirmation of a total of 22 new ASF outbreaks in Latvia that affect both wild boars and domestic pigs.

Las 97 granjas porcinas bajo sospecha han sido liberadas.

The European Commission is sending, as an emergency response, a total of 1.1 million doses of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccines to the Algerian and Tunisian authorities.