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Swine leads the ranking of species with an invoicing of more than 252 million euros.

A consensus was reached on the need to stimulate cooperation and international solidarity with regard to ensuring supervision of the production, importation, marketing, distribution and use of antimicrobials.

The carcasses of nearly 6,000 pigs were pulled out of the Huangpu River from March 8 to 13.

The European Commission adopted a financial decision to grant a total of €15 million for 2013 to support the 44 EU Reference Laboratories (EU-RLs) designated for food and feed safety and animal health.

The new Regulation amends several aspects regarding animal welfare attestation in the models of veterinary certificates.

The office will be, among others, in charge of supporting the quality of national veterinary services and information on animal disease situation in the region.

At the National Pork Industry Forum, pork producers approved a resolution reaffirming the industry's position that producers should be able to select a sow housing system.

Foot and mouth disease virus serotype A was found in the village of Molodezhny (Zabajkal'skij kray).

Subclinical infection was detected in a total of 79 wild boars.

The latest Defra census shows pig numbers on December 1 totalled 4.2 million head. This was just over 2% lower compared with the same period last year.

To deliver secure supplies of high-quality food while protecting the environment better, the new EU farm policy must make "greening" measures mandatory but flexible and help farmers to cope with market challenges.

Australia has been a target market for the Irish pigmeat industry for many years and Minister Coveney said that he was delighted that the industry now had an opportunity to export to this important market.

After the enquiry carried out consulting stockbreeders and farmers, some modifications are suggested with the aim of keeping the French agricultural production while respecting the environmental demands.

It aims to present an overview of the current situation on AMR, encourage international cooperation, explore opportunities to improve data collection on antimicrobial usage in animals...

Hog producers reported 12.7 million hogs, down 0.5% from January 1, 2012.

The Seminar explored a new field of practical veterinary cooperation, in addition to the on-going joint endeavor of the two sides in preventing and controlling major animal epidemics, and managing veterinary lab operation.