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The value of total livestock output rose by £1,355 million (12%) to £12,573 million, due mainly to increases in the value of output for cattle and sheep produced for meat, and milk.

The SAT2 variant is new to the region, meaning that animals do not have any acquired resistance to it.

FSIS is proposing to launch traceback investigations earlier and identify additional potentially contaminated product when the Agency finds E. coli O157:H7 through its routine sampling program.

The Spanish Ministry of Agriculture has just published its report called "The pork sector in figures: major economic indicators in 2011."

The total pigmeat production decreased by 9.2% y-o-y to 60 018 tonnes.

A promotional campaign launched by the Council of Agriculture (COA) to stimulate sales of locally produced pork kicked off last week.

The Russian veterinary authorities have reported an outbreak of classical swine fever in Saratovskaya Oblast.

Due to identification during the quarantine in Russia of brucellosis positive breeding pigs imported from Germany and Czechia, since April 27, 2012 the Rosselkhoznadzor has imposed temporary restrictions on importation of such animal category from these countries.

The disease has infected five provinces in the north: Bac Giang, Nam Dinh, Phu Tho, Dien Bien and Yen Bai.

After 18 months of work implementation and official verification of the compartmentalisation of the proposed pig production health project in the Huasco Valley agroindustrial complex has been completed.

Canadian pork shipments during 2011 came in at a record 1.15 million tonnes.

The Commission has stepped up calls on Member States to ensure that the ban on individual sow stalls is fully applied from 1 January 2013.

Global pork production in 2012 is revised upward 924,000 tons from the last forecast to 104.4 million tons.

Average farm-gate prices of pork had fallen to 14.60 yuan (US$2.30) per kilogram the week before last, a level below the 6:1 ratio of pork-to-grain prices it seeks to maintain as a minimum.

On Friday, Bulgaria's Agriculture Minister Miroslav Naydenov declared that stronger control will be imposed by veterinary physicians and forest rangers.

A North Carolina State University study shows that, for the first time since testing began several years ago, feral pigs in North Carolina have tested positive for Brucella suis.