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The Swiss veterinary authorities have sent a report to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about an outbreak of porcine brucellosis (Brucella suis).

Thailand’s Department of Livestock Development (DLD) and the Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Co-operatives (BAAC) have started a project to turn waste water and manure from swine farms to a worth at crop farms.

Russia is planning to reduce meat imports to 18% by 2012 - more than two times lower than that in 2008, said the Minister of Agriculture of Russia Elena Skrynnik.

The European Union's health chief said Wednesday that China had slapped restrictions on pork imports from four member states over swine flu concerns.

Pig farms throughout Scotland are being visited by Scottish SPCA inspectors as part of a ground-breaking initiative welcomed by the Scottish pig industry.

Hog raisers belonging to the National Federation of Hog Farmers Inc. (NFHFI) said the government should consider putting up more state-of-the-art slaughterhouses and storage facilities so they can take full advantage of opportunities presented by the export market.

Although Russia still remains one of the world's largest meat importers, its meat enterprises are currently considering the possibility of starting exports to the European market.

The latest livestock survey in Brittany, the region where the main part of French porcine is produced (56% of the total), showed a decrease of 1% in the swine population compared with 2001. There was also a decrease of 17% in swine herds, dropping from 7,700 in 2001 to 6,400 in 2008. (Original in French. Read Google translation here).

From 2001 through 2008, the antimicrobial consumption in the pig production increased by 19%, measured in ADDkg per pig produced. The increase was primarily associated with an increasing consumption of tetracyclines for oral use.

Defra has launched a public consultation on the implementation of new European legislation concerning the classification of beef, pig and sheep carcases and the reporting of prices.

USDA's Veterinary Services (VS) has developed and implemented a voluntary surveillance plan for swine influenza virus (SIV), including the pandemic H1N1 2009 virus1 (pH1N1), in swine.

The first Korean pork exported to Japan in nine years will leave port Monday according to the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries yesterday.

The Michigan House of Representatives has passed legislation that's essentially identical to the ballot initiative that was adopted by California voters last year -- known as "Prop 2" -- that requires egg-laying hens, sows and veal calves to have space sufficient to lie down, stand up, turn around and extend their limbs.

Congressman Dennis Moore (Kansas – Third District) and Congresswoman Lynn Jenkins (Kansas – Second District) announced Tuesday the passage of a resolution, H.Res. 317, recognizing the region from Manhattan, Kansas, to Columbia, Missouri, as the Kansas City Animal Health Corridor. The resolution passed the House by a vote of 312-108-1.

The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has confirmed that a pig herd here has tested positive for the novel H1N1 influenza A.

Proposals to introduce controversial new animal transport regulations have been dropped by the European Commission.