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The US Department of Agriculture has renewed Stage V Pseudorabies Eradication Program status to Michigan. This follows the recent PRV outbreak in transitional swine in the state.

The New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) says that total sales of prescription veterinary medicines containing antibiotics in the 2006/07 year have decreased to levels similar to the 2002/03 year, and are down 11.9% on 2005/06 sales.

Hog producers will have the option to defer the principal portion of the first payment from May 2009, to May 2010. Also removed is the requirement for accelerated repayment when the weekly pool price exceeds $140 per ckg (price per 100 kilograms).

FDA is revoking the order prohibiting the extra-label use of cephalosporin antimicrobial drugs in food-producing animals. FDA received many substantive comments following issuance of the order of prohibition and is taking this action so that it may fully consider these comments.

For ten months of 2008, all agricultural organizations of the region sold 351.8 thousand tons of live poultry and 153.9 thousand tons of live pigs. For pig distribution share of total volume, it amounts to 51.1% (last year it was about 40%).

The leaders of Canada and Colombia signed a new free-trade agreement that opens new markets for Canadian beef, pork, potatoes and other products in the South American country.

The AASV Pig Welfare Committee has prepared a list of recommendations that could be used by member veterinarians working with their clients to prepare anti-abuse statements for use on farms.

Under the auspices of the OIE, countries of the Americas will develop, update and harmonise their standards on animal health and welfare, in general and on the appropriate use of biotechnology in the production and use of vaccines and diagnostic assays.

The doctrine shall include several indexes, which will show the target levels of the country's food security, including per capita agricultural food consumption, share of imports of domestic consumption, indicative prices for some major agricultural food products.

Except for livestock, all farm subsectors registered output gains during the January to September 2008 period.

Trichina worms have returned to Germany. The worms were found at a slaughterhouse in a pig from a private home.

U.S. hog producers will import wheat from Britain and Brazil due to the high cost of U.S. corn and feed grain.

Although human infections with swine flu viruses are uncommon, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported on a person who was infected with a swine influenza A/H1N1 virus.

German exports of pork will be approximately 1.8 million tonnes, a growth of 20%.

OIE has confirmed the presence of clasical swine fever in wild boars in Javnica (Sisacko-Moslavacka).

The OIE has informed about de reoccurrence of classical swine fever in Russia.