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Long-distance airborne transport of infectious PRRSV and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae from a swine population infected with multiple viral variants

Airborne transport of PRRSV 1-8-4 and M hyo 232 occurs over longer distances than previously reported and that both pathogens remained infectious.

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Vietnam - Farmers wary of raising pigs after blue-ear epidemic

Breeders in the northern province of Hai Duong were reluctant to raise pigs after the two-months' blue-ear epidemic, said Nguyen Van Tinh, deputy director of the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

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Laos - Minister calls for measures against pig disease outbreak

Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Sitaheng Rasphon has banned the import of pigs and pork products from neighbouring countries after an outbreak of blue ear disease on nine Vientiane farms.

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Laos - First-time appearance of PRRS

The veterinary authorities of Laos have informed the OIE about the first-time appearance of PRRS on pork farms in the country.

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Thailand - Livestock officers in various provinces tackle PRRS in pig farms

Livestock officers have inspected pig farms in various provinces following reports of the Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) that has killed a large number of pigs in Nong Khai province.

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Vietnam - Efforts made to restore pig herds

Nguyen Thanh Son, deputy director of the Department of Livestock Production spoke with Thoi Bao Kinh Te Viet Nam (Vietnam Economic Times) about pig farming after the outbreak of blue-ear pig disease.

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Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health receives positive opinion in europe for simultaneous use of Porcilis® PRRS and Porcilis® M hyo vaccines in piglets

Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health, announces today that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use (CVMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) concluded the referral procedure for PORCILIS® PRRS and for PORCILIS® M Hyo on simultaneous administration of these products in piglets

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Pathogenesis and antigenic characterization of a new East European subtype 3 porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus isolate

Lena is a highly pathogenic East European subtype 3 PRRSV, which differs from European subtype 1 Lelystad and North American US5 strains at both the genetic and antigenic level.

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United Kingdom - Yorkshire and Humberside health update

A total of 375 pig producers have been surveyed to date by veterinary surgeons as part of the Yorkshire and Humberside Health programme. Almost all have given their vets permission to record whether or not four important diseases are present on their units.

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Vietnam - Blue ear disease boosts pork imports

Fearing impacts from the blue ear disease, Vietnam is now in favour of imported pork.

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Vietnam - MARD raises PRRS alert

Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has urged the northern province of Bac Giang to take swift action in containing blue-ear disease that has infected over 3000 pigs.

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In silico prediction and ex vivo evaluation of potential T-cell epitopes in glycoproteins 4 and 5 and nucleocapsid protein of genotype-I (European) of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus

Researchers of the CReSA have described for the first time antigenic sites of PRRSV that are recognized by T cells, using bioinformatics tools and later immunological analysis. All these information is relevant for the design of newer and better vaccines.

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Vietnam - PRRS hits fourth province

The outbreak in Hung Yen has brought to four the total number of provinces in Vietnam affected by the disease.

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Canadian Swine Health Board Research targets PRRS eradication

The Canadian Swine Health Board has targeted the eradication of PRRS as one of its initial research priorities.

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Vietnam - Blue ear disease reoccurs in Hai Duong

Blue ear disease reoccurred in Vietnam as there were 91 pigs found infected with the disease in the northern province of Hai Duong.

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HIPRA Philippines Amervac® - PRRS day II

HIPRA PHILIPPINES INC. celebrated l its AMERVAC®PRRS DAY II with the theme “High Protection for High Productivity and High Profitability". The event was composed of interesting topics from HIPRA’S own foreign as well as local technical experts in pig diseases and production.