Page 30 of articles about swine-diseases in Swine news

Kalemba had earlier said that because of the ban some 5,000-6,000 tons of Polish pork products are not crossing the eastern border each day.

The EU Reference Laboratory for parasites has recommended clarifying the text of the Regulation in relation to the procedure of certain equivalent methods for Trichinella testing.

According to data published by the Swiss Food and Veterinary Safety Federal Office (OSAV), the virus detected on the pig farm in Lucerne belongs to the US-type.

All swine entering the state, except those for immediate slaughter, must be accompanied by an interstate certificate of veterinary inspection.

The fence will be constructed in the territory of the focus of the swine fever – Varcios, Gedimino and Kalesniku forests in Alytus and Varena districts.

The farm has a total of 213 animals, of which 13 cases.

During the Talks the European experts suggested a plan of regionalization of the EU territory which is limited to isolation of 6 Lithuanian regions and several Polish provinces situated at the border with the Republic of Belarus.

During the visit, the experts visited the border crossing with the Republic of Belarus and evaluated its biosecurity level. Veterinary procedures used in places where both dead wild boards were found have been verified.

The focus is located on Urban (El Paso, Cesar), a semi-confined backyard pigs in contact with the other outbreaks.

Vigorous enforcement of the EU-wide ban on swill feeding is essential.

Scientific testing by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) cannot confirm a link between feed containing blood plasma and Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea (PED) cases in Canada.

The first North Dakota case was confirmed in a swine herd in the eastern part of the state.

The Centre de Recerca en Sanitat Animal (CReSA), the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) and the Universitat de Lleida (UdL) have created a technical group for supporting the PRRS control (ConPRRS).

Zone 2 covers seven provinces in the eastern region including Chachoengsao and Chonburi where many pig farms are located.

In United States 25 states have reported at least one confirmed case of PED.

Mandatory national pig traceability system will enhance capacity to track animals from farm to slaughter.