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Russia's veterinary service says the Ukraine should take measures to protect itself from African Swine Fever spreading from Russia.

On the basis of the testing results and clinical investigation of pigs, the veterinary authorities of Lithuania have concluded that CSF has been eradicated.

During the routine active FMD serological surveillance, NSP antibodies were detected on one pig farm.

The NGO Galvmed has published an online database with free access to information on all livestock vaccines, throughout the world.

Last week China's veterinary authorities informed the OIE of a new focus of foot and mouth disease.

Veterinary authorities in Kazakhastan have reported the FMD-related restriction measures on movement of animals.

There are currently 25 teams in the zone around the outbreak and in the surveillance zone and 13,333 blood samples.

A ‘top five’ of farm services that will be available to every pig farm signing up to BPEX’s new national pig health scheme, was revealed at this week’s ‘Two Tonne Sow’ Focus on Health conferences.

Continuous surveillance is still ongoing to monitor FMD situation. Surveillance in pigs is namely passive.

The MRSA bacterium, which is resistant to antibiotics, has spread rapidly in the past few years on pig farms. Extensive use of antibiotics is thought to help it spread, but reducing the use of antibiotics is not enough to eliminate MRSA on pig farms.

The report described a single outbreak of FMD on a farm in the village of Duixu (Zhongda town, Lang, Linzhi).

The Russian veterinary authorities have confirmed another outbreak of African Swine Fever in Krasnodar Krai.

At the beginning of October veterinary authorities of the island of Sardinia informed of new cases of African swine fever.

The outbreaks are located in two regions: Krasnodar Krai and Vladimirskaya Oblast and affects swine and wild boars.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry is launching a new tool to help staff at meat processing plants recognise and respond to an incursion of foot and mouth disease in stock, as part of its preparedness for risk organisms.

Russian veterinary authorities have reported a new outbreak of African Swine Fever on a commercial farm in Leninsky (Krasnodar).