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According to the Minister of Agriculture and Food of Rostov region, the region will produce 38.000 tons of meat less in the coming year because of African swine fever outbreaks, due to which the number of pigs in the region was reduced by almost three fold.

According to the reports of the Territorial Administration of the Rosselkhoznadzor for the Voronezhskaya and Volgogradskaya Oblasts and the Veterinary Department of the Administration of the Volgogradskaya Oblast, on November 20, 2010 the SI Volgogradskaya Regional Veterinary Laboratory made a preliminary diagnosis of African swine fever (further ASF) according to the results of the examination of the pathological material taken from dead pigs from a private backyard in the settlement Zimnyatskiy, the Serafimovichskiy Rayon, the Volgogradskaya Oblast.

The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has reported two outbreaks of foot and mouth disease (FMD) in South korea.

Prices of meat in Vietnam particularly pork, will increase between 15% and 20% from a year earlier during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday.

High-ranking officials from all OIE Member Countries in the Americas, including the Caribbean, and from national, regional and world organisations, including the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), attended the 20th Conference of the OIE Regional Commission for the Americas, held in Montevideo (Uruguay) from 16 to 19 November 2010.

COMMISSION DECISION of 23 November 2010 Euroepan Union - Annual and multiannual programmes and the financial contribution from the Union for the eradication, control and monitoring of certain animal diseases and zoonoses presented by the Member States for 2011 and following years.

In 2010 the Rosselkhoznadzor authorized import of 1360 breeding pigs from Denmark to the Belgorodskaya Oblast. The animals were imported in three consignments accompanied with phytosanitary certificates issued by the National Veterinary Service of Denmark according to which the animals were clinically healthy. 320 animals with lesions on legs and limp were detected in the course of the daily clinical examination in the quarantine period.

The Salvadorian Minister of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) authorized, for one year, the importation of pigs and pork proceeding from certified Guatemalan farms, alter confirming with Salvadorian authorities the elimination of swine fever on those farms.

The latest report elaborated by the FAO/OIE Foot and Mouth Disease Reference Laboratory, during the last trimester (July – September), worldwide, shows the appearance of sources of the disease in China, Taiwan, Japan, Mongolia, Russia, Venezuela, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan and Turkey.

Vietnam has allowed abattoirs in areas affected by blue-ear disease to resume slaughtering pigs, said Hoang Van Nam, Director of the Department of Animal Health.

The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has reported an outbreak of classical swine fever in Serbia. The date of last occurrence was 10/2007.

The National Agri-Food Service, Quality, and Health Service of Mexico (SENASICA) has declared Chiapas as Aujeszky disease-free zone, meaning that 68% of their national territory is free of this disease that affects swine.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is amending its regulations governing the importation of certain animals and animal products by adding the Brazilian State of Santa Catarina to the list of regions we recognize as free of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), rinderpest, swine vesicular disease (SVD), classical swine fever (CSF) and African swine fever (ASF). APHIS is also adding Santa Catarina to the list of regions that are subject to certain import restrictions on meat and meat products because of their proximity to or trading relationships with rinderpest- or FMD-affected countries.

The Russian VPSS published a semiannual report on the epizootic situation in the country for the first half of 2010.

With the objective of further guaranteeing meat quality, last October the German Federal Chamber of Veterinarians published, in conjunction with the Regional Veterinary Medicine Work Group, a revised guide on the sensible use of antibiotics in livestock.

A vaccine against porcine circovirus (PCV) has been successfully developed in Henan Province and granted the National Registration Certificate for New Veterinary Drug and the production approval document number as well as the approval to be marketed as a national-level new veterinary drug of the second category from the Ministry of Agriculture (MOA).