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

South Korea has banned imports of all meat and by-products from cloven-hoofed animals in Japan after Tokyo confirmed an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease

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

Four more outbreaks were found between 24 and 28 April 2010 at three more locations in the Southern Miyazaki Prefecture, including Japan's first cases involving pigs at Kawaminami-cho Koyu-gun.

The National Service of Animal Quality and Health (SENACSA) of Paraguay last week announced, by the signing of the Presidential Decree Nº 4,214, the passing of the National Plan for Swine Health of Paraguay and the Program for the Eradication of classical swine fever.

The latest figures presented to the European Commission by the Polish veterinary authorities on the status of Aujeszky’s disease in Poland indicate that from a total of 16 regions, there are 8 with a prevalence of 0.5% while the other 8 have a prevalence of between 0.5% and 5%, while there are no zones with a prevalence of over 5%.

The OIE (World Organisation for Animal Health) reports an outbreak at a farm in Sinri-myeon, Chungju-city, Korea.

The veterinary authorities of Italy have presented a report to the European Commission on the situation of the island of Sardinia in relation to the focal points of African swine fever.

The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) reports a suspected outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) at a cattle farm in Tsuno-cho Koyu-gun, Miyazaki. If it is confirmed, it will be the first outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Japan since 2000

Researchers in Kenya have been trying a seemingly unlikely tactic to prevent epilepsy: teaching farmers to tether their pigs. The goal is to stop the pigs from spreading a type of tapeworm that can infect the brain in humans and that is a major cause of epilepsy in poor countries, particularly in Africa, Asia and Latin America, where millions are infected.

Australia’s livestock industries and the Federal Government are investing in a new five-year $5 million research program to address vulnerabilities in Australia’s readiness to control Foot and Mouth Disease.

The Ontario Pork Industry Council (OPIC) will receive an investment of $175,000 to improve and address any potential gaps in the Ontario pork industry’s emergency response system.

The Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Brendan Smith TD, is delighted to announce that Ireland has achieved an important EU milestone in receiving official recognition of our Aujeszky's disease control and eradication status.

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

The course of a classic swine fever outbreak is determined in large part by the virus strain with which the pigs are infected. That is the conclusion Eefke Weesendorp recently presented in her doctoral thesis. She has definitively proven that the virus can occur in the air and can therefore be transmitted through an airborne vector.

An outbreak of foot and mouth disease serotype O was confirmed at a beef cattle farm in Seonwon-myeon, Ganghwa-gun.