Swine news - Pig health

Key changes include introducing the concept of the Protection Zone for Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands.

The plan provides stakeholders with a transparent roadmap of the actions that correspond to FDA’s three main veterinary stewardship goals.

The EFSA and the Chief Veterinary Inspectorate join forces in the 2023 pan-European campaign to support the fight against African swine fever.

Four cases have been found in Norberg and the remaining cases were in Fagersta.

African swine fever genotype 2 was confirmed in a positive herd in Dorgali. The region reacts to counter the "imported" virus.

Sanitary agencies, academia, and the production sector of both countries are working to provide greater guarantees of food safety to their consumers by training producers and marketers of fresh foods in good agricultural practices and the standardization of laboratory techniques.

Eighteen cases of African swine fever in wild boar have been confirmed in Sweden.

Marketing, production processes, and genetics were the topics discussed at a meeting between the Minister of Agricultural Development, Augusto Valderrama, and Juan Guevara, representing the Panamanian pork sector.

The suspension is to prevent pigs raised in Japan from being infected with African swine fever virus.

The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) released a landmark report showing encouraging progress in combatting antimicrobial resistance.

The Border Target Operating Model sets out new controls to better protect the UK against security and biosecurity threats and create a world-class border system for trade in goods.

The monitoring of wild boars is essential for the authorities to be able to take the necessary measures to manage them.

Two domestic swine farms have been affected by African swine fever.

Palawan province is no longer free of African swine fever (ASF) after an outbreak of the disease was confirmed on Cocoro Island.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) brought together communicators and journalists from the Latin American and Caribbean region to strengthen communication strategies to prevent and contain African swine fever reported in 2021 in Haiti and later in the Dominican Republic.

Although new cases have yet to be officially confirmed, the region is announcing new regulations.

The total amount of antibiotics administered in veterinary medicine decreased by 61 tons compared to the previous year.

Since the first occurrence of ASF in mainland Italy in January 2022, 1057 cases have been detected in wild boar and 550 in domestic pigs.

Global pork markets are being influenced by sluggish economic growth, weak consumption, recurrent disease outbreaks, and productivity issues.

The latest ADIS data on the African swine fever (ASF) situation in the European Union have been published up to July 2023.

Since the first occurrence of ASF on Croatian territory on June 27, 59 outbreaks have now been confirmed.

Funding will provide Canada with a dedicated vaccine source to support the CFIA and industry in the event of an outbreak.

The outbreaks were reported near areas where African swine fever (ASF) had previously occurred.

A scientific review and expert consultation reveals the keys to controlling an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in wild boar in Spain.