Swine news - Pig health

An estimated 41% of medically important antimicrobials approved for use in food-producing animals were for use in swine in 2020.

The EMA Management Board acknowledged the preparations for the implementation of the Veterinary Medicinal Products Regulation.

This recognition will allow for continued exports to China of pork products from ASF-free zones in the event the disease is present in France.

EU One Health report: drop in reported zoonotic diseases in humans and foodborne outbreaks in 2020.

An investment of more than $4.6 million will go to three projects to grow the pork industry and to help farms face the threat of ASF.

The Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA), the National Institute for Drug and Food Surveillance (INVIMA), and the Danish Veterinary and Food Agency (DVFA) signed a new Memorandum of Understanding to continue cooperation between Colombia and Denmark in veterinary and food safety matters.

The site is located outside the previously established core zone of the restriction area and is directly in the border area to the neighboring state of Brandenburg.

In view of the favorable epidemiological situation of CSF, Bulgaria has been removed from the EU list of restricted zones.

African swine fever was first reported in south of Haiti but since then ten cases have been reported in the north.

This case was found in an area previously free of ASF, in the district of Ludwigslust-Parchim, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

Over 230,000 pigs have been sacrificed this year due to African swine fever outbreaks in Vietnam.

This is the first outbreak of African swine fever in North Chungcheong Province.

This is the sixth outbreak in the Swietokrzyskie voivodeship, however, this outbreak was in an area that was previously free of restrictions.

Director-General QU Dongyu warns of threat to food security and livelihoods as well as human and animal health.

According to data from the National Plan against Antibiotic Resistance, between 2014 and 2020 the national use of antibiotics in animal health fell 56.7% and 32.4% in human medicine.

The Ministry estimates that in 2021 the production of pork products will remain at last year's level.

The OIE has reported the presence of a wild boar positive for Aujeszky's disease antibodies in the area of North Karelia.

This is the first case of African swine fever in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

The use of antibiotics in livestock in the UK has fallen again, according to a report released by the government’s Veterinary Medicines Directorate.

African swine fever has been detected in a voivodeship where the disease had not been diagnosed this year.

There has been an overall reduction of illnesses caused by Salmonella recorded in Germany since the start of the QS system.

This decision facilitates the sale of pork and the purchase of pigs in slaughterhouses again.

The National Feral Pig Action Plan sets out actions to improve feral pig management and reduce their impacts.