Swine news - Pig health

In Eastern Europe, African swine fever is expanding increasingly. Since the beginning of this year there have been 2,259 new African swine fever cases in the European Union and Ukraine.

The European Union has just published a report on the progress and future actions of the EU against bacterial resistances.

Foot-and-mouth disease has been confirmed on pig farms located in the north of the country.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supplies (MAPA) held, last week, the “Brazil Free of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Week” to celebrate the efforts of all the health defence bodies in the country, the producers and the farming industry to eradicate the disease from the national territory.

The development of a new Livestock Information Service to give farmers and processors accurate information about animals and their movements has been announced by Environment Secretary Michael Gove.

Last week, a meeting of the Ministers of Agriculture and the Heads of Veterinary Services of the Member States of the European Union, as well as of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine, took place in Warsaw to address the problem of African swine fever (ASF).

The ANSES, through its Animal Health Laboratory located in Maisons-Alfort, has been appointed as the WAOH/FAO’s Reference Centre for foot-and-mouth disease and vesicular diseases.

Last March 28th, all the restriction measures implemented after the detection of Aujeszky’s disease on an outdoor pig farm have been lifted.

A fence along Poland’s eastern border to stop wild boar from migrating and spreading African swine fever is to be set up.

An Aujeszky’s disease outbreak has been confirmed on a farm in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department.

SECD is now well understood by the veterinary community and producers, and tools exist to effectively respond to it.

The Ratification Agreement for the Implementation of the Health Intelligence State Unit (UEIS) of Jalisco has been signed, joining the 16 existing UEISs.

The government and the Danish Popular Party have signed an agreement on a series of initiatives to avoid ASF from entering Denmark.

Exports are, one year on, the driving force of the sector, with an increase by 8.36% with respect to 2016

Romania has confirmed a new ASF outbreak in domestic pigs. The last one occurred last January.

The new regulations are part of the implementation of the German Antibiotic Resistances Strategy DART 2020.

A brochure has been published, in several languages, on the important role of hunters in the control of African swine fever.

The president of the association Guillaume Roue noted that the cooperation in the field of ASF is extremely important today for the French pork industry.

The decision will be announced at the WOAH’s General Meeting, that will be held in Paris from May 20th to May 25th.

The report highlights some emerging issues and confirms antimicrobial resistance as one of the biggest threats to public health, mainly by reducing the effectiveness of treatment options.

The Member States concerned shall ensure that passenger transport operators, including airport and port operators, travel agencies (including hunting trip organisers) and postal services operators are required to draw the attention of their customers to the control measures.

The Spanish Agency of Medicines and Medical Devices has published the latest data on the consumption of colistin in pig production in the first semester of 2017. These data show an important reduction.

This first-of-its-kind assay has 98 to 100 percent coverage of all influenza virus sequences while being sensitive and specific.

Reinforce the communication on the risks linked to ASF as a crucial element to prevent the spreading of the disease.