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The first deaths were reported on 28 February 2012 by farming groups rearing pigs.

The industry will be building stocks in response to cheap feeds and attractive pork prices.

In Egypt 40 222 cases of the disease are suspected, according to official estimates, and 4 658 animals, mostly calves, have already died.

Only 0.33% of the total number of targeted samples on residues was detected in animals as being non-compliant with EU standards.

The ban on live animals will particularly affect certain EU Member States to which exports to Russia represent an important part of their exports (especially of live pigs).

During the routine active FMD serological surveillance, NSP antibodies were detected on two pig farms located in Jiaosi (I-Lan) and Jhutian (P'Ing-Tung).

The Department of Health (DOH) and local health authorities will conduct its largest scale tests to date from March 20-22 to check for the leanness enhancing drug ractopamine in 1,000 products.

Vietnamese officials have seized 2.5 million tonnes of illegal agents used for stimulating growth and lean meat production in pigs and cattle.

The Government, through the National Service for Quality and Animal Health (SENACSA) decided to lift the state of health emergency in the department of San Pedro.

The outbreak is located 30 km from the border with China.

The veterinary authorities of Kazakhstan have informed the OIE of the occurrence of serotype A and O foot and mouth disease.

Resistance to several antimicrobials was commonly detected in zoonotic bacteria such as Salmonella and Campylobacter which are the main causes of reported food-borne infections in the EU.

The Deputy Head’s of VPSS forecast for 2012 was very negative, indicating a new wave of ASF expansion would hit the center of European Russia.