Pig Progress | Index | Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD)

FMD identified on eighth farm in Britain

The Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) announced livestock on an eighth farm in Surrey, the region tested positive for Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD).

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UK pig producers in deep trouble

British pig producers are in grave difficulty, said Barney Kay, general manager of the National Pig Association in the UK, in the Dutch newspaper Agrarisch Dagblad.

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UK: €18 million for farmers affected by FMD

The British secretary of state for the environment, Hilary Benn, has announced a package of support, worth £12.5 million (€18 million), for farmers in England affected by the current movement restrictions in place to control Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD).

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Morrisons go all-British fresh pork

The British supermarket chain Morrisons is to be the first of the big four supermarkets to move to 100% fresh British pork, the National Pig Association (NPA) website reports.

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UK: pigs can soon be transported again

Pending no further FMD outbreaks, pigs in most of Britain will be allowed to be transported again as of Wednesday, October 17, the British Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) announced.

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Australia: Pig hunters spreading disease

"Diseases such as Japanese encephalitis and foot and mouth may be spread by recreational hunters who are moving feral pigs illegally," say researchers in Australia.

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UK: compensation for FMD is a difficult story

Obtaining damages as a consequence of the 'double' Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) outbreak in the south of England could become a difficult matter for many UK producers.

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Pig farmers seeking share of sheep aid

The announcement last week by Cabinet secretary for rural affairs, Richard Lochhead, that Scotland’s livestock industry will receive aid of £25 million (€36m) to counteract the effects of foot-and-mouth disease was very much welcomed.

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