Guatemala reports outbreaks of Classical Swine Fever
17 May 2012 - Classical Swine Fever has been reported in two farm sites in Guatemala. Of a total population of 220 susceptible pigs, 33 pigs were found to carry the virus. Read more >>
Vet services cannot eliminate ASF outbreak near Moscow
17 May 2012 - Russian veterinarians have indicated that they are unable to eliminate the infection source for African Swine Fever in the Leninsky district of the Tula region, registered early May. Read more >>
Russia: Outbreaks of ASF continue, even near Moscow
07 May 2012 - Early May, during routine inspections, specialists of the Russian Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance Rosselkhoznadzor, found 13 carcasses of dead wild boars in the Tula. The boars had died from African Swine Fever. Read more >>
Russian agency blames African Swine Fever outbreak on Georgia
10 Apr 2012 - Gennady Onishchenko, head of Russia’s state consumer protection agency, says that Russia’s ongoing African Swine Fever epidemic is due to economic sabotage perpetrated by neighbouring Georgia.
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African Swine Fever forces Finnish to raise their defences
26 Mar 2012 - The recent African Swine Fever outbreaks in the Russian republic of Karelia has alarmed neighbouring Finland, which is a Member State of the European Union. Read more >>
African Swine Fever in Kalmykia – third wave expected
26 Mar 2012 - In the Russian republic of Kalmykia, another outbreak of African Swine Fever has been confirmed. As spring is easing weather conditions in Russia, the outbreak marks the fourth report in a fortnight. Experts had already been suggesting a third wave of ASF in Russia would start this spring. Read more >>
African Swine Fever outbreak in Central African Republic
23 Mar 2012 - As its name suggests, African Swine Fever also continues to hamper swine production on the African continent. The Central African Republic reported an outbreak to the Animal Health Organization (OIE) on March 22.
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EU criticises Russia's pig import ban
22 Mar 2012 - The European Union has denounced Russia's decision to temporarily stop the import of European pigs. Read more >>
Another outbreak of African Swine Fever in Volgograd region
22 Mar 2012 - A new outbreak of African Swine Fever has been recently registered in the Volgograd region. This is the second reported outbreak in a week in a zone north of the Caucasus. Read more >>
Russia to ban all EU livestock imports, including pigs
05 Mar 2012 - The Russian Federation has decided to ban livestock import from the European Union starting on March 20, the agricultural watchdog Rosselkhoznadzor said last Friday. Read more >>
Russia reports FMD on mixed farm with pigs near Chinese border
05 Mar 2012 - A Foot-and-Mouth Disease outbreak has been found on a private farm in the village of Usachevka, in the Primorye region, known as Primorsky Territory, in the far South East of the country. Read more >>
Paraguay keen to recover lost sanitary position after FMD
30 Jan 2012 - The new president of the Paraguayan National Service for Quality and Animal Health (Senacsa) has indicated that the country should regain its lost animal health status. Read more >>
Paraguay: Vet services destroy cattle, pigs due to FMD
13 Jan 2012 - Paraguayan veterinary services have destroyed 168 livestock mostly belonging to a farm where an outbreak of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) was confirmed in early January in San Pedro county north of the country. Read more >>
Taiwan culls another 1,000 pigs due to FMD
23 Dec 2011 - Another case of Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) has been confirmed in the Taiwanese pig industry. This time the virus was discovered on a pig farm in Tainan City, Beimen District, in the island’s South East. Read more >>
Delhi to track down Japanese Encephalitis outbreak in pigs
23 Dec 2011 - The government of Delhi and the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), India have joined forces after 17 blood samples from slaughtered pigs tested positive for Japanese Encephalitis, a viral disease prevalent in Asia similar to the West Nile virus. Read more >>
FMD in Taiwanese slaughterhouse: Over a 1,000 pigs culled
13 Dec 2011 - Just over 1,000 swine in a Taiwanese slaughterhouse had to be culled when one of them was found infected with Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD), the international Animal Health Organization (OIE) reports. Read more >>
Transmissible gastro-enteritis on two pig farms in Peru
07 Dec 2011 - An outbreak of transmissible gastro-enteritis (TGE) has been reported to have struck two small farms around Lima, Peru, early November. In total 72 out of 159 pigs have been reported to have become infected, of which eight died. Read more >>
FMD in Paraguayan cattle causes Latin American pork trade to shiver
23 Sep 2011 - An outbreak in Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) in Paraguayan cattle herds has casued many countries in Latin America to take a prudent approach to all livestock trade – including pork. Read more >>
Yet another ASF outbreak now alarming Russian pig industry
19 Sep 2011 - Russian swine experts have expressed their worries after yet another African Swine Fever outbreak has been confirmed, leaving 68 pigs dead on a farm in the Krasnodar region, located in the West Caucasian area. Read more >>
Feral pig in Michigan tests positive for Aujeszky’s Disease
23 Aug 2011 - USDA Wildlife Services have shot a feral pig infected with pseudorabies (Aujeszky’s Disease) in Midland County, Michigan, USA. Read more >>
