Brazil: CSF outbreak outside the disease-free zone The Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (Mapa) has confirmed the outbreak of Classical Swine...
How easily can the swine fevers enter the USA? Could air passenger luggage be a threat with regard to the importing of Classical or African Swine Fever into...
Japan finds 1st Classical Swine Fever (CSF) case in 26 years For the 1st time in 26 years, an outbreak of Classical Swine Fever (CSF) has been found in Japan. The presence...
Mexico resumes pork exports as US declares Mexico CSF free Pork producers in all states of Mexico have been allowed to export pork and pork products into the United...
Novel ‘Linda’ virus associated with congenital tremor Researchers at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna, Austria, have described a novel pestivirus that...
Pig Progress launches Health Tool As from this week, no single health problem in a pig farm has to stay a mystery. Pig Progress has launched its...
Belarus restricts pig/pork imports from Ukraine As of January 16, Belarus has officially banned the import of pigs and any pork products from Kiev Oblast of...
Belarus bans pig imports from Mongolia Belarus have introduced temporary restrictions on the import of pork from Mongolia from the 12 July, according...
Classical Swine Fever in Mongolia Classical Swine Fever (CSF) has been detected in Mongolia. The outbreak as occurred in Songinikharikhan district.
Russia - complete ban on pork imports from Latvia Russian veterinary watchdog Rosselhoznadzor announced the complete ban on pork products from Latvia, over the...
Classical Swine Fever in Russian Far East The Russian veterinary authorities have reported three outbreaks of Classical Swine Fever (CSF) in Amurskaya...
USDA to give $20 million to reduce damage by feral swine The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has launched a US$20 million programme to reduce the devastating damage...
Evaluation report on 2013 national animal disease exercise AHVLA has published an ‘evaluation and lessons identified’ report on Exercise Walnut, the UK’s Classical Swine...
Russia allowed to import pigs from Latvia Russian veterinary watchdog Rosselhoznadzor after an almost two year ban has finally cancelled temporary...
Korea discovers first CSF outbreak in four years South Korea’s first outbreak of Classical Swine Fever (CSF) in four years has led to the culling of a herd of...
Romania to export pork to EU According to Romania’s National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority (ANSVSA) the country will be...
How to protect a pig farm from ASF? African Swine Fever (ASF) is the most worrying of the virus diseases at present, writes management expert John...
10 Key questions about the risk of ASF African Swine Fever made its entrance into Western Europe as well as China this fall, causing a lot of...
The Romanian way 'Sleeping giant' – to me this qualification used to evoke words like 'large', 'potential, 'opportunities' and...
"African Swine Fever is a man-made disease" Is African Swine Fever a threat to Europe’s pig production? The knowledge can be found at Germany’s...
South Korea: A market with potential, and problems South Korea’s pig industry is in constant movement. From having many smaller pig farms, the country is rapidly...
Interview: "It all comes down to motivation" Being involved with roughly 70,000 sows, veterinarians Agustí Camprodon Ylla and Lali Coma Feliu have a message...
Spinning dead wild boars To me the apparent openness of the Polish and Lithuanian veterinary authorities regarding the African Swine...
How dangerous is the African Swine Fever virus? This week I’ve been speaking to various experts in the industry about African Swine Fever (ASF) and whether or...
PEDv awakened a sleeping giant in North America Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea virus (PEDv) has taken the US pig industry by surprise in the last ten months. While...
Why producing pigs in China is a big challenge The Chinese love pork – and in the future, more Chinese will love even more pork. With many limiting factors, it...
Self-sufficiency out of sight as Russia recalculates The year 2021 is Russia’s target for becoming self-sufficient. From the outset this was an ambitious figure, but...
The biggest threat is a breakdown of border control Dr Francois van Niekerk is a leading South African veterinary surgeon, who has one of the country’s largest pig...
Gavrilovic ready to cover the European market With Croatia estimated to join the European Union in mid-2013, it is interesting to have a look at what the...
Venezuela’s pig industry after 14 years of socialism Venezuela made headlines recently when the era of president Hugo Chávez came to an end. In the last 14 years,...
Viral inhibitors: An additional tool to control CSF Since the early 90s, the European Union has adopted a non-vaccination policy against Classical Swine Fever...
Monitoring CSF virus valuable in control The sensitivity and specificity of a serological test to distinguish vaccinated pigs from those naturally...
Create barriers against CSF virus The impact of Classical Swine Fever (Hog Cholera) is so severe that control measures at national, area and...