• Записи за тегом: African Swine Fever

  • Catalonia confirms 18 more ASF cases in wild boars, bringing total to 47

    In the African swine fever (ASF) outbreak among wild boars in the Cerdanyola area of Catalonia, 18 additional dead animals have been confirmed. This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 47, the region’s Minister of Agriculture reported.

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  • Canada reopens doors to Italian hams

    Italy’s Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty, and Forestry, Francesco Lollobrigida, expressed great satisfaction with the reopening of the Canadian market to imports of Italian raw hams, including those from areas affected by African swine fever (ASF) in restriction zone 2. Italy is the first European country with ASF cases to receive approval from Canada for the export of products from these regions.

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  • 9th case of African swine fever confirmed in S. Korea this year

    South Korea has confirmed its ninth case of African swine fever (ASF) of the year, officials said Sunday. The latest ASF case was found at a pig farm in Hwacheon, some 88 kilometers northeast of Seoul in Gangwon Province. More than 3,500 pigs at the farm will be slaughtered, according to the farm ministry.

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  • ASF Germany: Commercial farm with 1,100 finishers infected

    A 2nd pig farm has been infected with African Swine Fever (ASF) in the western German state Hesse, near Frankfurt am Main. This time the virus was found in a commercial finisher farm, having 1,100 pigs on-site.

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  • Germany detects first case of ASF in Rhineland-Palatinate in wild boar

    African swine fever has reached the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, which borders Belgium, France, and Luxembourg.

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  • Sweden reduces ASF restricted area, lifts some restrictions

    Several restrictions have been removed in the newly defined outer area.

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  • How pork production has evolved over the last 25 years

    The following dynamic graph shows us how pork production (in millions of tons) has evolved over the last 25 years as well as the rankings by country and how these have been changing.

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  • Vietnam: African swine fever cases on the rise

    ASF cases have been increasing since the beginning of August and are expected to continue in the near future.

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  • US researchers: Only 6 unique ASFv genotypes

    US researchers claim that the number of unique African Swine Fever virus genotypes should be lowered to 6. Until now, genotypical classification led to the belief that there were 25 genotypes. According to the American team, this should be substantially lower.

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  • Poland: ASF Cases in Wild Boars Increasing at an Alarming Rate

    Since the beginning of 2023, 2347 cases of African swine fever have been confirmed in wild boars in Poland.

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  • Italy: eradication of African swine fever from wild boar throughout Sardinia

    Recognition by the EU had been expected for months.

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  • ASF Italy: Thousands of pigs culled on large farms due to outbreaks

    Over 12,000 domestic pigs on five large farms have been affected by African swine fever outbreaks.

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  • Protecting the U.S. pork industry from African swine fever

    Ongoing research includes using nanosenors for disease surveillance and reducing the risk of contaminated imported feed ingredients.

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  • Red Flags Cloud AVAC Vaccine’s Registration Bid and Use in Philippines

    Given the loose government control over veterinary drugs unlawfully sold in the countryside, industry stakeholders fear there could soon be a human-induced swine pandemic of disastrous proportion, perhaps far worse than the African swine fever outbreaks the Philippines has seen in the recent past.

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  • African Swine Fever Would Spread Rapidly Through U.S. Pork Industry, Study Finds

    Researchers are warning that, even with control measures quickly put in place, the U.S. pig industry would be impacted significantly by an outbreak of African swine fever, a disease likely to present a mortality rate of up to 100 percent among infected pigs. An outbreak could cost as much as $80 billion as it spreads through the southeastern U.S., the new study in Preventive Veterinary Medicine finds. Worse, because infected animals may be asymptomatic, the disease could quickly spread from farm to farm before it is detected.

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  • ASF Recorded in Croatia

    A few days after the discovery of African swine fever (ASF) on a small farm in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the disease has spread to Croatia. 

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  • ASF Has Changed World Pork Trade

    African swine fever has dramatically changed the face of international pork trade over the last five years.

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  • Italy: ASF now in the Campania Region

    This is the fifth region affected by African swine fever (ASF) in the country.

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  • Indonesia Confirms Outbreak of ASF on Large Farm

    African swine fever was confirmed on a pig farm in the Riau Islands with 285,034 susceptible animals.

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