Philippine veterinarian calls for national bovine tuberculosis eradication programme
A veterinarian in the Philippines has urged the government to launch the country's first national bovine tuberculosis eradication programme.
eFeedLink Newsdesk · 25 Aug 2026
Global African Swine Fever culls jump 85% in July 2026 despite fewer outbreaks
Wild boar remain the primary transmission vector, while a spike in cases in Serbia and Poland drove the month's cull total up sharply from June.
21 Aug 2026
Finland to fence off parts of ASF zone as wild boar cases rise to 19
The outbreak has cost Finland its ASF-free status, with several countries restricting Finnish pork imports and the country needing at least a year to regain the designation.
20 Aug 2026
Philippine hog raisers say border inspections still needed despite ASF regionalization
The National Federation of Hog Raisers says regionalization rules alone are not enough to stop ASF-infected or smuggled pork from entering the Philippines without border checks.
20 Aug 2026
Teo Seng's net profit plunges 82.5% in 2Q26 as Malaysia's egg subsidy removal bites
The Malaysian poultry and egg producer's earnings fell sharply after subsidy removal, even as revenue rose on stronger poultry farming and animal health segment sales.
19 Aug 2026
US egg recall raised to highest risk level as salmonella outbreak reaches 98 cases
The outbreak strain shows resistance to nalidixic acid and reduced susceptibility to ciprofloxacin, with 26 hospitalisations reported across 17 states.
17 Aug 2026
Taiwan licences Benova Bio bivalent piglet vaccine, with Southeast Asia expansion planned for 2027
The Adimmune subsidiary plans to start factory construction in 2027 to serve Southeast Asian demand, where about 70% of regional pig farms are in the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand.
13 Aug 2026
Germany's AquaNab secures funding for feed-delivered nanoantibody treatment targeting sea lice
Sea lice cost global aquaculture an estimated US$4 billion a year, and the alpaca-derived platform is designed to extend to other species and diseases.
13 Aug 2026
Alltech names Andy Rash to lead US specialty ingredients as company restructures for long-term growth
Six new appointments spanning dairy, beef, poultry, pork and national accounts are designed to strengthen Alltech's commercial execution and customer partnerships in an evolving US market.
12 Aug 2026
Australia launches H5 bird flu vaccination programme as detections reach 231 with no poultry cases yet confirmed
Captive birds are the priority for vaccination as authorities warn mass wildlife mortality events will continue, while commercial poultry operations remain unaffected to date.
12 Aug 2026
Recombinant ASF strain combining genotypes I and II drives rapid spread across Vietnam's Quang Ngai province
Over 1,600 pigs have been culled across 34 communes since January, with outbreaks accelerating sharply from July as year-end herd expansion raises transmission risk.
11 Aug 2026
Philippines suspends live animal imports from seven countries over FMD outbreaks
The ban covers swine, cattle and other susceptible species from Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Cyprus, Iraq, Israel, Kuwait and Palestine following confirmation of FMD serotype SAT1 by the FAO.
10 Aug 2026