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Saturday, May 23, 2020
Pirbright scientists test vaccine that immunises pigs against African swine fever
Scientists from The Pirbright Institute in the UK are developing a vaccine for African swine fever (http://), which the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has warned could kill a quarter of the world's pigs, partly due to the absenc ...
Friday, May 22, 2020
New Zealand government buys 2,000 local pigs weekly
With thousands of pigs in New Zealand unable to be transported to the local market, the government has agreed to buy some of the surplus pork at cost, up to a maximum of 2,000 pigs or 112 tonnes per week, reported Stuff.
Tuesday, May 5, 2020
ASF kills 2,500 pigs in India's Assam
According to the Assam government in India, the first instance of ASF has been detected in the north eastern state, which has already killed about 2,500 pigs across 306 villages, reported The Economic Times.
Thursday, April 30, 2020
India's Assam pigs die from suspected ASF, likely from China
The mysterious deaths of over 2,000 pigs in six districts of Assam, India is likely due to the highly contagious ASF, which might have passed from Tibet in China through Arunachal Pradesh, agriculture and veterinary minister Atul Bora said, ...
Friday, April 24, 2020
Swine fever kills 1,300 pigs in India's Assam
The Assam government of India has dispatched teams of veterinary doctors following death reports of around 1,300 pigs in the state's five districts, reported Hindustan Times.
Friday, April 3, 2020
China's "super pigs" still fail amid haphazard biosecurity
China should do more to improve basic biosecurity to protect its hog herd from infection and focus less on developing disease-resistant "super pigs", according to analysts.
Monday, March 30, 2020
ASF kills hundreds of Papua New Guinea' pigs
The government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) confirmed that more than 300 pigs have died in the country's highlands - from African Swine Fever.
Tuesday, March 24, 2020
Poland to kill almost 24,000 pigs
Close to 24,000 pigs need to be killed following the outbreak of the African swine fever (ASF) in a farm in Western Poland.
Saturday, March 21, 2020
Almost 5,000 pigs die in Indonesian regency
Bali's Tabanan regency in Indonesia has reportedly recorded 4,804 pig deaths since an unknown swine disease swept the island early this year.
Friday, March 20, 2020
Seroprevalences of multi-pathogen and description of farm movement in pigs in two provinces in Vietnam
In Vietnam, lack of animal health information is considered a major challenge for pig production. The main objective of this study was to assess the seroprevalences of five pathogens [porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2), porcine reproductive a ...
Tuesday, March 10, 2020
First case of African Swine Fever in Philippine province kills 30 pigs
The first case of African swine fever (ASF) killed 30 pigs in a local farm in Barangay Cadaclan, San Fernando, La Union, the city government confirmed on March 8.
Saturday, February 29, 2020
New African swine fever outbreak kills 3,000 Indonesian pigs
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Thursday, February 20, 2020
Number of pigs in Ireland up 2.6% in 2019; cattle down 0.5%
Ireland's pig population as of December 2019 increased 2.6% to 1,613,300 from the previous year's 1,572,200. Breeding pigs increased 1.4% from 143,000 in 2018 to 145,00 in 2019. Non-breeding pigs increased 2.7% to 1,468,300 from 1,429,200 i ...
Monday, January 13, 2020
Plagues, pigs and a powerful dragon: China's dominates the swine meat trade
World pork exports are booming but without China, they would have stagnated for a second consecutive year. Devastating swine sector misfortunes give Beijing the power to decide who will enjoy export-led growth.
Monday, December 2, 2019
Vietnamese scientist awarded for creating diagnostic tests for pigs suffering diarrhea
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