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Monday, September 18, 2023
BASF offers Product Carbon Footprints for ingredients portfolio in human and animal nutrition markets
BASF has calculated the Product Carbon Footprints (PCFs) for vitamins, carotenoids, beverage processing polymers, feed enzymes and feed performance ingredients for the human and animal nutrition markets, the company recently announced.
Tuesday, September 12, 2023
FAO holds meeting in Guatemala to improve communication of ASF prevention
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) recently held a meeting in Guatemala to strengthen communication strategies to prevent and contain African swine fever (ASF).
Monday, September 11, 2023
Japan temporarily stops import of Swedish pigs, pork over ASF concerns
Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has temporarily suspend the import of live pigs and pork from Sweden to prevent the spread of African swine fever (ASF) in Japan.
Monday, September 4, 2023
Lombardy, Italy, raises alarm as ASF hits more pig farms
Italy's Lombardy region is intensifying its alert level as more domestic pig farms tested positive for African swine fever (ASF).
Thursday, August 31, 2023
Chinese pig producers hit by post-ASF epidemic realities
With small and medium-scale farms shuttered by African swine fever, China's pig farming becomes increasingly consolidated.
Monday, August 28, 2023
BASF launches new xarvio Agro Experts programme in Brazil to increase use of digital farming tech
BASF has launched a programme in Brazil that links independent, agronomic consultancies with farmers through its advanced xarvio FIELD MANAGER crop optimisation platform.
Monday, August 28, 2023
ASF surveillance beefed up at border of Karnataka, Dakshina Kannada district, India
Surveillance of African swine fever (ASF) has been strengthened in India, this time at the border of Karnataka in Dakshina Kannada district, as a measure to check the spread of the disease from neighbouring Kerala.
Friday, August 25, 2023
ASF spreads to 49 countries, causing 1.5 million animal losses, WOAH report reveals
African swine fever (ASF), a highly contagious animal disease with a 100% mortality rate in domestic swine and wild boars, has rapidly spread to 49 countries since January 2021, according to a report released by the World Organisation for A ...
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
Philippines promising importer of ASF vaccines from Vietnam
Vietnam's African swine fever (ASF) vaccines have found an eager market in the Philippines, with the import of 300,000 doses of AVAC ASF LIVE vaccine by AVAC Vietnam Joint Stock Company through the Philippines' KPP Powers Commodites Inc com ...
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
Roslin: Pig gene critical for ASF infection
Scientists have pinpointed a gene in the DNA of pigs that is needed by a deadly virus to cause infection, the Roslin Institute said.
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
Kansas State University awarded grant to develop ASF vaccine solutions
Kansas State University has been granted funding to embark on a research initiative aimed at safeguarding global food supplies by developing vaccines to shield swine from infectious diseases, focusing on African swine fever (ASF), Farm Jour ...
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
USDA to grant license for experimental ASF vaccine by Bulgarian firm Huvepharma
The United States Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) has announced that it has granted an exclusive license for an experimental African swine fever (ASF) vaccine to Huvepharma EOOD, a company based in Sofia ...
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
ASF-affected hog producers in Antique province, Philippines, receive insurance claims
The Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) has started paying the insurance claims of hog producers in Antique province, the Philippines, whose swine were hit by the African swine fever (ASF) this August.
Friday, August 11, 2023
Cebu, Philippines, stops entry of hogs, pork from Bohol following ASF outbreak
A 60-day ban on the entry of hogs, pork and its by-products from Bohol, the Philippines, is being implemented in Cebu province after African swine fever (ASF) was detected in Pilar town.
Thursday, August 10, 2023
US Swine Health Information Centre highlights challenges for Vietnam's ASF vaccines
The US Swine Health Information Centre (SHIC) has highlighted the challenges for Vietnam's African swine fever (ASF) vaccines, the world's first commercially endorsed vaccines against ASF, which includes lack of a DIVA (differentiating infe ...

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