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Italy: swine vesicular disease
<TIME pubdate datetime="2012-02-03"></TIME></HEADER><FOOTER>03-Feb-2012 (4 days ago)
Five outbreaks have been confirmed so far in Campobasso Province (Molise region). The source of infection has been traced in one holding, which moved animals to the other four. SVD free status of Campobasso province has been withdrawn. All animals have been slaughtered. No further movements (except to slaughterhouse) occurred from the 4 receiving holdings (fattening farms).
All lots moved from the holding origin of infection have been traced and further testings are ongoing. The involved holdings are located in the following provinces: Campobasso and Isernia (Molise), Chieti (Abruzzo), Foggia (Puglia) and Benevento (Campania).
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http://www.pig333.com/latest_swine_news/italy:-swine-vesicular-disease_5370/
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Italian swine vesicular disease prompts call for stepped-up biosecurity
Posted on 02/07/2012, 7:26 am, by Farmscape.Ca
Outbreaks of swine vesicular disease in Italy have prompted the Canadian Swine Health Board to advise Canadian pork producers to step up their focus on biosecurity.
Swine vesicular disease produces fluid-filled blisters in the mouth and on the snout, feet and teats of recently farrowed sows resembling foot and mouth disease, a reportable disease that immediately halts trade.
Dr. Dan Hurnik, the chair of the Canadian Swine Health Board?s Long Term Disease Risk Management Committee and a member of the faculty of the Atlantic Veterinary College at the University of Prince Edward Island, explains swine vesicular disease flairs up in the Mediterainian region from time to time so the main goal in Canada is to avoid introduction of the virus.
What is a particular threat is that it can survive in meat products for quite an extended period of time so pork that?s infected could transmit it and also included some dry cured products which are uncooked salted products like prosciutto and they could carry the virus.
The big threat is that if those uncooked meat products get onto farms or the pigs consume them that?s how the virus can spread so the main take home issue for us in Canada is to do two things.
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http://www.mysteinbach.ca/newsblog/14367.html
<TIME pubdate datetime="2012-02-03"></TIME></HEADER><FOOTER>03-Feb-2012 (4 days ago)
Five outbreaks have been confirmed so far in Campobasso Province (Molise region). The source of infection has been traced in one holding, which moved animals to the other four. SVD free status of Campobasso province has been withdrawn. All animals have been slaughtered. No further movements (except to slaughterhouse) occurred from the 4 receiving holdings (fattening farms).
All lots moved from the holding origin of infection have been traced and further testings are ongoing. The involved holdings are located in the following provinces: Campobasso and Isernia (Molise), Chieti (Abruzzo), Foggia (Puglia) and Benevento (Campania).
More...
http://www.pig333.com/latest_swine_news/italy:-swine-vesicular-disease_5370/
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Italian swine vesicular disease prompts call for stepped-up biosecurity
Posted on 02/07/2012, 7:26 am, by Farmscape.Ca
Outbreaks of swine vesicular disease in Italy have prompted the Canadian Swine Health Board to advise Canadian pork producers to step up their focus on biosecurity.
Swine vesicular disease produces fluid-filled blisters in the mouth and on the snout, feet and teats of recently farrowed sows resembling foot and mouth disease, a reportable disease that immediately halts trade.
Dr. Dan Hurnik, the chair of the Canadian Swine Health Board?s Long Term Disease Risk Management Committee and a member of the faculty of the Atlantic Veterinary College at the University of Prince Edward Island, explains swine vesicular disease flairs up in the Mediterainian region from time to time so the main goal in Canada is to avoid introduction of the virus.
What is a particular threat is that it can survive in meat products for quite an extended period of time so pork that?s infected could transmit it and also included some dry cured products which are uncooked salted products like prosciutto and they could carry the virus.
The big threat is that if those uncooked meat products get onto farms or the pigs consume them that?s how the virus can spread so the main take home issue for us in Canada is to do two things.
...
http://www.mysteinbach.ca/newsblog/14367.html