oonotic diseases are a significant public health concern and an occupational risk for farm workers who are in regular contact with dairy cattle. In addition, increased zoonotic infections decrease dairy farm labour force productivity. Therefore, it is essential from a...
Canine influenza is one of several viruses that cause canine infectious respiratory disease complex (kennel cough). Symptoms are typically mild but can progress to pneumonia. A vaccine for canine influenza is available with no more than the typical side effects of any...
Researchers from China demonstrated the application of herd closure and the rollover approach without deliberate live virus exposure in a farrow-to-finishing herd after a severe PRRS outbreak. Herd closure and rollover is a popular PRRSV elimination strategy with...
The Finnish Food Authority has declared that all minks be euthanised at fur farms where avian influenza has been detected. According to the Finnish Food Authority, this decision has been made because the upper respiratory tract of a mink contains receptors that can...
Panama. Reinforcing the surveillance of animal mobilization checkpoints and the release of sterile flies in West Panama, Herrera and Veraguas, are part of the immediate actions coordinated by the Animal Health and Agricultural Quarantine Directorates of the Ministry...
Avian Chlamydiosis is a zoonotic infectious disease caused by the bacterium Chlamydia psittaci and is also known as Psittacosis or Ornithosis. It produces a systemic infection, mainly respiratory, and is occasionally fatal in birds and mammals, including humans. In...
CPV, CPV2, or just “parvo”) has been sickening and killing dogs and puppies since 1976, the year it first emerged in dogs. The illness caused by the virus, characterized by severe vomiting, bloody diarrhea, and lethargy, first affected dogs in Europe. Within two...
Se produjo un brote de peste porcina africana (PPA) en las granjas de cerdos Leninsky-1 y Leninsky-2 operadas por el holding agrícola RusAgro en el Lejano Oriente ruso. ASF golpeó primero a Leninsky-2. Andrey Bronts, el gobernador de Primorsk Krai, admitió que para...
The long-awaited solution against African Swine Fever (ASF) might just be around the corner: The Philippines’ Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI) has officially recommended the Avac vaccine, manufactured in Vietnam. Avac worked closely with the US Department of...