Pig/Poultry
Defra's new strategy aims to protect Britain's pig industry in the event of the UK's first ever African Swine Fever outbreak.
Agri-Business
The “spread, prevalence and impact of infectious animal diseases” is changing and bringing new challenges, according to a new report
It takes an entire day to feed all the pigs reared in the great outdoors on a farm in Denmark, such is the scale of the unique enterprise.
The UK’s Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has announced that immediate measures have been introduced...
The National Pig Association (NPA) has said a recent African swine fever (ASF) simulation exercise...
An upcoming webinar on African swine fever (ASF) will share practical things farmers can do to prepare for a possible outbreak.
The NPA has called for the UK government to implement a number of steps to prevent and prepare for an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF).
Government
The NFUS has asked the UK govt to consider the consequences that its "lax approach" to introducing border controls could have with ASF
N.Ireland
A wild boar has been found with African swine fever (ASF) for the first time in mainland...
The chair of the pig sector of Red Tractor, the UK's largest food and farm standards scheme, has warned that UK farmers should take precautions against African Swine Fever (ASF).
World News
NFU Scotland has called for for immediate action to stop imports of pork into the UK from EU countries with confirmed cases of African Swine Fever (ASF).
Germany has confirmed its first case of African swine fever (ASF) in a wild boar found dead in...
The risk of African swine fever to the UK has been kept at 'medium' and farmers advised to remain vigilant as outbreaks have continued to be reported in wild boar and domestic pigs in Eastern Europe.
UK scientists have succeeded in mapping the expression of genes across the entire African Swine Fever virus genome.
Greece has reported the first case of African swine fever (ASF) in the country, on a breeding farm...
This week, the UK and the New South Wales government in Australia are joining forces on a simulated exercise to practice biosecurity measures in the event of an African Swine Fever outbreak.
Veterinary authorities in Bulgaria have said that 24,500 pigs will be culled after another outbreak...
Beef
A senior official from the European Commission has said that the losses in the Chinese pig herd...
Around a quarter of the world's population of pigs could die from African swine fever (ASF),...
