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Immunity related diseases in pigs - new challenges in Asia
New challenges caused by diseases affecting the immune system of pigs have been addressed at meetings in China, Taiwan and the Philippines, in early June 2005.
South Korean pork prices soar in May
According to industry reports, the average wholesale price for swine carcasses in South Korea peaked at 4,071 won/kg last month.
Australian judge bans U.S., Canadian, Danish pork imports
An Australian judge has banned imports of pork products from the U.S., Canada and Denmark because of the risk of post-weaning multisystemic wasting disease, according to a report in the American Feed Industry Association’s Electronic Feedgram.
Taiwan official eats U.S. beef to show it’s safe
Douglas Paal, director of the American Institute in Taiwan ate U.S. beef in front of reporters, offering his guarantee that the beef was “100% safe” to eat despite concerns over a possible new outbreak of BSE disease in the US, according to the Taipei Times.
The United States and Russia have signed an agreement that will enhance the access of U.S. meat and poultry to the Russian market. The pact, which formalizes an accord reached in 2003, remains in effect until 2010.
Americas
U.S. authorisation of ham imports from Spain good news for producers
The recent decision of US health authorities to authorise the export of pig products directly from Spanish abattoirs to the US was a cause for relief among Spanish pig farmers.
World's first live cattle diagnostic test for BSE
Biotechnology company Vacci-Test Corporation has announced that a simple, reliable and economical diagnostic tool for the detection in live cattle of infectious brain diseases, including Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy , will soon be available for use on farms and ranches in Canada and around the world.
Europe
Shetland fears over scrapie plan
Concerns have been voiced that Shetland could lose many of its hardiest sheep due to the introduction of compulsory testing for the disease scrapie.
USA
USDA sends brain sample to UK for mad cow testing
The U.S. Agriculture Department sent a brain tissue sample of an animal that tested positive for mad cow disease to an internationally known laboratory in England to confirm the results, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said.
Battery of tests set for U.S. mad cow case
An animal suspected of mad cow disease will be retested by U.S. and British scientists with a variety of procedures and DNA sequencing to determine if it was infected, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Thursday.
Suspect U.S. animal may have rare mad cow strain
A rare and puzzling form of mad cow disease that some believe arises spontaneously may have afflicted the U.S. animal that tested positive for the ailment last week, a senior Agriculture Department scientist told Reuters.
Illinois Farm Bureau urges politicians to recognize importance of free trade
The Illinois Farm Bureau is calling on US politicians and their constituents to take note of the importance of a free and open Canada-U.S. border.
Beef checkoff not secure yet
To listen to some of the comments that have been made since the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the beef checkoff, it would be easy to think that the checkoff programs are on solid legal grounds and that the other checkoff cases will be dismissed.
Immunity related diseases in pigs - new challenges in Asia
New challenges caused by diseases affecting the immune system of pigs have been addressed at meetings in China, Taiwan and the Philippines, in early June 2005.
South Korean pork prices soar in May
According to industry reports, the average wholesale price for swine carcasses in South Korea peaked at 4,071 won/kg last month.
Australian judge bans U.S., Canadian, Danish pork imports
An Australian judge has banned imports of pork products from the U.S., Canada and Denmark because of the risk of post-weaning multisystemic wasting disease, according to a report in the American Feed Industry Association’s Electronic Feedgram.
Taiwan official eats U.S. beef to show it’s safe
Douglas Paal, director of the American Institute in Taiwan ate U.S. beef in front of reporters, offering his guarantee that the beef was “100% safe” to eat despite concerns over a possible new outbreak of BSE disease in the US, according to the Taipei Times.
The United States and Russia have signed an agreement that will enhance the access of U.S. meat and poultry to the Russian market. The pact, which formalizes an accord reached in 2003, remains in effect until 2010.
Americas
U.S. authorisation of ham imports from Spain good news for producers
The recent decision of US health authorities to authorise the export of pig products directly from Spanish abattoirs to the US was a cause for relief among Spanish pig farmers.
World's first live cattle diagnostic test for BSE
Biotechnology company Vacci-Test Corporation has announced that a simple, reliable and economical diagnostic tool for the detection in live cattle of infectious brain diseases, including Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy , will soon be available for use on farms and ranches in Canada and around the world.
Europe
Shetland fears over scrapie plan
Concerns have been voiced that Shetland could lose many of its hardiest sheep due to the introduction of compulsory testing for the disease scrapie.
USA
USDA sends brain sample to UK for mad cow testing
The U.S. Agriculture Department sent a brain tissue sample of an animal that tested positive for mad cow disease to an internationally known laboratory in England to confirm the results, Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns said.
Battery of tests set for U.S. mad cow case
An animal suspected of mad cow disease will be retested by U.S. and British scientists with a variety of procedures and DNA sequencing to determine if it was infected, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Thursday.
Suspect U.S. animal may have rare mad cow strain
A rare and puzzling form of mad cow disease that some believe arises spontaneously may have afflicted the U.S. animal that tested positive for the ailment last week, a senior Agriculture Department scientist told Reuters.
Illinois Farm Bureau urges politicians to recognize importance of free trade
The Illinois Farm Bureau is calling on US politicians and their constituents to take note of the importance of a free and open Canada-U.S. border.
Beef checkoff not secure yet
To listen to some of the comments that have been made since the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the beef checkoff, it would be easy to think that the checkoff programs are on solid legal grounds and that the other checkoff cases will be dismissed.