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Senators to USDA: Time to prioritize HPAI poultry vaccine

A December 11 letter to Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins” pushed for a strategy to counter the current avian flu outbreak.

Animal Health & Veterinary

Swine Health Information Center funds 12 new projects

This effort helps the organization fulfill its mission to generate new intelligence for preventing, preparing for and responding to emerging swine disease threats.

African Swine Fever

Spanish ASF outbreak may be linked to lab leak

Investigations into the cause of recent African swine fever (ASF) outbreaks in Spain’s wild boar suggest a research lab is a possible source of the virus.

Animal Health & Veterinary

University project will monitor for New World screwworm

With $507,000 in funding from the California Department of Food and Agriculture, University of California Riverside entomologists will begin monitoring the state for early signs of the return of New World screwworm.

Animal Health & Veterinary

Topical solution to prevent, treat NWS gets conditional approval from FDA

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has conditionally approved a topical solution for the prevention and treatment of New World screwworm larval infections and the treatment and control of cattle fever tick.

Animal Health & Veterinary

Mexico reports latest NWS case was isolated, rapidly contained

After a notification from veterinary staff at an authorized third-party feedlot in Montemorelos, Nuevo León, an isolated case of New World screwworm myiasis was promptly detected and addressed in a female bovine originating from southern Veracruz.

African Swine Fever

African swine fever re-emerges in Spain

After a hiatus of more than 30 years, African swine fever (ASF) virus has been detected again in Spain in two wild boar. Elsewhere in Europe, the disease has hit more backyard pigs in some Balkan states, and South Korea has recorded its first cases on a farm for two months.

Avian Influenza

H5N5 avian influenza patient in Washington dies

This was the first time globally that a person was infected with the H5N5 variant.

Animal Health & Veterinary

USDA launches unified New World screwworm website

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has launched a new, unified New World screwworm (NWS) website, screwworm.gov.

Pig Health & Disease

Novel approach to control of classical swine fever

As South Korea moves toward CSF-free status, a new case is reported in a wild boar in Japan, and Indonesia has recorded new outbreaks in domestic pigs.

Avian Influenza

Study: 2 key mutations allowed H5N1 to sicken cows, other species

The mutations associated with avian influenza outbreaks in cows are now found in nearly all North American strains of bird flu, researcher says.

African Swine Fever

Resurgence of ASF reported in 2 Indian states

Over the past week, there has also been a handful of new ASF outbreaks in European pig herds, while the number of cases in wild boar creeps ever upwards.

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