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African Swine Fever

ASF remains a major concern for National Pork Board

The United States is much more prepared for a potential outbreak than it was in 2019, but preparedness efforts continue.

African Swine Fever

African swine fever hits more herds in Europe, Asia

As Italy and Slovakia record their first outbreaks of African swine fever in farmed pigs of 2026, more cases in wild boar are reported widely across Europe.

Pig Health & Disease

Swine Health Information Center releases 2021–26 program review

The report outlines SHIC’s continued commitment to minimizing the impact of emerging disease threats through preparedness, coordinated communications, global disease monitoring, analysis of swine health data and targeted research investments.

Animal Health & Veterinary

NPPC urges swift approval of NovoFly to prevent New World screwworm in US

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) recently applied to register NovoFly – a technology incorporating a genetically engineered female-lethal trait that results in male-only sterile flies – for use in combatting NWS.

African Swine Fever

Philippines aims to recover from ASF with 32,000 gilts

The Philippine Department of Agriculture is scaling up its swine repopulation effort through the procurement of 32,000 breeding-age female pigs, marking a significant government intervention to rebuild hog inventories depleted by African swine fever.

Pig Health & Disease

USDA confirms first swine pseudorabies cases in US since 2004

The small Iowa commercial swine herd of less than 100 hogs received five boars from the Texas herd several months ago.

Animal Health & Veterinary

Florida issues import restrictions on Texas animals to prevent NWS

The Texas agriculture commissioner is responding to actions taken by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services to restrict importation of animals into Florida from counties in Texas that are at high risk for New World screwworm.

African Swine Fever

More swine fever cases confirmed in Asia’s domestic pigs

While Taiwan has declared its territory free of African swine fever (ASF), ongoing outbreaks in pigs continue in the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam and a new area in India.

Livestock & Poultry Diseases

Alert sounded for international spread of foot-and-mouth disease

As China records its first ever detection of the SAT 1 variant of the foot-and-month disease (FMD), further cases are confirmed in the Palestinian territories, Europe and southern Africa.

African Swine Fever

Biosecurity, vaccination: ASF control in Vietnam

In Vietnam, outbreaks of African swine fever (ASF) continue widely across the country, with a leading animal health company calling for better farm biosecurity to support the efficacy of its vaccine.

African Swine Fever

African swine fever re-emerges in Oceania

After a prolonged hiatus, African swine fever (ASF) virus has been detected again in Papua New Guinea.

Animal Health & Veterinary

ASF vaccine effective in piglets as young as 4 weeks

Early vaccination should help reduce the spread of African swine fever in countries where the disease is endemic, researcher says.

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