The Scottish Government has announced funding for a national disease control project to eradicate Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) in Scotland. A commitment of £438,700…
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Taiwan’s customs officials issued a fine of $NT200,000 (£7,365) to a traveller trying to bring a lunch box containing pork into the country. The South China…
The Pirbright Institute and UCL experts have joined forces to research the ways African Swine Fever Virus (ASFV) enters and replicates itself in pig cells. While…
15kg of pork products, which could have been a potential spreader of African Swine Fever (ASF), were seized at a dock in Hull last month by…
Defra and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have awarded funding to the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) to support continued research into Enzootic pneumonia. The…
Advances in the fight against the Seneca Valley virus, also known as Senecavirus A, have been made following an independent trial at Pipestone Applied Research Facility…
Calls have been made for the UK government to guarantee a ‘robust, reliable system’ for ensuring ‘proper’ border checks are in place to verify the health and safety…
The Defra and Innovation UK funded FarmSense project is now underway, which will provide farmers with an automated surveillance service to remotely monitor their livestock. Led by…
The Rare Breeds Survival Trust (RBST) is reminding rare breed farmers and keepers to register their animals, as it could be crucial to securing a culling-exemption in…