Animale de fermă

Chronic hyperproliferative process with major involvement of mast cells at ear tag sites of sows

Ear tags are commonly used worldwide for the appropriate identification of laboratory and farm animals
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FVE face apel la vigilenta fata de virusul Schmallenberg

O noua boala la rumegatoare se raspandeste in Europa
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EFSA completes first Opinion in meat inspection work

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has completed the first stage of a major piece of work that will provide the scientific basis for the modernisation of meat inspection across the EU
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Risk Assessment of Food and Feed derived from GM Animals

EFSA launches public consultation on draft guidance for the risk assessment of food and feed derived from GM animals and related animal health and welfare aspects
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EHEC: Scientists publish in PLoS ONE their prospective genomic characterization

Scientists of the Medical Faculty of the University Münster and the University Hospital Münster in collaboration with scientists of the enterprise `Life Technologies Corporation´ were the first to release a draft genome sequence of a German enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC)
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Studiu EFSA: Stafilococul auriu în crescătoriile de porci

Stafilococul auriu este o bacterie cu răspândire largă, mulţi oameni fiind purtători fără să manifeste semnele infecţiei
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Swine flu: What does it do to pigs?

The effects of H1N1 swine flu have been investigated in a group of piglets. Scientists writing in BioMed Central’s open access Virology Journal studied the pathology of the virus, finding that all infected animals showed flu-like symptoms between one and four days after infection and were shedding virus two days after infection
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PORCILIS PCV swine vaccine against porcine circovirus type 2 infection launched in Europe

The new vaccine has been designed to provide a superior solution for the prevention and management of Porcine Circo Virus-associated Disease (PCVD), a major cause of economic loss in the pig sector

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OIE position on safety of international trade of pigs and products of pig origin

2009 Because the current A/H1N1 related human health event has been described as swine influenza, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) wishes to  further clarify the facts from the animal health perspective, particularly in relation to international trade of pigs and of products of pig origin
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Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health sponsors peer-reviewed website on chicken anemia virus

A peer-reviewed website about chicken infectious anemia has been launched under the sponsorship of Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health

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Classical Swine Fever in Croatia: EU emergency veterinary team sent to assist containing the outbreak

Following a recent outbreak of classical swine fever (CSF) in Croatia, the European Commission sent today an emergency veterinary team on-the spot to support the local authorities to rapidly respond and to help contain the disease
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EU emergency veterinary team to be established

Today the European Commission adopted a Decision to establish an emergency veterinary team, to provide the support of European experts if needed to respond rapidly to animal disease outbreaks in the EU and third countries
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Stricter rules for the veterinary medicine Micotil

Two US farmers died from accidentally self-injectioning the veterinary medicine “Tilmicosin” while treating their cows

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