Animal Health and Nutrition

Rabobank also pointed to persistent risks from diseases such as Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome virus, Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea virus, and African Swine Fever virus.

Access to veterinary services in remote communities is often constrained by workforce shortages and shifting public sector priorities.

The educational content includes the biology and interaction between the rumen and lower gut, support for dairy calves from birth through lactation, and the importance of maintaining a balanced microbiota.

Advances in bacteriophage (phage) science are now opening new pathways for effective, environmentally friendly disease control.

More than 75% of emerging diseases and 80% of agents with bioterrorist potential are zoonotic.

The organization urged members to share genetic sequences of avian influenza viruses in public databases and to employ scientifically justified import measures rather than blanket trade bans.

Although investigations are ongoing, authorities said the outbreak was most likely linked to illegal pork imports that entered Taiwan undetected.

Authorities explained that the import restrictions will remain in place until the conditions prompting the ban are resolved and an official announcement is made to lift them.

The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) confirmed that Belgium and Slovakia became the latest countries to report cases this week.

Though eradicated from the UK in 1966, sporadic outbreaks have continued, leading to the culling of tens of thousands of pigs.