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Pig Industry News by Topic
News by Topic: Pig Health
Friday, November 06, 2009
Pork with Anabolic Steroid Found in HCM City VIET NAM - More than 10 per cent of pork tested in Ho Chi Minh City this year has been found containing clenbuterol that was fed to the animal to keep their meat lean, officials said Wednesday.
Monday, September 07, 2009
HPAI, FMD and PRRS Set to Return to Viet Nam VIET NAM - VIET NAM - Animal health officials predict that foot and mouth disease (FMD), blue-ear disease (PRRS) and highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) will soon return to the south of the country....
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Pig Hijackers Caught in PRRS Quarantine Zone VIET NAM - The authorities have thwarted a pig hijacking an area hit by blue ear disease.
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Livestock Diseases Continue to Plague Farmers VIET NAM - Deputy Minister Diep Kinh Tan of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development yesterday asked Quang Nam authorities to prioritise prevention of blue-ear disease (or PRRS) among pigs.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Poultry and Livestock Diseases Continue Spreading VIET NAM - Diseases affecting Viet Nam’s fowl and cattle are continuing to spread throughout the country, the Department of Animal Health said at a meeting held in Hanoi yesterday.
Thursday, March 05, 2009
Quang Nam Province Ravaged by PRRS VIET NAM - The People’s Committee of the central province of Quang Nam has officially declared the outbreak of blue-ear pig disease in the province and banned all transport, trade, slaughter and the consumption...
Monday, March 02, 2009
PRRS Hits Three Vietnamese Provinces VIET NAM - A blue-ear epidemic in pigs is developing in three Vietnamese provinces, resulting in nearly a thousand of pigs being infected with the blue-ear virus, said the Department of Animal Health under...
Monday, February 23, 2009
Blue Ear and FMD Reported in Viet Nam VIET NAM - Blue ear and foot and mouth diseases occurs in Quang Ninh province.
Friday, February 20, 2009
Trichinellosis Outbreak in Viet Nam VIET NAM - The veterinary authorities have sent an Immediate Notification to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) about a new outbreak of trichinellosis in pigs.

