UK Pig Disease Quarterly Surveillance Report: April to June 2010
In its latest quarterly report, the Veterinary Laboratories Agency reports that pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza virus outbreaks continue to be diagnosed, often associated with Streptococcus suis infection in rearing pigs, and that there have been further cases of monophasic Typhimurium-like salmonella.
30 December 2010
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 April-June 2010 Published August 2010 Contents Highlights Introduction to GB Report Overview
Unusual and new diseases Scanning surveillance for new and emerging disease Science update – appendix 1 |
Highlights
There were no food safety incidents involving pigs during this quarter.
There is no evidence from diagnostic submissions that the post-weaning cachexic/catabolic syndrome (PWCS) reported in the USA and Canada has occurred in Great Britain.
There is no evidence from diagnostic submissions that the syndrome characterised by high mortality neonatal enteritis, reported in France and Denmark, is present in Great Britain.
Pandemic H1N1 2009 influenza virus outbreaks continue to be diagnosed often associated with Streptococcus suis infection in rearing pigs.
More cases of monophasic Typhimurium-like salmonella have been diagnosed.
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