UK Pig Disease Quarterly Surveillance Report: January - March 2009
The latest report from the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) highlights that swine dysentery continues to cause concern, while the incidence of pneumonia has declined. There have been no outbreaks of Notifiable Diseases or zoonoses associated with pigs, nor evidence of H1N1 influenza in pigs during the quarter.
10 June 2009
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 January-March 2009 Published May 2009 Contents HIGHLIGHTS INTRODUCTION TO GB REPORT OVERVIEW PIG DEMOGRAPHICS AND DIAGNOSTIC SUBMISSION RATES NOTIFIABLE DISEASES REPORTED FARM VISIT INVESTIGATIONS FOOD SAFETY INCIDENTS ENDEMIC DISEASE SURVEILLANCE UNUSUAL AND NEW DISEASES SYNDROMIC DISEASE SURVEILLANCE SCANNING SURVEILLANCE FOR NEW AND EMERGING DISEASE |
Highlights
- There have been no outbreaks of Notifiable Disease or zoonoses associated with pigs.
- There were no food safety incidents involving pigs in England, Wales or Scotland.
- No cases involving the novel H1N1 strain of influenza causing disease in humans have been detected in GB pigs.
- Swine dysentery continues to cause concern particularly in East Anglia but the VLA is very encouraged to see that the industry led Producers Charter is being used to tackle the problem.
- The incidence of pneumonia has declined despite the first quarter being a cold, when more disease would be expected.
- VLA is encouraged that mannose reduced the salmonella meat juice ELISA scores significantly within six months as methods for tackling salmonellosis are needed.
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June 2009
