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PCR tests are used to detect pathogens themselves. Photo: Thermo Fisher

03-11-2017 | Article

ELISA or PCR? Not all tests are created equal

A non-docked curly pig tail. Tail biting is likely to be related to health conditions. Photo: Hans Prinsen

25-10-2017 | Article

Poor health as a risk factor for tail biting

ASF hits large pig farm in Russia s key pig region. Photo: Vincent ter Beek

12-09-2017 | News

ASF hits large pig farm in Russia’s key pig region

Total emptiness in a Lithuanian farm, when it lost all animals due to ASF in 2015. Photo: Vincent ter Beek

09-08-2017 | News

ASF update: Large farms in Lithuania and Latvia affected

African Swine Fever has now reached Romania. Photo: Lina Mur

01-08-2017 | News

African Swine Fever has now reached Romania

A dead wild pig in a forest. This picture was taken in Poland. Photo: Iwana Markowska-Daniel.

26-07-2017 | News

ASF outbreaks in Czech Republic rise to 62

PEDv causes illness in non-immune piglets. Photo: Dr Andrea Ladinig, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria.

19-07-2017 | News

New PED wave hits 56 places in Manitoba – and counting

Number of Czech ASF cases rise to 25. Photo: Iwana Markowska-Daniel

13-07-2017 | News

Number of Czech ASF cases rise to 25

The FMD vaccine bank will have to be situated offshore. Photo: Shutterstock

29-06-2017 | News

US: Plea for national FMD vaccine bank

The first report of ASF in Czech Republic must have looked liked this case in Poland; in a wild boar. Photo: Iwana Markowska-Daniel

28-06-2017 | News

Czech Republic reports 1st case of African Swine Fever