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In 2019, African swine fever (ASF) is likely to appear in France and Germany, and further spread of the disease is anticipated in south-east Asia, according to Sergey Dankvert, director of the Russian veterinary body Rosselkhoznadzor, speaking during an industry conference in Moscow on 19 January.
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China’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has revealed that it has culled 916,000 pigs since the beginning of the African swine fever (ASF) outbreak in August 2018.
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The US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) has confirmed a second case of virulent Newcastle disease at a commercial flock in Riverside County, California in a matter of weeks.
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The United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) confirmed the presence of the disease in a commercial chicken flock in Riverside County, California.
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A criminal investigation has been launched after a backlog of medical waste was allowed to build up at several disposal sites.
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