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NewsASF resurfaces in 27 households across seven communes in Vietnam's Dak Lak
More than 350 pigs died or were culled from October to early November, taking the province's 2026 toll to more than 11,600 head.
NewsThailand seizes 24.6 tonnes of undocumented salted pig casings in Samut Sakhon cold store
Livestock officials give the owner seven working days to prove origin and movement permits before filing charges under the Animal Disease Act.
NewsJapan detects first highly pathogenic bird flu of the season in wild crow in Akita Prefecture
Agriculture ministry tells prefectures and poultry groups to tighten biosecurity, while neighbouring Yamagata holds an emergency meeting.
NewsSouth Korea lifts culling compensation cap to 90% and moves to risk-based culling in livestock disease overhaul
The plan targets ASF spread via wild boar, illegal meat and plasma protein feed, and puts farm losses from PED, PRRS and three other diseases at 620 billion won a year.
NewsVietnam's Hai Phong caps livestock density at two animal units per hectare
Hai Phong has limited livestock density to two animal units per hectare of agricultural land from 20 October 2026, replacing a 2023 rule and setting the basis for herd planning through 2030.
NewsAfrican swine fever spreads across Vietnam's Ca Mau, Tay Ninh and An Giang as provinces tighten controls
Three southern provinces have culled about 3,460 pigs this year between them, with most outbreaks on small farms lacking biosecurity.
South Korea finds H5N1 in a wild leopard cat in Seosan as Yongin shuts stream after wild bird detection
The country's second wild mammal case and a stream closure near 1.16 million poultry follow the season's first wild bird detection in October.
Bird flu cases in Washington state dairy herds nearly quadruple to 34 in a week
The outbreak in Yakima and Benton counties has made Washington the 20th US state to report H5N1 in dairy cattle since the virus was first found in Texas in 2024.
NewsSri Lanka warns pig farmers as African swine fever resurfaces in six districts
Nearly 200 pigs have tested positive for African swine fever in Sri Lanka after inspections covering 48 farms, prompting calls for tighter on-farm biosecurity.
NewsVietnam's Lao Cai culls 462 pigs in October as African swine fever toll for 2026 reaches 2,677
Outbreaks have reached 34 communes in the northern province this year, though 22 of them had gone 21 days without a new case by 8 October.
NewsSouth Korea proposes shrinking African swine fever control zone to 3km from 10km
Draft rules would also let culling on linked farms be deferred after negative tests and add carcass and manure compost testing to lift movement curbs.
NewsVietnam's Thanh Hoa culls 8,585 pigs across 26 communes as African swine fever resurges
Provincial authorities have ordered village-level surveillance, a month-long disinfection campaign and tighter border controls after African swine fever reached 26 communes.
NewsIndia's Chennai zoo closes after H5N1 bird flu confirmed in water birds
Seven water birds died at Vandalur Zoo between 3 and 9 October; India's high-security animal disease laboratory confirmed H5N1 on 21 October.
NewsPhilippines waives bird flu testing for poultry shipments from Negros Island Region
The waiver covers live poultry, eggs and poultry products moving out of Negros and Siquijor, but excludes live ducks and can be revoked if a case is confirmed.
NewsTaiwan confirms H5N1 bird flu on Taoyuan meat goose farm, culls 735 birds
The geese had been brought in from Yunlin and Kaohsiung days before sampling; officials say poultry supply is unaffected.
NewsHighly pathogenic avian influenza confirmed again in Barron County commercial flock, Wisconsin
The infected premises has been quarantined and depopulated, with a 10 km control area restricting poultry movements.
NewsPhilippines' Cebu City sets ASF checkpoint as Ginatilan outbreak is declared contained
Ten hogs tested positive in Sapangdaku, while 60 samples from Ginatilan's unaffected villages tested negative.
NewsIndia's Andaman and Nicobar Islands ban pig and pork movement after African swine fever confirmed
Culling has begun in Sri Vijaya Puram after ICAR-NIHSAD confirmed ASF there and at Arong in Car Nicobar, as officials step up containment.
NewsVietnam's Quang Ngai project builds biosecure 250-sow pig breeding herd for mountain communities
The 2022-2025 technology transfer project introduced seven technical procedures and a three-breed crossbred pig model in Sa Loong commune.
NewsAfrican swine fever spreads in Vietnam's Mekong Delta as Can Tho reports six new outbreaks and Ca Mau culls 1,375 pigs
Vietnam has recorded 1,205 ASF outbreaks in 31 provinces this year, with 160,740 pigs dead or culled, as Mekong Delta authorities tighten controls.
NewsHPAI likely to stay a seasonal threat to US poultry, USPOULTRY seminar hears
Speakers at the 2026 Live Production, Welfare & Biosecurity Seminar also covered wildlife biosecurity, farm sensors and cage-free layer housing.
NewsVietnam's Ho Chi Minh City tightens disease controls to secure year-end pork supply
Farm biosecurity spending is up 20-30% as producers face disease pressure and weak prices, while Vissan plans over VND500 billion for Lunar New Year supply.
NewsSHIC-funded air sensor detects PRRS virus in pig barns as reliably as oral fluid sampling
University of Illinois researchers adapted the bioAerium platform to sample barn air and run LAMP assays, offering continuous, real-time virus monitoring.
NewsAustralia's Victoria lifts poultry housing order as H5N1 keeps spreading in wildlife
The 10-week order confined flocks of 50 or more birds in Melbourne and southern Victoria; H5N1 has not been detected in Australian poultry or livestock.
NewsVietnam's Vinh Long culls 357 pigs as African swine fever hits six communes and wards
Provincial authorities have ordered tighter monitoring, disinfection and controls on pig transport and slaughter after outbreaks between 29 September and 8 October.
NewsPhilippines' Cagayan locks down two villages in Lal-lo town over African swine fever
Round-the-clock checkpoints now control hog and pork movements after a confirmed case in Barangay Cabayabasan.
NewsPhilippines' Ilocos Norte stays ASF-free but remains very high risk, provincial veterinarian warns
No new African swine fever cases have been reported since early 2025, but officials stress the newly commercialised vaccine must not replace farm biosecurity.
NewsUK's AHDB commissions updated economic impact study of a potential African swine fever outbreak
London Economics will model trade, regionalisation and wild boar scenarios for Great Britain's pig sector, with a final report due in the first quarter of 2027.
NewsEuroTier 2026 launches DLG-VetCon conference for livestock and herd veterinarians
The two-day event on 12-13 November in Hanover, Germany, covers animal health, fertility, biosecurity, nutrition and practice management, with workshops for cattle, pig, poultry and equine vets.
NewsSouth Korea steps up bird flu defences as duck-family migratory birds nearly triple
A September survey counted 18,678 duck-family birds at three key sites, up 189.7% year on year, prompting a nationwide farm alert and 280 restricted zones for livestock vehicles.
NewsJapan confirms classical swine fever on pig farms in Ehime and Gunma prefectures
The 106th and 107th domestic cases, confirmed on 7 and 10 October, involve farms holding about 4,000 and 1,900 pigs, with culling and epidemiological checks under way.
NewsSerbia records Europe's highest ASF outbreak count in 2026
Serbia has emerged as Europe's main hotspot for African swine fever in domestic pigs, with the virus confirmed on 758 holdings and tens of thousands of pigs lost this year.
NewsPhilippines hosts NACA governing council as Asia-Pacific seeks joint action to protect fish farmers
The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources co-hosted the network's highest policymaking body in Manila, the first such meeting in the Philippines in 21 years.
NewsWashington, US, confirms first H5N1 bird flu cases in dairy cattle
Two Yakima County dairy herds are under quarantine, making Washington the 20th US state to record highly pathogenic avian influenza in dairy cattle since March 2024.
NewsPhilippines' Capiz lifts hog and pork entry ban, retains ASF quarantine controls
Governor Fredenil H. Castro has lifted Capiz's ban on hogs, pork and pork products from Negros Island and Iloilo, with quarantine checkpoints kept in place against African swine fever.
NewsPig herd in Vietnam's Da Nang up 12.5% as livestock sector recovers
Da Nang's pig herd reached more than 372,000 head as of 1 September 2026, up 12.5% year on year, with no ASF, avian influenza or foot-and-mouth outbreaks in September.
NewsPhilippines' Negros Occidental resumes hog shipments to Iloilo as ASF cases ease
Shipments to Iloilo have resumed after Negros Occidental recorded no new African swine fever cases for at least 40 days, though the province remains under surveillance.
NewsLaos' ASF outbreak spreads to seven provinces, 91 districts, authorities tighten zone controls
Smallholder farms account for 79.2% of the 14,002 pigs lost, with preliminary economic losses estimated at more than 58.8 billion kip.
NewsIn Ovo Vaccination Myths Could Be Costing Hatchery Performance
Zoetis' Hatchery Health Team says many of the process breakdowns they investigate at hatcheries worldwide are mistaken for problems with in ovo vaccination itself.
NewsPhilippine agriculture office backs PHP247.1 million in Cordillera livestock projects, tightens ASF measures
The Livestock Economic Enterprise Development Project covers 81 projects across the region, as authorities flag lapses in farm biosecurity.
NewsUS poultry veterinarians debate avian influenza vaccination as broiler export risk weighs against turkey and layer benefits
Broiler companies export 18% of production and account for 90% of US poultry exports, leaving them most exposed to trade restrictions vaccination could trigger.
NewsPhilippines' Cebu confirms African swine fever in Ginatilan, suspends town's livestock trading
The town has banned pig movements in two affected villages and blocked live pigs and pork from neighbouring Negros Oriental.
NewsEFSA campaign targets bird flu biosecurity after Europe logs almost 8,000 outbreaks in one season
Wild bird detections ran four times higher than the previous winter, with most poultry infections traced to indirect contact rather than farm-to-farm spread.
NewsVietnam's Lao Cai destroys 76 pigs after African swine fever outbreak in Khanh Hoa commune
The outbreak remains confined to a single village in the northern border province, with 16 households affected since late August.
NewsVietnam's Vinh Long tightens disease controls as herds expand ahead of Tet restocking
Avian influenza vaccination has reached 90.88% of the annual plan, while lumpy skin disease coverage lags at 55.45%.
NewsRhone Ma calls for Malaysian animal health innovation fund in Budget 2027
The listed veterinary products group is seeking matching grants for R&D and farm biosecurity, plus export incentives for ASEAN market entry.
NewsVietnam's Hanoi culls 4,513 pigs in African swine fever outbreaks over eight months
August cases were confined to four households across two communes, but authorities warn the risk of new outbreaks remains.
NewsVietnam's Hanoi gives initial backing to BAF plan for 220-hectare multi-storey pig complex
The city has told BAF Vietnam to complete a project dossier covering technology, land use, biosecurity and environmental measures before any decision.
NewsVietnam's An Giang commune steps up African swine fever prevention amid national outbreak surge
Vinh Thuan commune ramps up biosecurity and vaccination as Vietnam records more than 115,000 ASF-infected pigs nationwide since the start of 2026.
NewsVietnam's Phu Tho builds concentrated poultry zones, targets 41.1 million birds by 2030
The northern province is shifting from small-scale household flocks to closed-loop, high-technology poultry operations as it aims to become a leading poultry farming centre in the region.
NewsOnly 8% of Malaysia's poultry houses fully closed-house after three decades of promotion, DVS warns
High capital costs are blocking small and medium-scale farmers from converting, as Malaysia's Perak state faces a January 2027 enforcement deadline with 42.7% of its farms still on open-house systems.
NewsBuilding resilient aquaculture systems for Asia's growing food needs
Aboitiz Foods' Aqua Farm Solution Lead Dr. Rajeev Jha shares his perspective on how a proactive, integrated approach to health management can strengthen aquaculture resilience across Asia.
NewsASF outbreaks reported across Philippines' Visayas and Mindanao as Iloilo maintains nine red zone municipalities
Separate incidents in Cebu City, Iloilo province and Lamitan City, Basilan highlight the continued spread of African swine fever across multiple Philippine island groups in July 2026.
NewsSpain's Newcastle disease outbreak reaches 29 confirmed sites with over 1.3 million birds affected
Two distinct virus strains are circulating simultaneously across separate regions, with Spain's Agriculture Ministry now mandating vaccination across the entire Castilla y Le�n region from September 2026.
NewsIndonesia steps up livestock disease controls ahead of El Nino
The Ministry of Agriculture is prioritising vaccination, biosecurity and vector control to protect livestock productivity as climate risks mount.
NewsASF outbreak in the Philippines' Negros Occidental triggers movement bans across Visayas provinces
Four provincial governments have imposed restrictions on live hog and pork movements as laboratory-confirmed cases spread from San Enrique municipality, where around 500 pigs have died.
NewsHong Kong selects Uni-China Farming Management to build city's first multi-storey pig farm in Sheung Shui
The pilot project, financed and operated by the private sector on a government-provided site, forms part of Hong Kong's Blueprint for Sustainable Development of Agriculture and Fisheries.
NewsVietnam's Dong Nai culls over 1,900 pigs after African swine fever confirmed at contract farm
The outbreak at a household-operated contract facility in Tan Phu Ward was linked to an open housing system that allowed insect exposure, with authorities warning the disease situation may remain complicated in coming months.
NewsPhilippines expects commercial release certification for Vietnamese ASF vaccine by Q3 2026
The AVAC live vaccine, once approved, will be distributed through biologics stores and veterinary outlets registered with the Bureau of Animal Industry, as the country's hog industry continues its recovery from seven years of ASF losses.
NewsNew African Swine Fever cases confirmed in Philippines' Capiz province
The outbreak in Roxas City, Pontevedra and Panitan marks the first resurgence on Panay Island since 2023, with authorities attributing the rise to weather fluctuations.
NewsAustralia detects first H5 bird flu case, completing global spread of strain
No mass mortalities or poultry infections have been confirmed yet, but the detection marks Australia's emergence as the last continent to record the highly pathogenic strain.
Tech Resources (10)
Tech ResourcesFeed preservation with organic acids reduces recontamination and nutrient loss - an indispensable part of biosecurity systems
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Tech ResourcesExpert views on effectiveness, feasibility, and implementation of biosecurity measures for mitigating Tier 1 disease risks in the US swine, beef cattle, and dairy industries
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Tech ResourcesAssociation between antimicrobial usage, biosecurity measures as well as farm performance in German farrow-to-finish farms
S. Raasch et al.
Tech ResourcesEvolution of Biosecurity from the anecdotal approach, to application of the scientific method towards a total culture change
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Tech ResourcesImproving biosecurity in feed: taking responsibility and raising awareness
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Tech ResourcesBiosecurity on-farm - the impact of an agglomerate of diformate and monolaurate on low pathogen loads in the litter
Christian L�ckst�dt and Stevan Petrovic; ADDCON GmbH, Bitterfeld, Germany
Tech ResourcesBiosecurity and mycotoxin management in an ever-changing environment
Radka Borutova, DVM, PhD, Scientific & Technical Manager Mycotoxin Management
Tech ResourcesEvaluation of the relationship between the biosecurity status, production parameters, herd characteristics and antimicrobial usage in farrow-to-finish pig production in four EU countries
M. Postma et al.
Tech ResourcesAntimicrobial resistance on farms: a review including biosecurity and the potential role of disinfectants in resistance selection
A. Wales et al.
Tech ResourcesAntibiotic reduction: The increased importance of high-level biosecurity
Marisabel Caballero, Global Technical Manager Poultry and Fellipe Freitas Barbosa, Global Technical Manager Swine; EW Nutrition