Article: EC bans pig transportation in German state after swine fever detection

Article: EU experts extend measures swine fever prevention ...
AP Worldstream;  April 5, 2006 ;     313 words ... ... Rhine Westphalia until mid-May, due to the outbreak of swine fever there, the European Commission said. An EU expert panel ... may not send any pigs to farms or slaughter houses in the German state. The measures will be in force until May 15, after which ...

Article: EU reports new swine fever case in German ...
AP Worldstream;  March 28, 2006 ;     280 words ... ... Germany has discovered another case of swine fever in North-Rhine Westphalia and ordered ... it was the fourth confirmed case of swine fever in North-Rhine Westphalia since three ... there March 3 and March 5. Classical swine fever can spread quickly and cause great losses ...

Article: CLASSICAL SWINE FEVER IN GERMANY.
Europe Agri;  June 2, 2006 ;     547 words ... ... review certain measures in place due to classical swine fever outbreaks in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia over the past few ... These include that no outbreak of classical swine fever in the surveillance zone from which the pigs ...

Article: Swine fever hits Germany again.(hog cholera ...
Agra Europe;  March 31, 2006 ;     688 words ...A fresh outbreak of swine fever has erupted in the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia, the European Commission confirmed on Tuesday evening. The outbreak in a herd of 1 200 pigs in Haltern ...

Article: EU relaxes swine fever restrictions in Germany
AP Worldstream;  April 11, 2006 ;     272 words ... ... restrictions on the movement of pigs within the German state of North-Rhine Westphalia to prevent ... to areas affected by an outbreak of swine fever. The change in the rules will allow ... May 15. There have been outbreaks of swine fever in four farms in the western state since ...

Article: German pig farms to get swine fever ...
Agra Europe;  October 20, 2006 ;     581 words ...The ministry of agriculture in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia has obtained ... farms that suffered losses due to the swine fever outbreaks last spring, the Central ... ZDS) reports. Farms located in the swine fever surveillance zones had to keep slaughter ...

Article: Swine Fever
World of Microbiology and Immunology;      700+ words ...Swine fever Swine fever is a viral disease that afflicts swine. The disease is also known as hog cholera. A related form of the disease is called African swine fever. The virus that causes swine fever is a member of the family Flaviviridae ...