Russia has seen an unprecedented rise in the loss of pigs to African Swine Fever (ASF) in 2016, jumping 12.6 times compared to 2015 to RUB1.2 billion (US$18m), according to estimates from the. Read more...
A new outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) has been reported on a Ukrainian backyard pig farm in Stavrove, Odessa, close to Moldova. Of the nine pigs on the farm, eight cases were confirmed. All nine pigs died as a result, to prevent the. Read more...
Recently Russian watchdog Rospotrebnadzor instituted an administrative proceeding against Canskaya Poultry Farm in Krasnoyarsk Krai, following the identification of metronidazole residues in several egg shipments that the farm supplied to the regional market. It seems the industry still relies on in-feed antibiotics. Due to regulations, the watchdog temporarily suspended operations to avoid further violations, but this case has turned out to be only the tip of the iceberg. In the opinion of analysts, the violations at Canskaya is evidence that antibiotic usage in Russian poultry farming remains a serious problem. Russian veterinary and sanitary authorities. Read more...
A new wave ofavian influenzaoutbreaks across the northern hemisphere is challenging the generally favourable outlook for next year’s world poultry industry, according to the latest quarterly report from Rabobank. The quarter four report said new outbreaks had the potential to shake up global market conditions both in the meat and breeding stock trade. It is especially affecting the outlook for Asia, Europe and Africa but will also be a test for the US industry, which was devastated by its 2015 outbreak. Endemic in wild birds The report’s authors said it seemed thatAIwas now endemic in wild birds and that companies needed to adjust for this in. Read more...
Small and medium businesses will be able to benefit from support from the Russian government as part of a new initiative aimed at boosting investment and developing networks in the country. According to experts, the main beneficiaries of the aid will be companies in the agricultural sector. Source: Denis Abramov/TASS In the near future small and medium enterprises in which foreigners own more than 49 percent of the shares will be able to apply for Russian state aid, according to the Kommersant business daily, whichreportsthat the initiative is part of a bill created by the Russian Ministry of Economic Development. In the opinion of the document's. Read more...
Metabolic chemicals have been found in chicken legs from poultry farm JSC Chicken Kingdom, part of Cherkizovo Group in Lipetsk Oblast,Russian veterinary. Read more...
In the third quarter of 2016, Russia’s poultry industry stopped growing for the first time in a decade, according. Read more...
Russia has reported more outbreaks of African Swine Fever (ASF) on pig farms. The latest report submitted to the OIE confirmed seven new outbreaks across the country. One outbreak involved wild boar and the other six affected backyard farms and one commercial farm. The commercial farm inKrasnodonskoe reported of the 5,165 pis susceptible,. Read more...
The Russian National Union of Agricultural Insurers has started working on a special insurance programme for the country’s pig industry. That was explained by Kornei Bizhdov, the union’s president at the recent business meeting ‘Result of 2016. Problems and perspectives’ in Moscow. Bizhdov said that a new insurance programme should solve coverage issues and would have to provide additional protection, in order to avoid losses for producers in caseAfrican Swine Fever (ASF)is confirmed on farms. The set-up of the programme should involve pig farms as much as possible. Bizhdov added that the union expects to receive some state support for. Read more...
Avian influenza is taking its toll in Europe where 190,000 ducks have been culled in the Netherlands and 200,000 hens slaughtered in Sweden in a scare which is gripping the northern European poultry industry. According to the World Orginasation for animal health (OIE), 10 countries throughout Europe have been infected with the H5N8 virus. Countries affected include Austria, Croatia, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland and Russia. A poultry farm in the Netherlands were birds have been preventatively culled. Photo: ANP / Remko De Waal Preventative measures taken in Dutch poultry sector In the Netherlands, the slaughter. Read more...
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