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Veterinary staff shortages undermine disease control in Vietnam's Lao Cai as ASF spreads to 15 communes
Thursday, July 16, 2026
86 of 99 commune-level agricultural departments lack dedicated livestock or veterinary personnel, forcing disease surveillance to rely on village heads and farmer self-reporting.
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Kakamega County, Kenya, issues alert over potential ASF outbreak
Thursday, July 16, 2026
The Kakamega County government in Kenya, has issued an alert over a possible outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in Shinyalu and Ikolomani subcounties.
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Vietnam's Lao Cai province suspends Bac Ha livestock market after foot-and-mouth disease confirmed
Tuesday, July 14, 2026
Authorities have ordered emergency vaccination, origin tracing of affected livestock batches and strict controls on animal movement in and out of the area.
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Philippines shifts animal vaccine registration from FDA to BAI to speed up approvals
Friday, July 10, 2026
The regulatory transfer comes as the commercial approval of a Vietnamese ASF live vaccine is expected as early as the third quarter of 2026.
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Orffa opens dedicated Science Lab in Breda to advance gut health and feed efficiency testing
Wednesday, July 8, 2026
The facility, developed in collaboration with Asahi Biocycle, introduces biomarker-based diagnostics to accelerate insights from nutrition research to on-farm application.
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H5N1 detected in New South Wales as Australia's confirmed cases reach six
Monday, July 6, 2026
No spread to commercial or backyard poultry has been recorded, but authorities have intensified surveillance across wildlife and livestock.
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Indonesia steps up livestock disease controls ahead of El Nino
Monday, July 6, 2026
The Ministry of Agriculture is prioritising vaccination, biosecurity and vector control to protect livestock productivity as climate risks mount.
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Nepal culls nearly 570,000 birds as H5N1 outbreak spreads to 11 districts and more than 100 farms
Thursday, July 2, 2026
Authorities have also destroyed 989,000 eggs and closed the country's only zoo in Kathmandu after the virus was detected in a dead crow found on the premises.
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More than 250 pigs in Gorkha, Nepal, dead from ASF
Wednesday, July 1, 2026
More than 250 pigs have died of African swine fever (ASF) in Gorkha, Nepal.
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Singapore-based scientists create oral vaccine to protect fish against nervous necrosis virus
Tuesday, June 30, 2026
Scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) in Singapore, together with researchers from the Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, have developed a novel oral vaccine for fish that can protect them against nervous necrosis virus (NNV) and be implemented in an effective, efficient and practical way to immunis ...
