Abstract

Outbreaks of severe Teschovirus encephalomyelitis in pigs began occurring in the Republic of Haiti in February 2009 and porcine teschovirus type 1 (PTV-1) was isolated from brain samples of sick animals.  A study was conducted to confirm the hypothesis that there are other disease agents circulating in the Haitian swine population in addition to classical swine fever virus (CSFV) and PTV and that the immunosuppressive effect of these agents has facilitated the expression of PTV.  Read more »

Abstract

During January – March 2009 an outbreak of Salmonella was diagnosed in four commercial layer farms in Barbados; 511 layers died and 3,257 layers were voluntarily culled. Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) was identified in avian tissues (ovaries, liver, uterus), and egg samples submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries, and Water Resource Management (MAFFW) Veterinary Services (VS) Laboratory. Read more »