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  • New rules for the use of antimicrobials in pig production

    Ukraine has updated the principles and rules for the use of antimicrobials in veterinary medicine. This is an important step in the fight against antibiotic resistance and ensuring the health of animals and consumers, implemented by the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders as part of the technical assistance project ‘Ensuring Animal Health in Ukraine’ with the support of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).

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  • Industry biosafety standard: how pig farms can protect themselves from threats

    The Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders (AUPB) has presented the Sectoral Biosafety Standard for pig farms. The document was developed with the support of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and is aimed at increasing the level of protection of animals from diseases, in particular African swine fever (ASF).

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  • Rational use of antimicrobial veterinary drugs in pig production: guidelines from USDA and the AUPB

    The Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders (AUPB) emphasises the need to introduce new guidelines on the rational use of antimicrobial veterinary medicines in pig production.

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  • Improving biosecurity in pig production: USDA and the AUPB

    The Sectoral Biosafety Standard for Pig Farms in Ukraine is a tool for improving the level of biosafety at pig farms, which identifies the main hazards and risk factors, as well as measures to prevent them.

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  • Industry biosecurity standard for pig farms — the key to protecting your farm

    In December, the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders published the Industry biosecurity standard for Pig Farms, developed with the support of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) as part of the technical assistance project ‘Ensuring Animal Health in Ukraine’.

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  • Awareness of antibiotic resistance is the first step to overcome it

    The Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders (AUPB) has developed Guidelines for the rational use of antimicrobial veterinary medicines in pig production.

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  • Training in the basics of biosafety at pig farms

    The best practices of biosecurity of domestic pig farms and training videos, which were filmed by the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders (AUPB) within the framework of the project ‘’Keeping Pigs Healthy in Ukraine‘’, implemented by the association in cooperation with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), were presented to the academic staff and students of Dnipro National Agrarian and Economic University.

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  • Monitoring the health status of finishers in Ukraine

    Monitoring of intestinal pathogens and their resistance in fattening pigs was carried out at the initiative of the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders within the framework of a joint project with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) ‘Ensuring Animal Health in Ukraine’ at the Research Centre for Biosafety and Environmental Control of Agricultural Resources of the State Agrarian and Food Academy of Ukraine (Biosafety-Centre).

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  • ASF epidemic: experts call for comprehensive cooperation in the fight against the virus

    Ukraine's agricultural sector has hosted a significant event - the Profitable Pig Production International Congress. The event brought together leading experts, producers, scientists and entrepreneurs to share experiences and introduce the latest achievements in the pig industry. The congress started with welcoming remarks by representatives of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy, the State Service of Ukraine for Food Safety and Consumer Protection and the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders.

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  • Feed quality control — keeping animals healthy

    Participants in the Animal Health in Ukraine project, implemented by the AUPB and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), have the opportunity to conduct laboratory monitoring of the quality of feed fed to pigs.

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  • The best protection for pig farms is biosecurity

    The rapid spread of African swine fever in Ukraine and around the world has highlighted the need to strengthen measures to control the spread of this highly contagious disease. First and foremost, it is important to implement and comply with biosecurity.

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  • AUPB and USDA “Keeping Animals Healthy in Ukraine” project: 18 out of 20 biosafety audits completed

    Within the framework of the project “Keeping Animals Healthy in Ukraine”, the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders, with the support of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), has successfully completed 18 out of 20 planned biosafety audits at Ukrainian pig farms.

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  • American support for the Ukrainian agricultural sector: USDA representatives visit Ukrainian agricultural associations as part of a joint project

    Yesterday, 15 August, representatives of the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Foreign Agricultural Service visited the offices of the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders, the Ukrainian Agri Council (UAC) and the Association of Milk Producers (AMP).

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  • Raising veterinary standards: how Ukraine monitors pathogens in pigs

    Ukraine continues to conduct microbiological monitoring of bacterial pathogens in pigs as part of the project of the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders (AUPB) and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) "Keeping Animals Healthy in Ukraine". The research included determining antibiotic susceptibility using the minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) method.

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  • AUPB works with USDA to develop biosafety standard

    The Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders (AUPB), in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), is working on the development of an industry standard for biosecurity as part of the project "Keeping Animals Healthy in Ukraine".

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  • USDA and AUPB Project: Veterinary Support of Pig Farms

    The second phase of the Animal Health in Ukraine project, implemented by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Аssociation Ukrainian Pig Breeders (AUPB) , provides veterinary support to pig farms.

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  • Leading Pig Farms Share Best Biosecurity Practices

    Many pig farms have achieved a high level of protection by establishing biosecurity protocols, but there are many that continue to work on improvement and need expert assistance.

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  • Animal health in Ukraine: Results of the Program to Support Pork Producers in 2023

    The war has caused a number of challenges for the domestic pig industry, including disease control and the spread of infections. With this in mind, the Department of Agriculture of Foreign Countries (FAS) of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders (AUPB) have been implementing the project  Animal Health in Ukraine for 12 months since October 2022. It aimed to assess the risks of controlling the spread of diseases during the war, to support enterprises from the de-occupied and territories close to hostilities with free laboratory diagnostics, to help pig farms improve the biosafety system and increase the capacity of the State Service of Ukraine on Food Safety and Consumer Protection to respond to suspected animal diseases at the stage of veterinary examination in the agri-food market. The first stage of the project was completed in October 2023. Its results were summed up in a conversation with the President of the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders (AUPB) Oksana Yurchenko.

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  • Animal Health in Ukraine Project: Expanding the Biosafety Audit Program

    As part of the Animal Health in Ukraine Project , the Association of Ukrainian Pig Breeders with the support of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), has compiled a list of 10 companies that will receive advisory assistance in improving biosecurity in 2024.

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