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Producers urged to tighten biosecurity as swine dysentery continues to spread
0Pig producers are being urged to tighten their biosecurity, as government data highlights rising cases of swine dysentery. The latest figures from the GB Pig Surveillance Dashboard, run by the Animal and Plant Health Agency (APHA) and SRUC, reveal that confirmed cases of swine dysentery caused by Brachyspira hyodysenteriae have increased from just eight in 2021 to 54 in 2024 — with numbers rising year-on-year. The Significant Diseases Charter, run by AHDB, reported 13 cases of swine dysentery in seven counties up to early November this year, including one in Scotland. The latest notification was of a new Swine Dysentery case on…