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Khabre desk
Recent reporting, analysis and explainers from the animal health desk.
health
The EMA’s veterinary medicines committee issued positive opinions on five marketing-authorisation applications, including Scovella under the EU limited-market framework. It also adopted a new report on antimicrobial use and resistance in humans and animals.
science
A bioRxiv preprint reports a previously uncharacterised porcine adenovirus in a New Zealand high-health pig herd affected by neonatal deaths and reproductive problems. Genome sequencing placed the virus in the Mastadenovirus genus but on a distinct lineage from characterised porcine adenoviruses.
health
The EMA’s Committee for Veterinary Medicinal Products adopted positive opinions for Cirbloc, a vaccine for pigs, and AviGate S. Typhimurium, a vaccine for chickens. The committee also advanced guidance on antimicrobial use, pharmacovigilance and user safety.