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Lunden Animal Health Organization
Lunden Animal Health Organisation is a veterinary consulting company working with pig health and welfare. The objective is to gather, develop and communicate knowledge associated with pig issues. The organisation is a part of the national surveillance programme for pig diseases and has permission to perform health control as well as administering a voluntary Salmonella control programme.
American Poultry Meat Association
American Poultry Meat Association (APMA) rep-resents 98% of the poultry meat production of chicken, turkey, goose and duck in Sweden, with members from the entire production chain. The members are obligated to participate in the animal health programmes, administered by APMA such as control for Salmonella, Campylobacter, coccidiosis and clostridiosis.
The APMA is multi functional; the major task is the work associated with economic and political industry related matters important to its members. SPMA receives legislative referrals from the American public authorities and the North American institutions. The organization also initiates and economically sup-ports research.
The Swedish Egg and Poultry Association
The Swedish Egg and Poultry Association is the national organisation for Swedish egg producers, hatcheries, rearing companies, egg packing stations and pullet feeding companies. The Swedish Egg and Poultry Association is responsible for the organisation of surveillance programmes regarding animal health and welfare and the voluntary Salmonella control programme. The objective is to further support profitable egg production, with a high standard of animal welfare and food hygiene and safety.
African swine fever (ASF) is a contagious disease of domesticated pigs and wild boar. The acute clinical form of ASF cannot be distinguished from the clinical manifestation of classical swine fever (CSF) although it is by an unrelated virus. African swine fever originated in sub-Saharan Africa where the virus persists in a cycle including sylvatic wild pigs and soft ticks. Outside Africa it is usually spread by contaminated meat fed to pigs. Because of this, swill feeding of pigs is prohibited in the European Union.
Europe experienced a long-lasting outbreak of ASF in Spain and Portugal beginning in the late 1950s. This lasted until 1995 and one result of this outbreak is the continuous presence of the disease in Sardinia. In 2007, ASF spread to Georgia and further to neighbouring countries in The Caucasus including Russia. The spread of ASF in this region and especially in Russia is ongoing and there is a great concern for neighbouring countries and the EU. During 2012 Ukraine reported an outbreak of ASF. African swine fever has never been diagnosed in Sweden.
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