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According to the information of the World Organisation for Animal Health 1,715 outbreaks of highly dangerous animal diseases were registered worldwide in the first half of the year 2014.

Outbreaks of African swine fever were reported from Russia (25), Poland (4), Latvia (3), Lithuania (2) and Ukraine (2). Cases of classical swine fever were officially confirmed in Russia (3), Latvia (27) and Columbia (10).

The FGBI “Federal Centre for Animal Health” under the jurisdiction of the Rosselkhoznadzor received a patent of the Russian Federation No.2515058 for the invention “Associated emulsion inactivated vaccine against viral diarrhea, bovine rotavirus and coronavirus infections”.

The invention relates to the sphere of veterinary virology and biotechnology and deals with the production and use of the vaccine for protection against pneumoenteritis of cattle and newborn calves.

Developed by specialists of the Testing Centre Laboratory for Chemical Analysis methodological recommendations were approved on 24 June 2014 by the Scientific Council of the FGBI “Federal Centre for Animal Health” under the jurisdiction of the Rosselkhoznadzor:

– “Methodological recommendations for determination of macro- and microelements content in muscular tissues of animals and birds by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry”;

From 02 to 05 of June 2014 employees of FGBI “Federal Centre for Animal Health” (FGBI “ARRIAH”) which is subordinated to Rosselkhoznadzor participated in the seminar of production and scientific system “Sverdlovskaya” with the School of Advanced Studies of Poultry Farmers of Kazakhstan. The seminar was in Astana, Kazakhstan. FGBI “ARRIAH” was presented by Ph.D. in veterinary science Mikhail Volkov and Ph.D. in veterinary science Andrey Varkentin.