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Monday 16 July 2012


Lithuania

Lithuania - Pork processor sues the government

Lithuania’s largest pork producer Saerimner is initiating a damages dispute now the company has lost an environmental court case against the state of Lithuania.

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Tuesday 30 August 2011


Lithuania

Lithuania - Pork industry in crisis

Since the discovery of African Swine Fever in Jonava district, almost half of the pork producers claimed that they are operating on the brink of survival, due to significant reduction in consumption and prices.

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Monday 27 June 2011


Lithuania

Lithuania - Swine fever back

The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) received follow-up report no.1 on Friday, 3 June. According to the report, a total of 7688, out of which a 100 per cent morbidity rate was reported. No deaths have been recorded, and no animals were destroyed.

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Thursday 23 June 2011


Lithuania

Lithuania - Swine fever

Lithuania has reported an outbreak of Classical Swine Fever to the world Organization for Animal Health (OIE) on June 1.

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Tuesday 21 June 2011


Lithuania

Lithuania - Swine fever strikes again

The outbreak was registered at a 16,000-pig farm in the central Jonava district and the affected area has been quarantined, according to TVNZ.

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Monday 08 November 2010


Lithuania

Lithuania - African swine flu

The EU must take all necessary measures to stop African Swine Flu from third countries bordering the bloc spreading into member states, Lithuania told today's Farm Council in Luxembourg.

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Sunday 15 August 2010


Lithuania

Lithuania - Rectory Foods flocks to Lithuania

Rectory Foods Ltd has announced the launch of a new facility in Lithuania. Operating as UAB Baltreka, the new division is responsible for handling the sourcing, storage and distribution of chicken, turkey, duck, pork, beef, garlic, seeds and vegetable products in Lithuania, other Baltic countries and internationally.

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Monday 04 January 2010


Lithuania

Lithuania - Research into pig breeding

Several studies have been published where sperm plasma membrane integrity correlated to fertility

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Monday 28 September 2009


Lithuania

Lithuania - Meat production down 5%

During the two quarters of the current year only 17,000 tonnes of fresh and chilled beef and veal carcasses were produced inLithuania.This is 5,1% less than the same period of 2008 and 22.1% less than the corresponding period of 2007. Similarly, the production of pig carcasses in the country during the first two quarters of 2009 was only 2

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Thursday 13 August 2009


Lithuania

Lithuania - Swine fever contained

Lithuania has managed to eliminate an outbreak of swine fever, Lithuania's State Food and Veterinary Service (VMVT) reported

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Saturday 25 July 2009


Lithuania

Lithuania - Swine fever

Classical Swine Fever has been confirmed at a 450 pig farm in Lithuania. The farm is owned by a Danish producer. No CSF, however, has been found in any Danish farm.The

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Wednesday 22 July 2009


Lithuania

Lithuania - Export pigs

Lithuania may remove a ban on exports of pigs from the country next Thursday, Jul. 23, if swine fever detected in the district of Panevezys does not spread, the Verslo Zinios business daily reports on Friday. "We will make the tests next week and if we find no fever virus, we will remove the ban on exports," Kazimieras Lukauskas, director

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Monday 20 July 2009


Lithuania

Lithuania - Live pig exports

Lithuania has set ban on pig livestock exports due to suspected outbreak of swine fever

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Lithuania

Lithuania - Pig exports

Lithuania may remove a ban on exports of pigs from the country next Thursday, Jul. 23, if swine fever detected in the district of Panevezys does not spread, the Verslo Zinios

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Thursday 16 July 2009


Lithuania

Lithuania - Swine flu

Lithuania has banned live pig exports after vets confirmed an outbreak

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Wednesday 15 July 2009


Lithuania

Lithuania - Ban on pig exports

-Lithuania has banned live pig exports after vets confirmed an outbreak

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Thursday 02 July 2009


Lithuania

Lithuania - Cattle slaughtering

Cattle slaughtering has declined this year, the country's Agricultural Information and Rural Business Center reported on Monday. Some 75,700 bovines were slaughtered in the

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Saturday 16 May 2009


Lithuania

Lithuania - Meat production down

Lithuania's production of fresh and chilled beef totalled 8,660 tons in the first quarter of 2009, down 5.1% from the same period of 2008.

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Jan Zandbergen        Lanexco Ltd