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Food Producing Animals - Porcine
29 January 2010

The efficacy and economic costs of different strategies to fight a possible epidemic of foot and mouth disease in the Netherlands have been analyzed in a report by the Wageningen University and Research Centre. According to the document, in areas with a high farm density emergency vaccination of ...

28 January 2010

Boehringer Ingelheim’s Metacam (meloxicam) 5 mg/ml injectable solution has gained an EU-wide marketing authorization for use as an analgesic to relieve post-operative pain associated with the castration of piglets. The non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug is now the first product licensed for this ...

03 November 2009

The first case of H1N1 infection in a commercial swine herd in the United States has been confirmed by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA ) in the state of Indiana. According to the USDA, the affected pigs and stockmen have recovered fully. The first case of the virus in pigs in the US was ...

26 October 2009

Merial has announced the launch of two swine vaccines in Brazil, one against porcine parvovirosis and swine erysipelas and the other for the prevention of porcine atrophic rhinitis (PAR). Parvoruvac is a vaccine developed to prevent reproductive problems caused by porcine parvovirosis and swine ...

21 October 2009

The first cases of pandemic H1N1 influenza in Japanese pigs were confirmed today after the virus was found during the routine examination of nasal swabs from 10 animals at a 1,000-pig farm in Osaka. The affected farm is under voluntary quarantine, and no clinical signs of disease have been found in ...

 
11 June 2009

US-based animal health and nutrition company Novus International is to offer the pig probiotic BioPlus 2B in the US, after signing an agreement with its manufacturer Chr Hansen. The agreement will enable Chr Hansen to reach a much greater number of customers, says Dr Bill Braman , vice-president ...

23 July 2008

Scientists at the National Research Council of the Philippines (NRCP) are testing an antibiotic derived from mushrooms that could be used to treat livestock diseases. A team led by plant pathologist Dr Asuncion Raymundo found that the mushroom species Clitopilus Passeckerianus produces ...

18 July 2008

Polish pig numbers fell in the first quarter of 2008, says the country's Central Statistical Office (CSO). At the end of March, the national pig herd numbered 15.7 million animals, a 13% fall compared with the same period of 2007. Worst affected were breeding sows, whose numbers decreased by 20%. A ...

 
 
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15 September 2010
Bologna, Italy