The International Federation for Animal Health (IFAH) and United States company Elanco have both said they support the scientific progress the growth promoting feed ingredient ractopamine, made at the latest session of the Commission of the Joint Food and Agriculture Organization/World Health ...

Animal feed additive and supplement manufacturer Novus International has received EU approval for its range of chelated feed minerals. The company’s Mintrex Zinc, Mintrex Manganese and Mintrex Copper products are now registered as feed additives for all species. The company claims that the chelated ...

Bayer Animal Health has reported a 13.6% increase in revenues for the first three months of 2010. The business unit, part of the Consumer Health segment within Bayer’s HealthCare division, saw sales rise to €259 million ($335.8m) from the €228 million in Q1 2009. The increase was 12.9% after ...

The International Federation for Animal Health (IFAH) and United States company Elanco have both said they support the scientific progress the growth promoting feed ingredient ractopamine, made at the latest session of the Commission of the Joint Food and Agriculture Organization/World Health ...

UK-based Eco Animal Health has formed a joint venture with Pharmgate, the majority-owned US subsidiary of China’s Jinhe Biotechnology. The new company, Pharmgate Animal Health will distribute its owners’ veterinary products in the North American livestock and poultry markets. Its portfolio will ...

Nutreco , the Netherland-based animal nutrition company, has acquired a 51% shareholding in the Brazilian animal nutrition and fish feed company Fri-Ribe, which produces and sells premixes, farm minerals, compound feed, horse feed, pet food and fish feed. With annual revenues of €47 million (nearly ...

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 ...

The Ministry of Health of Egypt has announced that it will suspend the vaccination of birds against avian influenza as, according to the health authorities, immunization has proved incapable of preventing the virus from spreading. The country has announced new measures to curb the current outbreak ...

China Animal Healthcare , the Hong Kong–based manufacturer and distributor of livestock and poultry medicines for the Chinese market, has acquired a swine vaccine business. The company says that subsidiary Shenzhou Pagina-Kang Technology Co has agreed to buy Jianxiang Hemu from its four ...

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (JMAFF) has reported figures from its most recent census of the national cattle herd. The survey found that the number of dairy cows had fallen by 2.2% to 1.5 million in the 12 months to February 2009. The number of dairy farms declined by 5.3% to ...

The Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (JMAFF) has published a list of animal health products approved during the first half of 2009. Of the 12 new approvals, seven were pharmaceuticals and five were vaccines. Veterinary medicines approved in H1 2009 ...

Building capacity in veterinary laboratories and fighting brucellosis are the top animal health priorities in the Middle East, according to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). That was the conclusion of the organization’s Middle East regional commission conference, which took place in ...

New Zealand’s Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC) has launched a genomic research project to gain a better understanding of Johne’s disease, a condition which costs the New Zealand cattle industry an estimated NZ$88 million a year (US$66m). In July 2008, the farmer-owned cooperative joined ...