Western Australian Pork Industry Training a Success
AUSTRALIA - Western Australia’s pork industry has been strengthened with a specialised skills training programme producing nearly 70 graduates from two courses held over the past year.

Orego-Stim Gains Organic Certification
AUSTRALIA - Orego-Stim, the natural feed additive from Meriden Animal Health, has been certified for use in organic systems in Australia by the Bio-Dynamic Research Institute.

Biomin Australia Sponsors the Victorian Pig Fair
AUSTRALIA - More than 500 people learned about improvements in the pig industry in the recently held Victorian Pig Fair at the Bendigo Exhibition Centre during 7 to 8 June 2011.

Meriden Opens Subsidiary in Australia
AUSTRALIA - Meriden Animal Health Limited has recently opened a new office in Australia, further consolidating its sales network in South-East Asia and Australasia.

Making Money from Small Change
AUSTRALIA - Small changes in reproductive performance in piggeries can translate into big economic gains, according to Hilduard Swarts, Global Marketing Director, Global Swine Business Unit, Intervet-Schering...

PITWA Introduces Pork Industry Skills Passport
AUSTRALIA - Pork Industry Training WA (PITWA) last week introduced 20 WA pork producers and piggery workers to the Pork Industry Skills Passport, which details and endorses a person’s workplace skills...

Ractopamine Improves Growth and Leanness in Males
AUSTRALIA - Ractopamine improved growth performance in entire and immunocastrated male pigs without affecting meat quality, according to researchers based in Western Australia.

Ron Pollard Award for Student
AUSTRALIA - University of Adelaide student Emma Shattock has won the inaugural Ron Pollard Undergraduate Scholarship Award.

Enterisol® Ileitis approved in Australia - first live swine vaccine ever in this market
AUSTRALIA - Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health GmbH, announced today that the Australian regulatory authorities have granted market authorization for the porcine live vaccine Enterisol® Ileitis. Enterisol®...

Nuflor® Long-Acting Injection Launched in Australia
AUSTRALIA - Schering-Plough Animal Health has launched Nuflor® Long-Acting Injection for use in cattle and pigs in Australia.