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Pig Industry News by Topic
News by Topic: Pig Health
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Pfizer Forms Vaccine Joint Venture CHINA - Pfizer Animal Health, a subsidiary of Pfizer Inc., and Jilin Guoyuan Animal Health Co., Ltd. have announced that they will create a joint venture programme to develop, manufacture and distribute...
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Compulsory Vaccination Boosts Vaccine Production CHINA - Continued growth is forecast for the country's veterinary vaccine sector, particularly for pigs and poultry.
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Ceva Huadu: New Innovation and R&D Platform CHINA - A joint venture agreement – to be known as Ceva Huadu – has been signed in Beijing between Ceva and Huadu.
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Flu Viruses Rode on Pig Imports into South China CHINA - China may have unwittingly introduced H1N1 flu viruses when it imported pigs from Europe and North America for breeding over the past few decades, researchers said.
Monday, April 18, 2011
Chief Vet Confirms Need for Modernisation CHINA - The country's Chief Veterinary Officer has emphasised the tasks on development of the animal husbandry and veterinary services.
Friday, April 01, 2011
More Pigs, More Feed Grain Demand in China CHINA - Long involved in promoting swine health in China, the US Grains Council’s latest technical training programme is helping Chinese swine producers improve the diagnosis and control of common swine...
Monday, March 14, 2011
New Arrangements on Veterinary Drug Control CHINA - On 21-22 February 2011, the Bureau of Veterinary of the Ministry of Agriculture held a national meeting on veterinary drug control in Xiamen, Fujian.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Beijing Awards Special Patent for PRRS Vaccine CHINA - Fifty winners from 188 candidate patents were recently announced as recipients of the Beijing Invention Patent Awards, with the largest proportion going to the electronic communication industry,...
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Voets Heads Asia Marketing for Boehringer CHINA - Dr Harm Voets has moved to a new position as Head of Regional Marketing, Asia in Boehringer Ingelheim International Trading (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Friday, November 05, 2010
PCV Vaccine Developed in Henan CHINA - A vaccine against porcine circovirus (PCV) has been successfully developed in Henan Province.
Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Novel Swine Vaccine Approved in China CHINA - Chinese swine producers have been given the go-ahead to use Improvac®, the novel vaccine that is used in other major swine-producing markets as an alternative to physical castration for the control...
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Alternative Way to Test FMD Vaccines CHINA - Researchers have investigated measuring the median infected dose (PID50) and regulating the live virus challenge dose as an alternative way to test the efficacy of foot and mouth disease (FMD)...
Friday, August 06, 2010
No Epidemics Despite Bad Weather in China CHINA - The government's agricultural departments have so far successfully prevented post-disaster animal epidemics.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
WHO Head Praises China over Disease Control CHINA - China's Agriculture Minister and the WHO Director-General met yesterday. They discussed animal health and food safety issues.
Monday, July 26, 2010
China Makes Progress in Disease Control CHINA - Remarkable achievements have been made in the prevention and control of animal epidemics so far this year, says the Ministry of Agriculture.
Monday, March 08, 2010
FMD Forces Pig Price Fall CHINA - The outbreak of foot and mouth disease in Guangzhou has seen the price of live pigs fall to about 10 yuan ($1.5) per kilogram.
Friday, March 05, 2010
China Buries FMD Pig Carcasses CHINA - Rotting carcasses of animals that had died as the result of foot and mouth disease (FMD) animals have been buried t prevent pollution of rivers in suburban Foshan.
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
China to Focus on Animal Epidemic Control CHINA - At a high-level meeting on animal disease last week, the Vice Agriculture Minister stressed the need for increased efforts to control African swine fever, A H1N1 flu, and zoonotic diseases...
Thursday, February 11, 2010
'Diseased Pork' Being Sold in Some Regions CHINA - The State Administration of Industry and Commerce on Tuesday night (9 February) issued an urgent notice to inform consumers and local law enforcement officers that "diseased pork" is being sold...
Monday, February 08, 2010
China's Animal Unit to Buy Pig Vaccine Company CHINA - China Animal Healthcare Ltd said its subsidiary, Shenzhou Pagina-kang Technology Co Ltd has agreed to buy Jianxiang Hemu from its four shareholders for a total of RMB210 million (S$43.44 milli...
Monday, January 11, 2010
China Approves Novel Vaccine PCVD CHINA - Ingelvac CircoFLEX from Boehringer Ingelheim Vedmedica is the first vaccine to be approved in China against Porcine Circovirus Disease (PCVD).
Thursday, January 07, 2010
China Passes First Professional Veterinarians CHINA - The country's first professional veterinary practitioners have qualified by passing new examinations for the profession.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
New Hope for Rotavirus Control CHINA - Working in mice, researchers from the Northeast Agricultural University have produced results that indicate a promising new method for the control or rotavirus infection.
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Chinese Research Wins APVS Award BEIJING, CHINA - A team of researchers from the China Agricultural University in Beijing have won an award for their evaluation of the performance of the boar taint vaccine Improvac® (Pfizer Animal Health)...
Wednesday, December 09, 2009
Hainan is China's First Disease-Free Province CHINA - Hainan has been announced as the first province to pass the national inspection for specific animal epidemic-free zone.
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Diseased Meat Shop Closed in Tongzhou CHINA - A butcher shop selling diseased meat in Daxingzhuang village, Tongzhou district was shut down by local government on Monday following a public tip-off.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Pork 'Safe to Eat' Despite Infection Found in Pigs CHINA - Health experts have assured consumers that Chinese pork is still safe despite reports of pigs being infected with the deadly A/H1N1 flu.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Outbreak of PRRS in Parts of China Reported CHINA - China's agriculture ministry has announced that an epidemic of swine disease that killed more than 80,000 pigs in 2007 has emerged in parts of the country.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
China Denies Imposing Restrictions on EU Imports CHINA - China has never placed any restriction on pork imports from the European Union (EU), and its demand for health certificate from the EU imported pork was needed to prevent the spread of A/H1N1 flu,...
Thursday, September 17, 2009
New Appointments at Meriden (Guangzhou) Biotech CHINA - Two new senior technical appointments have been made at Meriden (Guangzhou) Biotech Co Limited.


