Third Circovirus Research Award Goes to Spain, Denmark
GERMANY - The third European Porcine Circovirus Research Award has honoured Professor Joaquim Segalés from Spain and Dr Charlotte Sonne Kristensen from Denmark.

Germany's Swine Infected with Brucellosis
GERMANY - The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has reported an outbreak of brucellosis in the country.

EU Approval for Pain Relief in Castrated Piglets
GERMANY - Boehringer Ingelheim’s Metacam® (active ingredient: Meloxicam) 5mg/ml solution for injection obtained EU wide marketing authorization for its use as an analgesic to relieve post operative pain...

Aujeszky's Disease Confirmed in Hunting Dog
GERMANY - Aujeszky's disease has been confirmed in a hunting dog in Saxony-Anhalt. The dog showed typical symptoms after eating offal from a wild boar in a region free of the disease since 1997.

Antibiotic-Free Pig Rearing to be Studied at New Centre
GERMANY - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG; German Union for Research) has approved funding for 17 new collaborative research centres, one of which will be based in Berlin and aims to find better ways...

Germany Reports New Outbreak of H1N1 in Swine
GERMANY - The World Organisation for Animal Health has reported an outbreak of H1N1 influenza in the country.

People with A/H1N1 Flu Should Keep Away from Pigs
GERMANY - Scientists at Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut found pigs are susceptible to the novel influenza A/H1N1, which contains gene segments with ancestors in the North American and Eurasian swine lineages....

Bayer in Talks to Buy Animal Drugs Business-paper
GERMANY - Bayer is in advanced takeover talks to expand its animal health unit and is likely to benefit from the ongoing overhaul of the U.S. healthcare sector, a German newspaper said.

No Direct Link Between Infection, Milk Shortage
GERMANY - Kemper and Gerjets of Christian-Albrechts-University in Kiel have investigated the bacterial population of the sow's mammary gland to determine any links with post-partum dysgalactia syndrome...

Novel Respiratory Health Score for APp Infection
GERMANY - Dr Hoeltig and colleagues at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Hanover have tested a novel Respiratory Health Score (RHS) for Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (APp) infection....

Boehringer Sees Sales Rise
GERMANY - Pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim saw the corporation's net sales rise to €11.6 billion last year compared to €10.9 billion in 2007.

European Scientists Honoured for PCV Research
GERMANY - Dr Lars Erik Larsen from the Danish National Veterinary Institute in Copenhagen, Dr Nicolas Rose from the French Agency for Food Safety in Ploufragan and Dr Gerard Wellenberg from the Dutch Animal...

Trichina Worms Make a Comeback
GERMANY - Animal health officials today reported that trichina worms, known to infect pigs and cause illnesses in humans, have made a comeback in Germany.

EUROTIER REPORT: Managing On-Farm Health
GERMANY - The modern farm vet is called upon not just to diagnose and treat individual animals, but increasingly to assume the tasks of a "health manager" on the farm, whose job lies in conserving and...

EUROTIER REPORT: Meeting Agricultural Challenges
GERMANY: EuroTier, the world's largest animal husbandry exhibition opening in Hanover, Germany this week with around 1,800 exhibitors and the expectation of more than 130,000 visitors.

Modern Technology From Big Dutchman
GERMANY - New barn with exhaust air washer for 3,300 piglets.