German Farmers Support Antibiotic Reduction
GERMANY - The complete absence of antibiotics in animal management would violate the Animal Welfare Act, says the German Farmers Association (DBV).

EuroTier 2012: Top Event for Agriculture
HANOVER, GERMANY - In 2012, once again begins the "World Poultry Show�, "BioEnergy Decentral" and "Veterinarian Congress� - From 13 to 16 November 2012 in Hanover, Germany.

Ministry Imposes Stricter Control on Antibiotic Use
GERMANY - The Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV) has announced a package of measures to gain better control of the use of antibiotics in animal husbandry.

Schleswig-Holstein Reports Brucellosis in Pigs
GERMANY - The German veterinary authorities have reported an outbreak of Brucellosis in the state of Schleswig-Holstein.

WPC - Concern Rises over ASF in Russia
GERMANY - There is little that Russia can do to stop the spread of African Swine Fever in the country, writes ThePigSite editor in Chief Chris Harris.

New Method May Extend Use of Feed Probiotics
GERMANY - Researchers at the Technical University on Munich have developed an environmentally friendly process to improve storage stability of probiotics, which are used in animal feeds and foods.

Vets Concerned about Welfare
GERMANY - Veterinarians at last week's International Veterinary Congress in Bad Staffelstein expressed their concerns about the consequences for animal welfare of breeding programmes focused only on performance...

Boehringer Ingelheim: Strong Growth in Animal Health in 2010
GERMANY - In the business year 2010, Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) almost compensated for the anticipated loss of turnover announced in advance last year, nearly achieving the previous year's level.

Mixing Claim Approved for Mycoplasma Vaccine
GERMANY - A new label claim for Boehringer Ingelheim’s pig vaccine Ingelvac MycoFLEX® has been approved in Europe allowing its mixing with the world leading PCV-2 vaccine Ingelvac CircoFLEX®.

New Dioxin Scandal Hits Poultry, Pig Industries
GERMANY - About 1,000 poultry, pig and turkey farms in Lower Saxony have been quarantined and 8,000 layers in North Rhine-Westphalia destroyed following the discovery of dioxins in animal feeds from at...

More Dogs in Germany Hit by Aujeszky's Disease
GERMANY - The German veterinary authorities have reported a new outbreak of Aujeszky's disease in dogs.

Germany Reports Aujeszky's Disease in Dogs
GERMANY - The German veterinary authorities have reported an outbreak of Aujeszky's disease, affecting dogs, and thereby, biosecurity measures are being taken to prevent the spread of the virus from wild...

BfR Urges Restraint in Antibiotic Use
GERMANY - The Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) has published two reports on the antibiotic resistance of different groups of bacteria. As a conclusion, it recommends that the use of antibiotics...

EUROTIER - German Vets Consider Climate Change Impacts
GERMANY - At the International Animal Health Event 2010, held in conjunction with EuroTier 2010, a senior FAO official gave an overview of the possible effects of climate change on animal health, writes...

Boehringer Ingelheim Founds Vet Research Centre
GERMANY - Boehringer Ingelheim has laid the foundation stone for its European Veterinary Research Center in Hanover.

Porcine Hokovirus Common in Wild Boar
GERMANY - Around one-third of wild boars tested carried the porcine hokovirus, and the genomes were very similar to those discovered recently in pigs in Hong Kong.

Study Finds Contaminated Pork Spreads Salmonella
GERMANY - German scientists have found a match in Salmonella enterica sub-strain in pigs, pork and people.

Metacam for Pigs Now Available as Oral Suspension
GERMANY - Boehringer Ingelheim’s market leading Animal Health medication Metacam® (active ingredient: Meloxicam) obtained EU wide marketing authorisation as an oral suspension in a concentration of...

Boehringer Ingelheim Net Sales Grew 10 Per Cent
GERMANY - In 2009, Boehringer Ingelheim grew faster than the pharmaceutical market for the tenth time in succession. It also continued a high level of investment in R&D and the market launches of five...

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...

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.