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Pig Industry News by Topic
News by Topic: Pig Health
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
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.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Germany's Swine Infected with Brucellosis GERMANY - The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has reported an outbreak of brucellosis in the country.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
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...
Monday, January 11, 2010
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.
Thursday, January 07, 2010
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...
Thursday, December 10, 2009
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.
Friday, August 07, 2009
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....
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
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.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
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...
Monday, June 15, 2009
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....
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
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.
Monday, March 23, 2009
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...
Friday, November 21, 2008
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.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
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...
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
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.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007


