Pig Health News
Bayer in Talks to Buy Animal Drugs Business-paperGERMANY - 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 ShortageGERMANY - 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 InfectionGERMANY - 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 RiseGERMANY - 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 ResearchGERMANY - 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 ComebackGERMANY - 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 HealthGERMANY - 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 ChallengesGERMANY: 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.













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