Millions of Piglets' Lives Can be Saved
DENMARK - Research results regarding feeding are being applied directly in the sow barn with the result that piglets are given a better chance of survival. This means better finances for the farmer, improved...

Sensors, CCTV & Chips Find Way into Pig Houses
DENMARK - Pigs of all ages will find it much harder in the future to keep their secrets secret. If they go to the wrong end of the pig sty to do their business, if they start to bite the tails of their...

DuPont Completes Offer for Danisco
DENMARK - DuPont has successfully completes a tender offer for Danisco, creates a world leader in industrial biosciences, nutrition and health.

Aarhus Wins Prize for Genetic Pre-Medication Tests
DENMARK - Researchers at Aarhus University have won a prize for their innovative research in developing genetic tests to predict an individual animal's response to medication.

Programme Reduces Consumption of Antibiotics
DENMARK - Researchers at the University of Aarhus, Denmark are looking to breed chickens and pigs with higher disease resistance. They are hoping to produce healthier animals with a lower dependance on...

Danish Industry Combating Bad Publicity
DENMARK - The Danish pig industry has launched a publicity offensive to in a bid to beat bad press and media headlines it has received in the past.

E.coli Plays Important Role in Pyelonephritis
DENMARK - E. coli played a significant role in the aetiology of pyelonephritis in both sows and slaughter pigs, according to new research.

PCV2 Link to Follicular Dendritic Cells
DENMARK - One or more tissues of 60 per cent of the pigs were positive for porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) antigen, and almost 78 per cent of pigs had some lymphoid lesions although these were not associated...

Danes Seek to Raise Standards Further
DENMARK - There have been a number of recent initiatives undertaken in Denmark, which will provide continuing momentum in driving up of welfare and safety standards within the country's pig industry.

Weak Sows Will be Easier to Identify
DENMARK - Strong or weak? For a sow the difference can determine whether she is sent to the incineration plant or is allowed to live a little longer. Scientists have developed a tool that eases the task...

Two New Outbreaks of H1N1 Flu Found in Swine
DENMARK - The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has reported two new outbreaks of H1N1 influenza in swine.

Details Emerge of H1N1 Flu in Danish Pigs
DENMARK - The veterinary authorities have reported two outbreaks of influenza A H1N1 in pigs.

H1N1 Flu Found in Danish Pigs
DENMARK - Pigs infected with the influenza A H1N1 virus have been found on two farms in Zealand.

More Antibiotics but Fewer Critical Antibiotics
DENMARK - New figures from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) show a 12 per cent rise in the use of antibiotics for pigs in Denmark during the first half of 2009.

Danish Pig Producers Use More Antibiotics
DENMARK - During the first six months of this year the use of antibiotics by Danish pig producers increased 12 per cent, according to a report by the Danish Technical University.

Reduced Response to Pneumonia Vaccination
DENMARK - N. Steenhard of the University of Copenhagen and co-authors report that ascaris (parasitic worm) infestation reduces the response of pigs to vaccination against Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae...

Two-Day European Pig Health Symposium Starts
DENMARK - The first European Symposium on Porcine Health Management starts at the Faculty of Life Sciences at the University of Copenhagen.

Pigs and Willow Go Well Together
DENMARK - Energy crops can become the new partners in organic pig farming. Tentative results from trials with free-ranging pigs look promising.

Variations in Antibiotic Resistance in E. coli Uncovered
DENMARK - E.N. Abatih of the University of Copenhagen and co-workers investigated the regional, seasonal and temporal variations in the prevalence of antimicrobial-resistant Escherichia coli isolated...

Pigs to Help in Alzheimer's Research
DENMARK - New piglets are a 'world-first' in the field of transgenic cloning. They will be used to study Alzheimer's disease.

Shoulder Ulcers Persistent in Danish Sows
DENMARK - In the spring and summer of 2008 researchers from the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences examined no less than 3,831 lactating sows on 98 different farms.

Vaccination vs. Enteropathy Cuts Need for Antimicrobials
DENMARK - Two researchers from Boehringer-Ingelheim Vetmedica in Copenhagen have published a paper showing a highly significant reduction in the use of antimicrobials after vaccination of pigs against...

BASF to sell animal feed premix sites
DENMARK - BASF is selling its animal nutrition premix business in eight countries to Nutreco, an animal feed group headquartered in the Netherlands. Premixes are mixtures of vitamins and feed additives...