Prices Surge Ahead
UK - Friday the 13^th has certainly proved to be a lucky rather than an unlucky day for pig sellers, writes Peter Crichton in his Traffic Lights commentary.

New Animal Health Facility to be Scaled Back
UK - The Ministry has walked away from a project to redevelop the Pirbright laboratory, putting the project in disarray.

Atypical Case of PCV2 Reported
UK - The December 2008 Monthly Disease Surveillance Report from the Veterinary Laboratories Agency includes an unusual case of porcine circovirus disease (PCV2), which had affected the liver and...

Regional Disease Eradication Gains Momentum
UK - Pig producers and vets are increasingly lending their support to the idea of regional disease eradication, and are offering their own ideas into the mix.

NADIS Pig Veterinary Report & Forecast - January 2009
UK - This is a monthly report from the National Animal Disease Information Service (NADIS), looking at the data collected from their UK farm inspections.

PEV-8 Link to Polioencephalomyelitis Suspected
UK - The Monthly Surveillance Report from the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) for November 2008 highlights disease caused by nematode worms in sows and three outbreaks of salmonellosis. Pneumonia...

ACMC Tip: Knock-on Effects of PCV2 Vaccination
UK - The use of PCV2 vaccines has resulted in big improvements in productivity on many farms.

NADIS Pig Veterinary Report & Forecast - December 08
UK - This is a monthly report from the National Animal Disease Information Service (NADIS), looking at the data collected from their UK farm inspections.

ACMC: Multipliers Wanted
UK - Against a background of a contracting UK pig industry, Yorkshire-based international pig-breeding company, ACMC, is finding increasing demand for high-health replacement gilts both domestically and...

New Discovery Further Supports Sow Vaccination
UK - New research from Merial may explain why pig producers across the country are seeing fantastic improvements in mortality, growth and feed conversion rates in pigs of all ages right up to slaughter...

Irish Pork Update
UK - The UK's Food Standards Agency has updated its information on the contamination of pork with dioxins in Ireland.

UFU Welcomes Return of NI Pork to Shelves
NORTHERN IRELAND - The Ulster Farmers’ Union has welcomed the return to retail shelves of local pork and bacon products.

Defra: Contingency Plan for Exotic Animal Diseases
UK - The Government’s updated Exotic Animal Disease Contingency Plan was laid in Parliament yesterday (9 November 2008).

QMS: Brand Offers Pork Promise
SCOTLAND - Red meat assurance body Quality Meat Scotland has underlined the importance of clear labelling following the recall of Irish pork.

Bedding Down with Mycotoxins?
UK - Mycotoxins in straw could pose a particular threat to the health of pig herds this year, according to James Hall of pig-breeding company ACMC.

New PRRS Virus, Possible Vaccine Failures Reported
UK - The Monthly Surveillance Report from the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) for October 2008 highlights the occurrence of the European strain of PRRS virus and apparent vaccine failures against...

Benefits of Giving Weaners a Flying Start
UK - The escalation in feed prices last autumn forced Northern Ireland pig producer Gary Anderson to take a hard look at all aspects of herd health.

Unique Pig Project a Huge Success
UK - A unique £1.5 million project involving national mass vaccination of pigs – something that has never been tried before in the UK – is proving a resounding success.

Control of Salmonella in Animal Feeds
UK - Defra has launched a consultation on revised codes of practice for the control and monitoring of salmonella in animal feeds.

Pfizer Announces Trainee of Year Award Winners
UK - Two highly promising livestock managers on farms in Staffordshire and Norfolk are the 2008 winners of the Pfizer Trainee of the Year Awards for the pig and poultry industries.

Coccidiosis and PRRSV Reported
UK - The latest Monthly Surveillance Report from the Veterinary Laboratories Agency (VLA) covering pigs during September 2008 includes coccidiosis, PRRSV, salt poisoning and possible cases of PDNS and...

BPEX Hits the One Million Mark!
UK - The vaccine voucher scheme being run by BPEX has now hit the million mark in less than six months.

Intervet/Schering-Plough: New Vaccine, High Payback
UK - Porcilis® COLI 6C, a sow vaccine developed to protect piglets against E. coli and Clostridium perfringens via antibodies in the colostrum, has been added to Intervet / Schering Plough's...

Meriden appoints Regional Sales Manager – Eastern Europe
Meriden Animal Health Limited has appointed Daniel Palcu as Regional Sales Manager to cover the Eastern Europe region.

Meriden Animal Health Limited launches Orego-Stim Smallholder
UK - Orego-Stim® is now available to small-scale farming operations and smallholders in the domestic UK market.