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Pig Industry News by Topic
News by Topic: Pig Health
Tuesday, November 08, 2011
Swine Dewormer Receives Positive Opinion in EU NETHERLANDS - Merck Animal Health (known as MSD Animal Health outside the USA and Canada) yesterday announced that it has received positive opinion from the CVMP in the European Union for PANACUR® AquaSol...
Monday, November 07, 2011
Reducing Antibiotic Use Will Not Stop MRSA NETHERLANDS - The methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacterium, which is resistant to antibiotics, has spread rapidly in the past few years on pig farms. Extensive use of antibiotics...
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Merck Breaks Ground for Vaccine Plant Expansion NETHERLANDS - Merck Animal Health, formerly known as Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health, has announced that it has embarked on the expansion of a vaccine manufacturing unit at its Biosciences Center...
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
ISPAH: Porcilis PCV Vaccination Compliance NETHERLANDS - Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health has introduced BacuCheck™, a simple ELISA test for confirmation of vaccination status with PORCILIS® PCV of piglets against porcine circovirus type...
Friday, May 13, 2011
Improved Progressive Atrophic Rhinitis Vaccine NETHERLANDS - Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health announced has that it is introducing PORCILIS® AR-T DF, an inactivated vaccine against progressive atrophic rhinitis in piglets with a new adjuvant...
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Piglet Protection Confirmed with Porcilis PCV NETHERLANDS - A new field study confirms the the protection of piglets against porcine circovirus-associated disease (PCVD) by vaccination with Porcilis PCV from Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health...
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Dutch Cut Antibiotic Use But Still Way off Target NETHERLANDS - Antibiotic prescriptions in Dutch livestock farming went down by 12 per cent last year, reported the veterinary medicine producer organization, FIDIN – but is it enough?
Thursday, February 03, 2011
GD Organises Ring Trial for PRRSV NETHERLANDS - GD Animal Health Service Deventer is organising a proficiency testing scheme (Ring Trials) for Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV) antibody detection in serum.
Tuesday, December 07, 2010
Dutch Aim to Cut Antibiotic Use by Half NETHERLANDS - The Dutch industry intends to put new measures in place that will help it meet a target of cutting antibiotic use in meat production by a half, according to a report by VION, the Dutch meat...
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
ISPAH Expands Vaccine Manufacturing Facility NETHERLANDS - Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health (ISPAH) has announced that it has opened a specialized filling and freeze-drying unit for veterinary vaccines at its Biosciences Center in Boxmeer....
Thursday, July 29, 2010
Water Quality Continues to Improve NETHERLANDS - Water quality continues to improve, according to a study by GD Deventer but problems remain.
Friday, July 23, 2010
Efficacy of Simultaneous Use of PCV, Mycoplasma Vaccines NETHERLANDS - Simultaneous (mixed) use of existing swine vaccines against porcine circovirus 2 (PCV2) and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M.hyo) from Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health in swine...
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
In Vitro Test Shows Gut Flora Changes in Piglets NETHERLANDS - A researcher working at Wageningen University has noted significant changes in the gut microflora of piglets around weaning.
Friday, April 30, 2010
GD Has Developed ELISA for Haemophilus NETHERLANDS - GD Animal Health Service Deventer has developed an ELISA test for Haemophilus parasuis.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Decline in Use of Antibiotics on Livestock NETHERLANDS - The annual MARAN report, published in early April, indicates that the use of antibiotics on farm animals in the Netherlands decreased in 2008 for the first time after several years of increasing...
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Intervet/Schering-Plough Opens New Vaccine Plant NETHERLANDS - Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health announces that it will open today a state-of-the-art production center for veterinary vaccines against bacterial infections.
Friday, February 12, 2010
GD Organises Ring Test for PRRSV NETHERLANDS - GD Animal Health Service is organising a proficiency testing scheme (Ring Trials) for Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV) antibody detection in serum.
Tuesday, February 02, 2010
ERC Boost for Research on Genomics, Probiotics NETHERLANDS - Two researchers at Wageningen University have received substantial research grants from the European Research Council (ERC).
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Single-Shot Schedule for Porcilis PCV Approved NETHERLANDS - Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health today announces that it has received marketing authorisation from the European Commission on 12 January 2010 for a single-shot vaccination schedule...
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Study Shows Rats Involved in Spreading MRSA NETHERLANDS - Rats might play a role in the spread and persistence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcous aureus (MRSA) on pig farms, according to research from the Centre for Infectious Disease...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Pigs Play a Role in Spread of Hepatitis E NETHERLANDS - Pigs play a role in the exposure process of humans to Hepatitis E virus (HEV), a Dutch scientist has recently revealed.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Warning over H1N1 Risk in Big Pig Farms NETHERLANDS - Supersized pig farms may be a source of H1N1 flu, four Dutch village doctors in Limburg province have said. Protests have been held against the planned building of large pig- and chicken-rearing...
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
Hepatitis E Virus Transmitted in Urine and Meat THE NETHERLANDS - From studying hepatitis E infection in pigs after contact-infection and intravenous inoculation, Martijn Bouwknegt from National Institute for Public Health and the Environment and co-workers...
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Transmission of Hepatitis E from Pigs to Humans THE NETHERLANDS - Researchers studied the course of hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection in pigs by direct contact and inoculation. They identified urine and meat as possible sources for pig-to-pig and pig-to-human...


