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Thursday, May 24, 2012
BIAH Expands Manufacturing Capacities for Pig VaccinesUS - The research driven pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim will expand its global animal health vaccines business. With the completion of a series of major investments at the US site in St. Joseph,...
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
WPX Seminars to Focus on Business ManagementIOWA, US - Eight business seminars will feature the latest in nutrition, herd health, manure management and price risk at World Pork Expo on Wednesday, 6 June, and Thursday, 7 June.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Harrisvaccines Founder Lauded by ISU IOWA, US - Professor and Harrisvaccines Founder and President, D.L. “Hank” Harris, DVM, PhD, has been selected to receive the Iowa State University Award for Achievement in Economic Development in...
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Flexible Dosing to Help Prevent PCV2 Viraemia US - Now offering a high standard in protocol flexibility, FosteraTM PCV is the only PCV vaccine that can be incorporated into vaccination programs using either two doses or one to help prevent...
Monday, May 14, 2012
Is Ethanol Production Linked to Antibiotic Resistance?US - Two US congressmen have written to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ask what the agency is doing to ensure appropriate use of antibiotics in food-animal production.
Friday, May 11, 2012
NFU Encourages Judicious Use of AntibioticsUS - National Farmers Union (NFU) Vice President of Government Relations, Chandler Goule, has discussed antibiotic use in animal agriculture in a presentation at a national stakeholder meeting hosted by...
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Pig Abuse at Tyson Supplier DocumentedUS - The Humane Society of the United States released an undercover video footage revealing cruel treatment of animals and inhumane conditions at a Wyoming pig breeding facility owned by a supplier for...
Tuesday, May 08, 2012
Healthy Animals Make Confident Consumers: ReportUS - Many groups in society, including politicians, activists, scientists, and stakeholders, are advocating significant changes to livestock production practices.
Thursday, May 03, 2012
Invention Spotlight: PRRS Vaccine US - Minnesota vies with North Carolina as the second-largest producer of pork in the United States. In the 1980s, a swift and deadly virus threatened to decimate the swine population of North America...
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Pfizer Honours High Standards of Pork Caregivers US - Pfizer Animal Health is pleased to recognise five pork care–givers who consistently display high standards of pig care to help ensure the health and safety of America’s pork supply.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Smithfield Debuts Sustainable Food Production Video US - To help commemorate Earth Day, Smithfield Foods, Inc. debuted a new video that talks about what the company, along with others in the pork industry, is doing to help feed the world's growing population...
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Teaching Academy Steering Committee NamedUS - Four months after its inaugural meeting sponsored by Pfizer Animal Health, the Consortium of Western Regional Colleges of Veterinary Medicine announced today that it has established a new Teaching...
Monday, April 16, 2012
Comments Invited on Antibiotic Reduction ProposalsUS - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued three documents relating to the use of antibiotics in food producing animals in Friday's (13 April) Federal Register. Comments on the three documents...
Friday, April 13, 2012
Congresswoman Welcomes FDA Move on AntibioticsUS - Following the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announcement that it is taking three steps to protect public health and promote the judicious use of medically important antibiotics in food-producing...
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Product Caps Bring Innovation to CustomersUS - Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. (BIVI) has introduced new color caps for three of its products, Ingelvac CircoFLEX Ingelvac MycoFLEX and Ingelvac PRRS, making the products even easier to...
FDA Antibiotics Guidance Problematic for ProducersUS - The loss of and restricted access to products expected with implementation of the US Food and Drug Administration’s guidance on the use of antibiotics in livestock and poultry production likely...
Study: First Case of Feral Pig Exposure to BrucellaNORTH CAROLINA, US - A North Carolina State University study shows that, for the first time since testing began several years ago, feral pigs in North Carolina have tested positive for Brucella suis,...
FDA Introduces Voluntary Initiative on AntimicrobialsUS - The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced yesterday that it is taking three steps to protect public health and promote the judicious use of medically important antibiotics in food-producing...
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
‘Fabricating It’: Opponents Wrong on Antibiotics UseUS - A study conducted by Kansas State University shows that opponents of antibiotics use in livestock production wildly overestimate the amount given to food animals.
Digestibility, Nutritional Value of Whey Co-productsUS - New research from the University of Illinois sheds light on the nutritional value of whey powder and whey permeate as a lactose source for pigs.
KSU Helps Establish In-feed Antibiotic Use Estimates US - Antibiotic use in livestock has been in the news a lot lately, especially when used in the feed for food producing animals. A major component of regulatory decisions and ongoing debates has been the...
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
New Director of Pfizer US Veterinary Medical ServicesUS - Pfizer Animal Health announced today that it has named Dr Christine Jenkins to the position of Group Director of US Veterinary Medical Services.
2012 Veterinary Biologics Training ProgrammeUS - The CFSPH/IICAB Veterinary Biologics Training Programme gives participants an overview of the scientific principles of vaccines and vaccination, and of the USDA regulatory process for assuring the...
Thursday, April 05, 2012
NAHMS Swine 2012 StudyUS - In July 2012, the USDA’s National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS), in collaboration with the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), will begin the Swine 2012 study.
Tuesday, April 03, 2012
Symposium on Digestive Physiology in Pigs in MayUS - The Organizing Committee of the Digestive Physiology of Pigs invites all to Keystone, Colorado, USA on from 29 May to 1 June 2012 for the 12th International Symposium on Digestive Physiology in P...
Friday, March 30, 2012
AVMA Responds to Court Ruling on Antibiotic UseUS - The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) reaffirmed its support of the responsible use of antibiotics in food animals after a federal court ruling demanded that the US Food and Drug Administration...
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Changing Dynamics of Food Animal ProductionUS - At the recent 2012 Annual Conference of the Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC), veterinarians, veterinary medical educators, and representatives of the food animal production...
Mysterious Pig Farm Explosions Stump Scientists US - A strange new growth has emerged from the manure pits of midwestern hog farms. The results are literally explosive.
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Checkoff-funded PRRS Research CompiledUS - While porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) is a formidable and costly enemy to fight, extensive research funded by the Pork Checkoff is helping the pork industry gain ground in the...
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Pfizer Strengthens Ties to Humane AssociationUS - As part of its ongoing philanthropic support of strategic animal health initiatives, Pfizer Animal Health contributed a total of $20,000 to the American Humane Association (AHA) and the National Future...
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