The New Compost-A-Mat Sizes for Pork Producers
US - USA Solutions has announced two new sizes of Compost-A-Mats that can be used in farrowing and wean-to-finish barns.

ISU Seeks Link Between Pathogens and Illness
US - Iowa State University researchers are examining the link between food-borne salmonella from pork and interventions in the slaughterhouse.

Sales of Animal Medicines Rose in 2007
US - The Animal Health Institute has published a report covering the volume of medications used in farm animals and pets in 2007. Total sales were up by 5 per cent compared to the previous year, which...

USDA Funds Project to Study Salmonella
US - Salmonella, one of the most infectious food-borne pathogens affecting humans today, had stymied attempts to uncover many of its most potent secrets. Now, researchers are making discoveries that may...

Dialogue on Pork Chain Responsibility to Open
US - More than 200 pork chain professionals are expected at the second annual Responsible Pork Symposium, to be held February 23-25, 2009 in Kansas City, Missouri.

BIVI Announces Three Additions to Swine Division
US - Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., (BIVI) adds three employees to its U.S. swine division.

Swine Industry Calls for PRRS Research Proposals
US - Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., (BIVI) is again seeking research study proposals focused on one of the swine industry’s most devastating diseases -- porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome...

USDA Releases 2007 US Animal Health Report
US - The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) on Fiday (November 7) released the 2007 US Animal Health Report, which provides a national overview of domestic animal health in the United...

Schering-Plough Announces Transition of Animal Health Leadership
US – Schering-Plough Corporation has announced the transition of leadership of its Animal Health unit from Ruurd Stolp, D.V.M., Ph.D., to Raul E. Kohan, who was previously the Deputy Head of the Animal...

Alpharma Sponsor Ag in the Classroom Project
US - Alpharma Inc., Animal Health has been recognized as the sole sponsor of the Agriculture in the Classroom 2008 Book of the Year program.

Environment Honour for Pfizer
US - The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has honoured Pfizer Inc. for its award-winning Energy and Climate Change Program, which reduced total greenhouse gas emissions by 43 percent per million dollars...

Ag Students Invited to Tell Story of Animal Agriculture
US - Alpharma Inc. Animal Health is embarking on a programme that will begin to educate consumers about how their food is produced, enlisting the help of college agriculture students along the way.

Boehringer Ingelheim 2008 PCVAD Research Award
US - Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., (BIVI) announces the recipients of its annual research award program directed at porcine circovirus associated disease (PCVAD). The $75,000 PCVAD Research Awards...

Iowa Vet Receives 2008 Leman Science Award
US - Rodger Main, DVM, of Ames, Iowa, was honored today with the Allen D. Leman Science in Practice Award from the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine and Pfizer Animal Health for his...

Boehringer Ingelheim Adds Three to Swine Division
US - Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., (BIVI) swine division announces the following additions to its U.S. swine team.

A Means for Producers to Fight Swine Flu
US - Pfizer Animal Health has introduced a new swine flu vaccine.

Combo Pack Receives APHIS Approval
US - Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., (BIVI) announces that it has received approval from the U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to market the Ingelvac CircoFLEX-MycoFLEX combination...

PCV2 Vaccine in ample supply
US - One of the swine industry's biggest disease challenges in recent years has been the emergence of PMWS and PCV Associated diseases.

Circovirus Vaccine Receives Four-Month Duration of Immunity Approval
US - Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., (BIVI) has announced that the U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has approved a duration of immunity (DOI) claim for Ingelvac® CircoFLEX™ of at least...

Boehringer Ingelheim Receives APHIS Approval on new Circovirus Vaccine
US - Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., (BIVI) has announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service for a new vaccine called Ingelvac® CircoFLEX™ to...