NZ Pork Industry Warns Against Raw Imports
NEW ZEALAND - While cheaper pork could be on the cards for New Zealand, the country's pork industry says any discounts may eventually come at a high cost.

Diagnostic Testing for Pig and Poultry Industries
UK - A new company, MDT (Molecular Diagnostic Testing), has been set up specifically to provide a sophisticated testing service for veterinary surgeons and the pig and poultry industries. Based at Craven...

CFIA Enhances Animal Disease Reporting
CANADA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) will provide a comprehensive view of Canada's animal health status by posting to its website all detections of federally reportable diseases. Information...

Countdown Begins on Year's Biggest Mycotoxin Event
AUSTRIA - The 1st International Society of Mycotoxicology Conference opens its gates in less than a month in Tulln, Austria.

Coalition Voices Opposition to Animal Antibiotic Ban
US - A coalition of 20 organisations related to animal agriculture sent a letter to the White House over the current proposal to curb the use of animal antibiotics in farming.

Could Viruses Promote Health?
US - Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists think that virus enzymes may promote human and animal health.

Positive Step Towards Tackling Aujeszky's Disease
NORTHERN IRELAND, UK - The Ulster Farmers’ Union has welcomed the recent decision by the European Commission to grant Northern Ireland Annex II status in respect of Aujeszky’s Disease in pigs. ...

Merial: Performance Data Drives Improvement
UK - A willingness to try new techniques is integral to Kevin Gilbert’s approach to improving pig production at Womblehill, Aberdeenshire. A recent visit to the unit demonstrated Kevin’s willingness to...

Korea Lifts Restrictions On US Hogs, Pork
US - The National Pork Producers Council yesterday hailed the Republic of Korea’s decision to inspect only a sample of US pork exports rather than 100 per cent of them and to lift a ban on live hog imports...

Share Biosecurity Plans with Manure Applicators
US - A little communication can go a long way when it comes to preventing the introduction of diseases when transporting manure from hog farms, an expert on biosecurity issues says.

Light Shed on Mycobacterium Pathogenicity
NORWAY - Tone Bjordal Johansen of the National Veterinary Institute and colleagues have published a paper in BMC Microbiology. Nine of the 97 isolates examined, all of porcine origin, formed biofilm....

Merial: Combine Vaccination with Parasite Control
US - Even if producers vaccinate correctly, they may be throwing that investment away if they do not control parasites and monitor nutrition.

Schering-Plough Shareholders Approve Merger With Merck
US - Schering-Plough Corporation has announced that its shareholders have overwhelmingly approved the merger with Merck.

H1N1 Flu Alert Hits Pork Traders in Kendrapada
ORISSA, INDIA - Paradeep port authorities have sounded a swine flu alert and heightened monitoring of ships coming from abroad.

Industry: Piggery Workers Not Being Tested for H1N1
AUSTRALIA - Piggery workers who are showing only mild symptoms of flu are having difficulty convincing doctors to test them for H1N1 flu, the pork industry says.

CPC Strengthens Efforts on Traceability System
ALBERTA, CANADA - The Canadian Pork Council (CPC) is pleased to announce the selection of two strategic partners to implement a national traceability program for the Canadian pork sector.

NBAF: Safe, Secure and Vital to Nation's Interests?
KANSAS, US - Kansas State University leaders remain optimistic that the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility will be built in Kansas.

NZ Ministry Allows Review of Pork Import Rules
NEW ZEALAND - The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) has granted an independent review of provisional Import Health Standard for pork.

Warning on Lime Washing
UK - NADIS has issued a warning to pig producers about the dangers of using lime washing as a means of sanitising concrete.

Sign up for Swine Dysentery Charter
UK - The Swine Dysentery Producer Charter is an important health initiative supported by BPEX. Controlling Swine Dysentery (SD) has the potential to save producers thousands of pounds.

People with A/H1N1 Flu Should Keep Away from Pigs
GERMANY - Scientists at Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut found pigs are susceptible to the novel influenza A/H1N1, which contains gene segments with ancestors in the North American and Eurasian swine lineages....

Calls for Rethink on Farm Veterinary Service
UK - The veterinary profession needs to rethink its relationship with farmers and with the government, and play a more positive and central role in ensuring food safety, according to an independent report...

2009 International PRRS Symposium Announced
US - The 2009 International PRRS Symposium Molecular, Immunological, Genetic and Epidemiological Approaches for PRRSV Control will be held on 4 to 5 December 2009 at the downtown Marriott in ...

Defra Sees the Future of Farm Animal Vets
UK - A poorly developed demand for veterinary services rather than a shortage of farm animal veterinarians has been identified by a personal report published today by Professor Philip Lowe.

Outbreak Contained as Infected Pigs on the Mend
AUSTRALIA - An outbreak of swine flu at a central NSW piggery has been contained.