Boehringer to Acquire Fort Dodge Assets from Pfizer
GLOBAL - Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health has entered into an agreement to acquire certain assets of Fort Dodge Animal Health from Pfizer. The acquisition will strengthen Boehringer Ingelheim's position...

2009 Leman Science Award Recipient Announced
US - Laura Batista, DVM, of Quebec, Canada, 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...

Pork Exports to Japan Set to Resume
SOUTH KOREA - The first Korean pork exported to Japan in nine years will leave port today, according to the Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries yesterday.

PCV2 Vaccines Perform Well
UK - Preliminary results suggest that PCV2 vaccines improve pig lifetime performance and shorten the time to slaughter. These are the initial findings of a controlled BPEX trial.

Europe's First H1N1 Virus in Pigs
NORTHERN IRELAND, UK - Test results indicate a novel H1N1 influenza A virus identified in pigs.

EFSA Proposal: Feed Vitamin A Could Risk Deficiency
EU - The UK's National Pig Association (NPA) is calling on European Food Standards Agency (EFSA) to re-consider its latest proposal on maximum vitamin A levels in pig feeds.

New Study Explains Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria
US - A small molecule composed of one atom of oxygen and one of nitrogen plays an important role in helping pathogens resist antibiotics, according to the New York-based authors of a newly published s...

Reduced Response to Pneumonia Vaccination
DENMARK - N. Steenhard of the University of Copenhagen and co-authors report that ascaris (parasitic worm) infestation reduces the response of pigs to vaccination against Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae...

New Appointments at Meriden (Guangzhou) Biotech
CHINA - Two new senior technical appointments have been made at Meriden (Guangzhou) Biotech Co Limited.

NPPC Briefs US Trading Partners on H1N1 Flu
US - At a briefing on Monday evening, the National Pork Producers Council told foreign officials that the US pork industry and the US government are gearing up for a return of the novel H1N1 flu and that...

PCV2 Vaccines Reduce Time to Slaughter
UK - PCV2 vaccines improve the lifetime performance of pigs and shorten time to slaughter, according to preliminary results from a BPEX trial.

Bulgaria Reports CSF in Wild Boar
BULGARIA - The veterinary authorities have reported a new outbreak of Classical Swine Fever (CSF) in one wild boar to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).

More Toxic Fusarium Graminearum Chemotype
CANADA - The Canadian Grain Commission reports a new more aggressive and toxic form of fusarium graminearum is quickly replacing the more familiar form in western Canada, writes Bruce Cochrane.

New Disease Threat?
EU - There were reports of a new unexplained syndrome of diarrhoea in young piglets from Denmark and France at the first European Symposium on Porcine Health Management in Copenhagen at the end of August....

VLA: Salmonellosis Kills Thirteen Pigs Overnight
UK - According to Defra's VLA Monthly Scanning Surveillance Report for July 2009, eight-week old pigs were found dead overnight as a result of salmonellosis.

Victoria's Pigs Cleared of H1N1 Flu
AUSTRALIA - Pigs affected by the A(H1N1) flu in the Goulburn Valley, have recovered from the virus.

NPA Calls for Rethink on Vitamin A
UK - To protect consumers, the European Food Standards Agency has proposed new maximum levels of vitamin A in animal feed.

Swine Producers Encouraged to Analyse Feed Grain
CANADA - With the increasing prevalence of a new more aggressive and toxic form of Fusarium graminearum, swine producers are encouraged to make sure they know what is in the grain they feed their...

Institute for Animal Health to Focus on Virology
UK - The Institute for Animal Health ( IAH ), an institute of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council ( BBSRC ), has announced a new science strategy that will see the focusing of its...

ACMC Tip: Avoid Greedy Pigman's Disease
UK - With high pig prices there is a temptation to push production as hard as possible. The advent of circovirus vaccines has allowed some producers to cut corners on stocking density, downtimes for cleaning...

Pork Producers Welcome Reopening of PSC Elstow
CANADA - Saskatchewan pork producers are hailing the reopening of the PSC Elstow Research Farm under new ownership as very good news for the province's pork industry. writes Bruce Cochrane.

Antibiotic Ban Would Compromise Food Safety
US - The president of the American Farm Bureau Federation has written to Congress, opposing a future ban on the use of antibiotics for farm livestock on the grounds that such a ban could compromise food...

Evolving Veterinary Education for a Safer World
GLOBAL - The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) is holding a three-day conference in Paris in October with the aim to develop an updated veterinary curriculum to the international community.

Sudden Death: Suspect Split Livers
UK - Several sudden deaths in young pigs may be linked to vitamin E and/or selenium.

Sale of PSC Elstow Research Farm Applauded
CANADA - Western Canadian pork producers are welcoming the reopening the PSC Elstow Research Farm under new ownership as very good news for the Canadian pork industry.