Coordination on Food Safety & Animal Health Aid
GLOBAL - Strengthened coordination to improve results in a number of areas features in a new medium-term strategy for 2012-16. The strategy will help developing countries meet international standards on...

IPVS 2012: Registration & Abstract Submission Open
US and SOUTH KOREA - On behalf of the Organising Committee of the 22nd International Pig Veterinary Society Congress (IPVS 2012), AASV welcome you to Jeju, Korea. The Congress will be held in the Jeju...

Maggots Nurtured as Feed Protein Alternative
GLOBAL - The humble maggot (larva of a fly) is being nurtured as an alternative protein source for livestock and fish farming feed, and could eventually reduce global reliance on the multi-billion dollar...

ThePigSite.com Launches Online Training Modules
GLOBAL - ThePigsite.com has launched two online practical training courses for the worldwide pork industry in conjunction with UK-based Pig Production Training Ltd.

Big Dutchman Trainees Visit Malaysia, Michigan
SOUTHEAST ASIA & US - First hand reports from the Big Dutchman trainees Natalia Krieger and Christian Sauer about their internships in two of the company's subsidiaries in South-East Asia and in North...

China Focuses on Raising Veterinary Standards
CHINA, US & UK - US and UK colleges are helping to boost Chinese veterinary standards.

USGC to Japan and Philippines: Why Not Sorghum?
GLOBAL - The US Grains Council recently embarked on an informational marketing campaign championing the advantages of US sorghum to feed millers in Japan and the Philippines.

Global Opportunity for Pig Industry People
GLOBAL - People with a passion for the pig industry have a unique opportunity to study and travel as BPEX and Merial Animal Health are jointly sponsoring a Nuffield Scholarship award this year.

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.

Another New Assignment for 'Virtual Walk the Pens'
US - The latest assignment for Pfizer Animal Health's 'Virtual Walk the Pens' simulator has just been released. In this fourth scenario, the players' wean-to-finish operation is experiencing sudden deaths....

New Assignment for 'Virtual Walk the Pens'
US - The latest assignment for Pfizer Animal Health's 'Virtual Walk the Pens' simulator has just been released. In the third scenario, the players' wean-to-finish operation is experiencing sudden deaths,...