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Latest Global Pig Industry News
Pig Industry News from Germany
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Germany's Swine Infected with Brucellosis GERMANY - The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has reported an outbreak of brucellosis in the country.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
EU Approval for Pain Relief in Castrated Piglets GERMANY - Boehringer Ingelheim’s Metacam® (active ingredient: Meloxicam) 5mg/ml solution for injection obtained EU wide marketing authorization for its use as an analgesic to relieve post operative pain...
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Biogas Know-How from Calveslage GERMANY - Tierzuchtgut Losten in Bad Kleinen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is one of the most modern pig farms in Germany. In future, this innovative business enterprise will be heating its housing systems...
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
Hermitage Appoints New General Manager in Germany GERMANY - Hermitage Deutschland GmbH has appointed Dr Walter Vaitiekunas as its new General Manager, effective 1 January 2010.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Aujeszky's Disease Confirmed in Hunting Dog GERMANY - Aujeszky's disease has been confirmed in a hunting dog in Saxony-Anhalt. The dog showed typical symptoms after eating offal from a wild boar in a region free of the disease since 1997.
Thursday, January 07, 2010
Antibiotic-Free Pig Rearing to be Studied at New Centre GERMANY - Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG; German Union for Research) has approved funding for 17 new collaborative research centres, one of which will be based in Berlin and aims to find better ways...
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
EuroTier 2010: Top Event for Animal Farmers GERMANY - EuroTier 2010 will take place in Hanover from 16 to 19 November 2010. The deadline for stand bookings is 1 February 2010.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Germany Reports New Outbreak of H1N1 in Swine GERMANY - The World Organisation for Animal Health has reported an outbreak of H1N1 influenza in the country.
Monday, November 23, 2009
State Aid for German Farmers Hit by Recession GERMANY - The European Commission has temporarily authorised Germany to grant up to €15,000 to farmers.
Monday, November 16, 2009
More German Pork, Poultry Meat; Less Beef GERMANY - In the third quarter of 2009, 1.9 million tonnes of meat were commercially produced in Germany, which is 1.8 per cent more than in the same period of 2008. The data have been translated for ThePigSite...
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
ANUGA REPORT - Brazil Companies Set to Grow GERMANY - Further consolidation and more international company takeovers can be expected from the leading Brazilian meat processors, across the beef, pork and poultry sectors, writes ThePigSite senior...
Canadian Pork Gets Support in Global Markets GERMANY - "Canadian pork is the best in the world!" That’s the message sent by Minister of National Revenue and Minister of State (Agriculture) Jean-Pierre Blackburn throughout his visit to the ANUGA trade...
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
TOPIGS and SNW Collaborate on Piétrain Breeding GERMANY - Breeding organisations TOPIGS and SNW will now collaborate in the breeding of Piétrain terminal boars. The merging of the two breeding programmes will result in more rapid genetic progress.
Friday, August 07, 2009
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....
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Big Dutchman Feeding Technology Worth the Trip GERMANY - Big Dutchman-pig production technology enjoys an excellent reputation in Canada.
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Bayer in Talks to Buy Animal Drugs Business-paper GERMANY - Bayer is in advanced takeover talks to expand its animal health unit and is likely to benefit from the ongoing overhaul of the U.S. healthcare sector, a German newspaper said.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
No Direct Link Between Infection, Milk Shortage GERMANY - Kemper and Gerjets of Christian-Albrechts-University in Kiel have investigated the bacterial population of the sow's mammary gland to determine any links with post-partum dysgalactia syndrome...
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Westfleisch Maintains Steady Course GERMANY - For the first time German meat processor, Westfleisch has recorded slaughter figures of more than 6 million pigs in 2008 and sales of more than € 2 billion.
Monday, June 15, 2009
Novel Respiratory Health Score for APp Infection GERMANY - Dr Hoeltig and colleagues at the University of Veterinary Medicine in Hanover have tested a novel Respiratory Health Score (RHS) for Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae (APp) infection....
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Open Day Attracts Many Visitors GERMANY - The new barn for finishing pigs of the Driever family who live in Freren, northern Germany, was recently inaugurated with an Open Day.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Boehringer Sees Sales Rise GERMANY - Pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim saw the corporation's net sales rise to €11.6 billion last year compared to €10.9 billion in 2007.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Dierkes Takes over Chair of ISN GERMANY - Franz Meyer zu Holte has retired as chairman of the German pig farmers' association, ISN.
Monday, March 23, 2009
European Scientists Honoured for PCV Research GERMANY - Dr Lars Erik Larsen from the Danish National Veterinary Institute in Copenhagen, Dr Nicolas Rose from the French Agency for Food Safety in Ploufragan and Dr Gerard Wellenberg from the Dutch Animal...
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
'What We Know about Feeding Liquid By-products' GERMANY - Dr Jerry Shurson of the University of Minnesota, USA, gave a lecture on the advantages and challenges of liquid feeding at Big Dutchman's 5th International Agents' Meeting in Bremen, Germany,...
Friday, March 06, 2009
Denmark Secures Second Place in Germany GERMANY - German purchasers consider German pork to be the best. However, Denmark holds a safe second place as the preferred foreign supplier of pork to the German market.


