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Wednesday, April 07, 2010
PIC and GFS Partnership Grows to 400 BoarsGERMANY - After signing of the contract in December 2009 and following completion of building regulations in March 2010, the joint venture between GFS (Genossenschaft zur Förderung der Schweineproduktion)...
Wednesday, March 03, 2010
Third Circovirus Research Award Goes to Spain, DenmarkGERMANY - The third European Porcine Circovirus Research Award has honoured Professor Joaquim Segalés from Spain and Dr Charlotte Sonne Kristensen from Denmark.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Record Pork and Poultry Production in 2009GERMANY - According to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis), more than 7.7 million tonnes of meat was produced from commercial slaughtering in Germany in 2009.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Germany's Swine Infected with BrucellosisGERMANY - 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 PigletsGERMANY - 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...
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Biogas Know-How from CalveslageGERMANY - 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 GermanyGERMANY - 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 DogGERMANY - 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 CentreGERMANY - 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...
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Germany Reports New Outbreak of H1N1 in SwineGERMANY - 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 RecessionGERMANY - 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 BeefGERMANY - 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 GrowGERMANY - 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 MarketsGERMANY - "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...
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
TOPIGS and SNW Collaborate on Piétrain BreedingGERMANY - 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 PigsGERMANY - 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 TripGERMANY - Big Dutchman-pig production technology enjoys an excellent reputation in Canada.
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Bayer in Talks to Buy Animal Drugs Business-paperGERMANY - 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 ShortageGERMANY - 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 CourseGERMANY - 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 InfectionGERMANY - 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 VisitorsGERMANY - 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 RiseGERMANY - 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 ISNGERMANY - Franz Meyer zu Holte has retired as chairman of the German pig farmers' association, ISN.
Monday, March 23, 2009
European Scientists Honoured for PCV ResearchGERMANY - 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 GermanyGERMANY - 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.
Monday, February 09, 2009
Grain Prices to Rise as Production FallsGERMANY - Experts at the DLG Winter Seminar said they expect price increases in second half of 2009 with wheat in the Paris exchange rising to €200 per tonne. Recommendations include forward selling...
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Salmonella Inhibited by Coarse Grinding, DiformateGERMANY - Coarse grinding of the feed and potassium diformate as a feed additive have been shown to inhibit the growth of salmonella in pigs.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Progress in Opening Pork Exports to ChinaGERMANY - A report from the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) indicates that exports of some pig products to China could start in May next year.
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