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Wednesday, May 09, 2012
Veterinarians Demand Faster DiagnosticsFRANCE - Speed and accuracy are the key features that veterinarians and farmers want from diagnostic tests, a new Europe wide survey has revealed.
Wednesday, March 07, 2012
Life Technologies Acquires LSIFRANCE - Life Technologies Corporation has announced it has acquired Laboratoire Service International (LSI), a French-based manufacturer of animal health diagnostics.
Tuesday, March 06, 2012
Ceva Continues Rapid Growth in 2011FRANCE - During 2011 Ceva Santé Animale achieved 13.3 per cent growth through €530 in net annual sales, the first time the company reached the half billion euro mark. The company also invested record...
Monday, February 27, 2012
What if Pigs Recombined Bird and Human Viruses?FRANCE - In 2006, the H5N1 avian influenza virus, which started in Southeast Asia in 2003, was detected in Africa, while a new influenza virus, H1N1, a disease successively referred to as "swine flu",...
Monday, February 13, 2012
Plant Breeding Breakthroughs to Reduce Soy ImportsFRANCE - France ranks above average in being protein-independent for the feed sector among European Union (EU) Member States. While soybean meal consumption has remained relatively stable at 4 million...
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Packed Agenda for World Meat CongressFRANCE - The role of the meat industry as it affects the environment, animal welfare and human health are three of the main themes for the World Meat Congress in Paris in June.
Tuesday, January 03, 2012
Forum on Demedicalisation of Monogastric FeedFRANCE - Biomin France organized a Forum on the hot topic of demedicalization. It was held on 8 December at the Institut Supérieur des Productions Animales et des Industries Agroalimentaires (ISPAIA),...
Monday, December 19, 2011
French Swine Vets Rewarded for StudyFRANCE - For the second year running, Dr Yannig Le Treut, DVM, has been awarded the Patrick Pommier Short Communication First Prize at the Annual Congress of the French Swine Veterinarians Association...
Friday, December 16, 2011
Pig Prices Move Closer to Production CostFRANCE - French pig prices are moving closer to cost of production after increases in recent weeks, according to the French Pig Producers Federation.
Monday, December 05, 2011
France Opposes Use Of Animal Meal FRANCE - As long as Bruno Le Maire is Minister of Agriculture and Food, animal meal will not be reintroduced in France.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Food Safety Body Does Not Support Return of PAPFRANCE - The country's food safety agency has published a negative opinion on the reintroduction of non-ruminant processed animals protein (PAP; previously known as meat and bone meal).
Friday, November 18, 2011
Innovation Key for French AgricultureFRANCE - The agriculture outlook is distorted, said Xavier Beulin, President of the French farming union, FNSEA.
French Govt to Reduce Antibiotic Use in Five YearsFRANCE - The French Ministry of Agriculture has announced plans to reduce the risk of antibiotic resistance through veterinary medicine.
Friday, November 11, 2011
TOPIGS France Innov’space Award Winner 2011FRANCE - TOPIGS France is one of the Innov’space award-winners 2011. They have won this prize by creating CHRONOS, a supporting tool to calculate the labour productivity of a pig farm expressed in kilogram...
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Biomin at SPACE 2011FRANCE - The 25th SPACE, held in Rennes from 11 to 16 September 2011, ended on a highly successful note in terms of exhibitor numbers, visitor attendance and, above all, the very positive atmosphere for...
Friday, October 07, 2011
Sanofi Chooses City of Lyon as Merial's Global HQLYON, FRANCE - Merial, a world leader in animal health and a division of the Sanofi Group, is establishing its global business headquarters at Lyon. Merial is historically well-established there, with...
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Breton Cooperatives Prepare to Sell GadFRANCE - The Gad pig processing operation in Britanny is to be sold. Possible regional buyers for the €700 million a year group include cooperative Cooperl Arc Atlantique and the Bigard-Socopa processing...
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
French Pig Herd Continues to ShrinkFRANCE - The decade-long downward trend in the French pig herd is continuing, according to France's May 2011 pig census.
Biomin to Exhibit at SPACEFRANCE - Biomin invites visitors to SPACE to visit its booth, B36 in Hall 9.
Thursday, August 04, 2011
Auvergne Pork ProtectedFRANCE - The European Commission has added three names of agricultural and food products to the list of protected designations of origin (PDO) and Protected Geographical Indication (PGI).
Thursday, June 02, 2011
Tackling Challenges of Animal Health SurveillanceFRANCE - Assessing animal health surveillance systems is a major issue, says CIRAD.
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
Registration is Open for SPACE 2011 FRANCE - Registration for international and local visitors is now open for SPACE 2011, the international livestock fair in Rennes on 13 to 16 September.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Global Meeting on Vet Education Celebrates 250 YearsFRANCE - The World Conference on Veterinary Education marks 'Vet Year' and the 250th anniversary of the profession, starting on Friday this week in Lyon.
Monday, May 09, 2011
Supply Chain Agrees to Control Price VolatilityFRANCE - Last week, Bruno Le Maire, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, met representatives from producer, processor and retailer groups to diccuss the volatility of commodity prices in the livestock...
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Threat of Wildcat Pig Meat Action in FranceFRANCE - Young farmers in the west of France are today (Wednesday) threatening to stop consignments of pig meat on the road, check the load and confiscate product, which is not stamped VPF (French pigmeat)....
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Beulin Leads FNSEA into 2011FRANCE - Xavier Beulin, the new president of France's national federation of farmers' unions, the FNSEA, has repeated his commitment to shore up farm incomes in the current economic crisis, adding that:...
Friday, December 03, 2010
France Reports New Outbreak of Aujeszky's DiseaseFRANCE - The French veterinary authorities have reported a new outbreak of Aujezsky's disease after more than a month, the last outbreak having occured on 20 October.
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Six New Outbreaks of Aujeszky's Disease in FranceFRANCE - The French veterinary authorities have reported six new outbreaks of Aujeszky's disease in the country.
Tuesday, October 05, 2010
AI Catheter Winds Silver Medal for Innovation FRANCE - The TrueGreen AI catheter from IMV Technologies and Biocath from Landata/Cobiporc have jointly been awarded a Silver Medal by the DLG.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Trading Halted at French Pork ExchangeFRANCE - The French pork exchange postponed trading for the second time in two weeks as farmers and processors were unable to reach agreement over prices.
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