Pig Industry News: Netherlands
Thursday, January 25, 2007
Nutreco has signed an MoU to sell the animal breeding activities of Euribrid to Hendrix GeneticsTHE NETHERLANDS - Nutreco Holding N.V. and Hendrix Genetics B.V. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding regarding the sale of the animal breeding activities “Euribrid”, including its related Animal...
Thursday, January 11, 2007
PowerFlow™: "Uniformity under Control" in larger pig sectionsTHE NETHERLANDS - Controlling the climate in large sections or buildings housing pigs is often more difficult than in smaller sections. The entirely new Fancom PowerFlow™ ventilation concept deals with...
Thursday, December 14, 2006
First use of commercial genomic selectionTHE NETHERLANDS - Euribrid announces the first large-scale commercial use of "Genomic Selection" technology in poultry. This is also the first time such a large set of DNA markers has been used in commercial...
Friday, December 01, 2006
Patrick van de Kerkhof appointed Director Sales AND Services at Fancom B.V.THE NETHERLANDS - Patrick van de Kerkhof has been appointed as Director Sales & Services at Fancom BV in Panningen as per 1st December 2006....
Friday, November 24, 2006
Croatian enterprise Žito starts with TOPIGS in-house breeding systemTHE NETHERLANDS - The Croatian-based agricultural company Žito d.o.o. is to start producing sows based on the TOPIGS in-house nucleus system. ...
Saturday, November 11, 2006
"Get Connected" with your PDA for total access to control computers in the houseTHE NETHERLANDS - Under the name “Get Connected” Fancom will be presenting a new platform for integral control of climate, feed and process data in pig and poultry houses at VIV Europe. ...
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
New Fancom I-fan for energy efficient ventilationTHE NETHERLANDS - The latest development, the I-fan, represents a valuable contribution to Fancom's ventilation concepts such as MTT, Combi ventilation, ProFlow and PowerFlow. Energy savings of up to 75%...
Thursday, October 05, 2006
Intervet appoints Ellen de Brabander as a member of the company’s Executive CommitteeTHE NETHERLANDS - Intervet, Akzo Nobel’s veterinary pharma business, announces that Ellen de Brabander – van den Berg (43) has been appointed as a member of Intervet’s Executive Committee, effective...
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
Revolutionary new tool: the IDAL VaccinatorTHE NETHERLANDS - Intervet's IDAL Vaccinator is a revolutionary needleless vaccination device, that allows intradermal application of swine vaccines. Due to its unique nature it has a number of advantages...
Monday, June 05, 2006
Foot-and-Mouth disease vaccine factory now owned by IntervetTHE NETHERLANDS - Five months after signing an agreement on sale and purchase the Foot-and-Mouth (FMD) vaccine factory in Cologne Bayer HealthCare AG and Intervet International bv have completed the acquisition....
Friday, May 12, 2006
Hypor's Multiplication Dealer Wins Prestigious Agriculture AwardTHE NETHERLANDS - Hypor’s multiplication dealer for northern Holland, Johnny Hogenkamp, accepted The Netherlands most prestigious agricultural award, “Agricultural Entrepreneur 2006,” on March 29,...
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
The Netherlands steps up measures against German swine feverTHE NETHERLANDS - Dutch Agriculture Minister Cees Veerman announced measures to control pigs from western Germany where outbreaks of swine fever have occurred at several sites. Dutch health services...
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Akzo Nobel BV to separate Pharma from its Chemicals/Coatings businessesTHE NETHERLANDS – Akzo Nobel NV has announced today that it intends to separate its pharmaceutical activities from its chemicals and coatings businesses. The aim is to create two independent companies...
Monday, February 13, 2006
Intervet acquires FMD vaccine factory from Bayer HealthCare AGTHE NETHERLANDS – Intervet, the animal health business unit of Akzo Nobel, announced the agreement with Bayer HealthCare AG to acquire the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccine factory in Cologne, Germany....
Quarantine Lifted on Dutch Farms after Dioxin Scare
THE NETHERLANDS - The Dutch food safety authority VWA said in a statement late Friday it had lifted the quarantine orders on a remaining 127 Dutch farms closed after dioxin was found in animal feed last...
THE NETHERLANDS - The Dutch food safety authority VWA said in a statement late Friday it had lifted the quarantine orders on a remaining 127 Dutch farms closed after dioxin was found in animal feed last...
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Dutch Find Higher Levels of Dioxin in Pig Farm - ANP
AMSTERDAM - The Dutch food and safety authority (VWA) has found above-normal levels of cancer-causing dioxin in pigs at one of the farms sealed off as a precaution after a feed-scare, Dutch news agency...
AMSTERDAM - The Dutch food and safety authority (VWA) has found above-normal levels of cancer-causing dioxin in pigs at one of the farms sealed off as a precaution after a feed-scare, Dutch news agency...
Monday, February 06, 2006
Dutch test pig feed for dioxin, farms still shut
THE NETHERLANDS - Dutch food and safety authority (VWA) said most pig farms sealed off as a precaution after discovering cancer-causing dioxin would remain shut because results of tests on animal feed...
THE NETHERLANDS - Dutch food and safety authority (VWA) said most pig farms sealed off as a precaution after discovering cancer-causing dioxin would remain shut because results of tests on animal feed...
Friday, February 03, 2006
Dutch reopen some pig farms after dioxin scare
THE NETHERLANDS - Dutch food safety authority VWA on Thursday reopened nine pig farms out of 250 it had sealed off as a precaution after discovering cancer-causing dioxin in animal feed last week....
THE NETHERLANDS - Dutch food safety authority VWA on Thursday reopened nine pig farms out of 250 it had sealed off as a precaution after discovering cancer-causing dioxin in animal feed last week....
Thursday, February 02, 2006
Japan halts imports of Dutch pork
AMSTERDAM — Japan has imposed a temporary ban on imports of pork from the Netherlands. South Korea has taken a similar measure. Dutch Agriculture Minister Cees Veerman said the ban relates to possible...
AMSTERDAM — Japan has imposed a temporary ban on imports of pork from the Netherlands. South Korea has taken a similar measure. Dutch Agriculture Minister Cees Veerman said the ban relates to possible...
Friday, December 23, 2005
Slachthuis Groenlo to be acquired by Dumeco
THE NETHERLANDS - The Board of Management of the slaughterhouse Slachthuis Groenlo has announced its intention to sell both Slachthuis Groenlo and EuroMeat Groenlo to Dumeco in order to assure the future...
THE NETHERLANDS - The Board of Management of the slaughterhouse Slachthuis Groenlo has announced its intention to sell both Slachthuis Groenlo and EuroMeat Groenlo to Dumeco in order to assure the future...
Thursday, December 22, 2005
IKB is on track to meet new EU hygiene legislation
THE NETHERLANDS - If further proof were needed that IKB is an advanced quality assurance programme, this is surely it. Most of the requirements laid down in new EU hygiene legislation are already an integral...
THE NETHERLANDS - If further proof were needed that IKB is an advanced quality assurance programme, this is surely it. Most of the requirements laid down in new EU hygiene legislation are already an integral...
Monday, November 28, 2005
Meat is the main source of haem iron
THE NETHERLANDS - In the Netherlands meat provides most iron, after bread, in our daily diet. The iron in meat mainly occurs in the form of haem iron, which can be absorbed very easily from food. Non-haem...
THE NETHERLANDS - In the Netherlands meat provides most iron, after bread, in our daily diet. The iron in meat mainly occurs in the form of haem iron, which can be absorbed very easily from food. Non-haem...
Thursday, November 24, 2005
Quality programmes go international
THE NETHERLANDS - Europe is working hard to introduce international quality programmes such as EurepGAP. The Dutch meat industry already amply meets the requirements with the Dutch quality assurance system...
THE NETHERLANDS - Europe is working hard to introduce international quality programmes such as EurepGAP. The Dutch meat industry already amply meets the requirements with the Dutch quality assurance system...
Friday, November 04, 2005
Intervet updates Porcilis PRRS web site.THE NETHERLANDS - In 1987 Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) was first observed in pig herds in the United States. In 1990 the first case of PRRS was reported in Europe. By the early...
Thursday, October 27, 2005
Meat supplies 40% of total vitamin B12 intake on average
THE NETHERLANDS - Vitamin B12 is found only in animal products. On average, 40% of our total intake of this vitamin is supplied by meat. Vitamin B12 is vital for the synthesis of red blood cells and DNA...
THE NETHERLANDS - Vitamin B12 is found only in animal products. On average, 40% of our total intake of this vitamin is supplied by meat. Vitamin B12 is vital for the synthesis of red blood cells and DNA...
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Dutch Ministry banks Intervet's Classical Swine Fever vaccineTHE NETHERLANDS - On 28th of September 2005 the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture signed a contract with Intervet agreeing a vaccine bank of Porcilis Pesti, Intervet's marker vaccine against Classical Swine...
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