Norway Reports Total of Five A/H1N1 Outbreaks
NORWAY - The total number of A/H1N1 influenza in the country has now reached a total of five, according to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).

OIE Update on A/H1N1 Virus Outbreak in Norway
NORWAY - The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) continues to monitor the outbreak of the A/H1N1 outbreak in Norway.

OIE Update on A/H1N1 Virus Outbreak in Norway
NORWAY - A new case of A/H1N1 influenza in swine was reported by the Norwegian authorities on 12 October.

Pigs in Norway Infected with A/H1N1 Virus
NORWAY - The Norwegian veterinary authorities have reported a new outbreak of the A/H1N1 virus in swine.

Piglet's Posture is Best Guide to its Comfort
NORWAY - Piglets tend to make changes in posture rather than huddling in order to keep comfortable, according to research published by G. Vasdal of the Norwegian University of Life Sciences and co-authors....

Light Shed on Mycobacterium Pathogenicity
NORWAY - Tone Bjordal Johansen of the National Veterinary Institute and colleagues have published a paper in BMC Microbiology. Nine of the 97 isolates examined, all of porcine origin, formed biofilm....

Study Finds Clue to Salmonella Persistence in Feed
NORWAY - Researchers at the National Veterinary Institute in Oslo have found that the biofilm-forming abilities of Salmonella are correlated with their persistence in fish meal- and feed factories. L.K....

What Promise Do Pigs of the Future Hold?
NORWAY - Pigs are known carriers of the bacterium Yersinia enterocolitica, and they can infect both other pigs and people. Human infection occurs through eating improperly-cooked pork. Professor...

Researcher Turns Harmless E Coli Dangerous
NORWAY - For her doctorate, Camilla Sekse revealed that transmission of bateriophage between bacteria can occur, and that in the case of E. coli it can transform a harmless bacterium into one...

Pig of the Future Might Be Disease-free
NORWAY - Pigs are known carriers of the bacterium Yersinia enterocolitica, and they can infect both other pigs and people. Human infection occurs through eating improperly-cooked pork. Professor Truls...

Good News for Pig Breeders
NORWAY - There are currently two methods for artificial insemination...

Farm to Shelf: RFID Tracking Norwegian Meat Supply
IBM has signed an agreement with Matiq, the information technology subsidiary of Nortura, Norway's largest food supplier, to use radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to track and trace poultry...

Norwegian Pig Production Trotting Along Nicely
NORWAY - Last year 297 000 tonnes of meat from domestic animal production were approved for the market in Norway. According to Statistics Norway this accounts to an increase of 4 000 tonnes from the year...

Norwegian government urged to delay castration ban
NORWAY - It is likely that European Union will ban the castration of pigs without the use of anaesthetic in the near future. However, Norway looks set to ban the procedure outright unless its pig producers...

Conflict with farmers threaten geese
NORWAY - A Netherlands Institute of Ecology scientist in Yerseke says the survival of pink-footed geese is being endangered by a conflict with farmers. Thousands of the geese are preparing for...