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Friday, November 06, 2009
Pig Industry News from United Kingdom Defra's New Guidelines to Reduce Salmonella in Feed
UK - The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has published a new Code of Practice for the control of salmonella in animal feeds, bringing together three previous codes and updating...
Pig Industry News from Taiwan Influenza A/H1N1 Outbreak in Swine Confirmed
TAIWAN - A new outbreak of Pandemic Influenza A/H1N1 has been reported in Taiwan's swine.
Tuesday, November 03, 2009
Pig Industry News from Canada Pork Commentary: US and Canada Inventory
CANADA - This week's North American Pork Commentary from Jim Long.
Monday, November 02, 2009
Pig Industry News from General First Draft: Researchers Sequence Swine Genome
GLOBAL - A global collaborative has produced a first draft of the genome of a domesticated pig, an achievement that will lead to insights in agriculture, medicine, conservation and evolution.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Pig Industry News from United States WWFE REPORT: Attention to Detail in Animal Welfare
US - Maintaining good animal welfare regimes on the farm and in the slaughterhouse requires constant vigilance, writes ThePigSite senior editor, Chris Harris at the Worldwide Food Expo in Chicago.
Pig Industry News from United States China to Lift H1N1-Related Ban on US Pork
US - With prodding from the Obama administration, China announced on 29 October that it will lift its ban on US pork imports, a move hailed by the National Pork Producers Council.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Pig Industry News from European Union EU Moves to Improve Animal Welfare Labelling
EU - A new European Commission report has launched a political debate over animal welfare labelling. The aim is to make it easier for consumers to identify more animal welfare-friendly food products.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Pig Industry News from Iceland Iceland's Pigs Infected with A/H1N1 Virus
ICELAND - Pigs from a pork farm in Iceland have been infected with the A/H1N1 virus, according to reports reaching the country from Reykjavik on Tuesday.
Pig Industry News from Canada Pork Commentary: Back to Reality - And It Isn't Pretty
CANADA - This week's North American Pork Commentary from Jim Long.
Friday, October 23, 2009
Pig Industry News from Russian Federation ASF Jumps from Southern to Northern Russia
RUSSIA - The deadly pig disease African Swine Fever (ASF) has jumped 2,000 kilometres from southern Russia to St Petersburg in north-western Russia.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Pig Industry News from Japan Japan Confirms Finding H1N1 Flu Virus in Pig Sample
JAPAN - The Japanese veterinary authorities have reported to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) finding the influenza A H1N1 virus in a pooled sample from 10 pigs. The sampling was taken as...
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Pig Industry News from Russian Federation Pork Commentary: Russian Road Trip - Week 2
RUSSIA - This week's pork commentary by Jim Long again focuses on the Russian hog market.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Pig Industry News from European Union EU Pig Prices: Varied Trend in Europe
EU - The prices in Europe fall in the last 8 weeks from 8 cents in Ireland to almost 27 cents in Spain.
Pig Industry News from United States USDA Confirms H1N1 Flu Virus in Minnesota Pig Sample
US - The Department of Agriculture has confirmed that the pandemic H1N1 influenza virus was present in the pig samples taken at the Minnesota Fair. Agriculture Secretary Vilsack stresses "US pork is safe...
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Pig Industry News from Russian Federation Pork Commentary: Russian Road Trip
RUSSIA - Jim Long, President and CEO of Genesus Inc., writes, "This past week we have been in Russia attending the large agriculture exhibition Golden Autumn in Moscow."
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Pig Industry News from European Union EU Pig Prices: Weakness Around Europe in October
EU - The European slaughter pig market finds itself in the maelstrom of price recession this week.
Pig Industry News from Norway 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.
Thursday, October 08, 2009
Pig Industry News from Canada Canada Requests WTO Panel on US M-COOL
CANADA - The Canadian government has announced its intention to file for a World Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlement process over the US mandatory country-of-origin labeling (M-COOL) law that went...
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Pig Industry News from Canada Pork Commentary: Markets Continue to Languish
CANADA - This week's North American Pork Commentary from Jim Long.
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Pig Industry News from United States This Month's Assignment for 'Virtual Walk the Pens'
US - The latest assignment for Pfizer Animal Health's 'Virtual Walk the Pens' simulator has just been released. In this fifth scenario, the players are noticing diarrhoea, 'fall-outs' and subsequent weight...
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Pig Industry News from Ireland H1N1 Flu Breaks out in Ireland
IRELAND - The veterinary authorities have reported the country's first case of influenza A H1N1 in pigs to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Pig Industry News from United Kingdom New On-Farm Guide to Vaccination and Pig Medicines
UK - A new booklet entitled The correct use and storage of veterinary medicines on the pig farm has just been published by Intervet / Schering-Plough Animal Health in the UK.
Pig Industry News from Canada Pork Commentary: Light at the End of the Tunnel
CANADA - This week's North American Pork Commentary from Jim Long.
Pig Industry News from United States AASV Update on Piglet Diarrhoea in Europe
US - Looking into the recent reports of piglet diarrhoea in France and Denmark, the American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV) concludes that we are not facing a new widespread well-defined 'syndrome',...
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Pig Industry News from General China Restricts EU Pork Due to H1N1 Fears
GLOBAL - The European Union's health chief said today that China had slapped restrictions on pork imports from four member states over swine flu concerns - a move she slammed as protectionist.
 
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