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ThePigSite Latest News
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Proposals Invited on PCVAD US - The National Pork Board is sending out a special call for proposals for PCVAD. The deadline for submissions is 5pm CDT on 30 September.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Oral Vaccination against Porcine Circovirus? GLOBAL - Wang and colleagues have published a paper in Journal of Virological Methods, which suggests that lactic acid bacteria could be the key to a new generation of vaccines.
Friday, August 15, 2008
Porcine Circovirus Type 2 Can be Transmitted Orally GLOBAL - T. Opriessnig and co-workers have published a paper showing that porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) in muscle and bone marrow is infectious and transmissible to naïve pigs by oral consumption.
Friday, August 01, 2008
NADIS Veterinary Report and Forecast - July 2008 UK - The National Animal Disease Information Service (NADIS) is a veterinary based clinical reporting and surveillance system based upon veterinary surgeons on farm visits. As well as recording anecdotal remarks on health issues (summarised in the monthly...
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Million Piglets Vaccinated for PCV2 UK - More than a million piglets have been vaccinated as part of a BPEX research project into PCV2 in the UK.
Monday, July 21, 2008
PCV2 Genotype Definition Creates Opportunities EU - The latest newsletter from 'The Control of Porcine Circovirus Diseases (PCVDs): Towards Improved Food Quality and Safety' has been published, updating on progress in a number of key areas of investigation into the interaction between PCV2 and pigs....
Friday, July 18, 2008
Exciting Opportunities Created by PCV2 Genotype EU - It is rare for definitions to be regarded as exciting opportunities for further research. But the EU PCVD Consortium believes that its proposed framework for international agreement on consistent naming for existing and future isolates of porcine...
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
NADIS Pig Veterinary Report and Forecast - June 2008 UK - The National Animal Disease Information Service (NADIS) is a veterinary based clinical reporting and surveillance system based upon veterinary surgeons on farm visits. As well as recording anecdotal remarks on health issues (summarised in the monthly...
Monday, June 30, 2008
European PCV2 Research Awards EU - The EU PCVD Consortium announced awards for Professor Hans Nauwynck and Professor Joaquim Segalés in its June 2008 newsletter.
Monday, June 23, 2008
PCV2 Vaccine Voucher Scheme Takes Off UK - The BPEX PCV2 vaccine project has been a runaway success with applications for the scheme covering more than 250,000 sows.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Over 3 Million EU Pigs Get the CIRCOVAC Treatment SOUTH AFRICA - MERIAL's CIRCOVAC® obtained its European Registration from the E.M.E.A. exactly one year ago on the 21st of June 2007 which meant that MERIAL could launch CIRCOVAC® in all EU Member States.
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Pork Industry Recovering from PCVAD Losses US - Last year, the US pork industry was struggling with the impact of PCVAD (porcine circovirus associated diseases) and many huge losses were reported.
Wednesday, June 04, 2008
Workshop Helps Solve Pig Production Challenges UK - More than 20 pig producers gathered at Boroughbridge, Yorks for an evening workshop on the challenges facing them when managing the growing pig. The workshop was organised by BPEX KT Manager Lis Ravn.
Monday, June 02, 2008
PCV2 Sow Vaccine gets Star Billing at 2008 Pig & Poultry Fair UK - A vaccine that has helped "revolutionise pig production in the UK" by reducing mortality and improving performance won two major industry awards at this year’s British Pig & Poultry Fair.
NADIS Veterinary Report and Forecast–May 2008 UK - The National Animal Disease Information Service (NADIS) is a veterinary based clinical reporting and surveillance system based upon veterinary surgeons on farm visits. As well as recording anecdotal remarks on health issues (summarised in the monthly...
Thursday, April 17, 2008
First ever European PCV2-Research Award Winners Honoured GERMANY - Prof. Hans Nauwynck, Prof. Joaquim Segalés, Danja Wiederkehr together and Dr. Xaver Sidler are the first ever winners of the European PCV2 Research Award
Thursday, April 03, 2008
Vaccine Voucher Scheme Launched UK - A £1.5million vaccine voucher research project being run by the British Pig Executive (BPEX) is now up and running.
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Taking Action on PCV2 - BPEX Research Scheme Starts UK - Just a day into its new role and BPEX Ltd is making a stand with the launch of a £1.5 million PCV2 vaccine research programme. The aim of the project is to find out more about the debilitating infection and its interaction with PMWS and PDNS - persistent...
Tuesday, April 01, 2008
NADIS Veterinary Report and Forecast – March 2008 UK - This is a monthly report from the National Animal Disease Information Service (NADIS), looking at the data collected from their UK farm inspections.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
BPEX - PCV2 Vaccination Project On-stream by April UK - The details of the major PCV2 vaccination project are being finalised and it will be launched in early April, reports David Burch.







