News Archive
Low pathogenic avian influenza found in Denmark
10 Mar 2010 - At a Danish duck farm in Fuglebjerg, Southwest of the island of Sjælland, the presence of low pathogenic avian influenza type H7 has been reported, according to the Danish Ministry of Agriculture. Read more >>
New Bill: Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty
10 Mar 2010 - US Reps. Diane Watson, D-Calif., and Elton Gallegly, R-Calif., have introduced the Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty Act to set a higher animal welfare standard for food purchased by the federal government. Read more >>
Pig herds in Ireland practically Aujeszky-free
10 Mar 2010 - The Irish pig industry will soon commence final testing for Aujeszky's Disease in its herds. This should lead to the European Commission declaring Ireland officially free from Aujeszky's Disease. Read more >>
Eli Lilly to acquire Pfizer animal health parts
10 Mar 2010 - The animal health division of drugmaker Eli Lilly will acquire the rights to a portfolio of Pfizer products in Europe, including vaccines and feed additives. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Read more >>
Germany: Warning system for swine aggressiveness
09 Mar 2010 - The University of Veterinary Medicine (TiHo) in Hanover, Germany has announced to develop an early warning system in relation to swine aggressiveness. Read more >>
The Netherlands make restart Q fever vaccination
09 Mar 2010 - On March 8, a restart of the Q fever programme has been made in the Netherlands with vaccinating the first goat farm in Sellingen. All the nearly 900 animals on the organic farm were vaccinated for the first time. Uptill now, there was not enough vaccine available. Read more >>
Sanofi-aventis and Merck to create a new animal health JV
09 Mar 2010 - Sanofi-aventis exercises its option to combine Merial with Intervet/Schering-Plough in a new equally-owned joint venture with Merck. Read more >>
Dutch veterinarians stop using cephalosporins in poultry
08 Mar 2010 - Following is the growing concern about the prevalence of Extended Spectrum Beta-lactamase (ESBL)-carrying bacteria in broilers, the Poultry Health Department of the Royal Dutch Society for Veterinary Medicine (KNMvD) urged veterinarians to stop using cephalosporins in poultry. Read more >>
Michigan testing animal-disease alert system
08 Mar 2010 - Michigan agriculture officials have developed the Animal Health Network. In the event of a disease outbreak, officials can use the network to “get the word out to small and hobby farmers, people least likely to see it” in commercial trade journals or through farm organizations, State veterinarian Steven Halstead said. Read more >>
World Veterinary Day: 'One World, One Health'
08 Mar 2010 - World Veterinary Day 2010, which will be on 24 April, will raise awareness of the links between animal and public health through the theme "One World, One Health: more cooperation between veterinarians and physicians." Read more >>
Hong Kong: flu reassorts with H1N1 from pig
05 Mar 2010 - In its regular influenza virus surveillance programme, the University of Hong Kong (HKU) found that one sample taken from a pig at the Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse early January, contained a virus which was essentially a swine influenza virus (SIV) but had picked up a pandemic H1N1 gene by genetic reassortment. Read more >>
Australian dairy herd found free from EBL
05 Mar 2010 - Australian dairy exporters will benefit from improved access to overseas markets after every dairy herd in the nation was found to be free from Enzootic Bovine Leukosis (EBL), an occasional infectious viral disease of dairy cattle.
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Elanco: tilmicosin injection offers label updates
05 Mar 2010 - US animal health company Elanco announced that its product Micotil for cattle and sheep is now approved for a flexible dose range from 10 mg/kg (1.5 mL/cwt) to 20 mg/kg (3.0 mL/cwt) for both metaphylaxis and individual pull-and-treat BRD treatment. Read more >>
OIE: $2 mln from Canada for animal health activities
04 Mar 2010 - Canada Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz announced on a visit to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) that Canada will contribute CAN$2 mln to support OIE activities. Read more >>
African Swine Fever outbreak close to Ukraine
04 Mar 2010 - A new case of African Swine Fever (ASF) has been reported in the South Russian Rostov region, this time in Gukovo – at 5 km of the Russian-Ukranian border. Read more >>
Dutch evaluate anaesthesised piglet castration
04 Mar 2010 - The Dutch ministry of agriculture (LNV) considers the use of CO2 gas to anaesthesise male piglets before castration an adequate temporal solution until a full ban on castration is reached in 2015.
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Effect protein concentrates on subclinical necrotic enteritis
03 Mar 2010 - Researchers at Harper Adams University College in the UK studied the effect of dietary protein concentrates on the incidence of subclinical necrotic enteritis and growth performance of broiler chickens. Read more >>
Occurrence of Clostridium perfringens in Swiss piglets
03 Mar 2010 - A research team of the "Schweineklinik der Universität Bern" in Switzerland studies the effect of necrotic enteritis incidence on farms and the presence of Clostridium. Read more >>
Higher level of Mycobacterium avium in dairy vs non dairy cattle
03 Mar 2010 - The prevalence of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis infection in adult Danish non-dairy cattle sampled at slaughter was studied at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Read more >>
Myocarditis associated with reovirus in turkey poults
02 Mar 2010 - Researchers from the University of California in the US found that Myocarditis is associated with reovirus in turkey poults. Read more >>
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