News Archive
IMPROVAC® approved in Japan
08 Feb 2010 - The Japanese Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fishery (JMAFF) has approved IMPROVAC® as safe and effective for use by veterinarians in pigs throughout Japan. Read more >>
Event: International Conference on Production diseases in Farm Animals
08 Feb 2010 - The International Conference on Production diseases in Farm Animals conference (ICPD) will be held from 20-24 of June 2010 in the city of Ghent (Belgium). Read more >>
Cambodia culls bird flu-affected ducks
08 Feb 2010 - Cambodian authorities have begun a mass killing of ducks after confirming a fresh outbreak of the deadly bird flu virus. Read more >>
H1N1 virus present in animals in twenty countries
08 Feb 2010 - In the North West of France, H1N1 is found in turkeys. The 8,500 animals are being kept in quarantine. Read more >>
Cattle trade is culprit in sleeping sickness spread in Uganda
05 Feb 2010 - Scientists have discovered that it is livestock markets that are driving continued spread of sleeping sickness through Uganda. Read more >>
Water: an important nutrient to maintain cattle health
05 Feb 2010 - Water is an important nutrient for animals and small changes in water management can benefit animal health according to Megan N. Brew extension agent and co researchers at the University of Florida in the US. Read more >>
Commercial disinfectants tested against Lawsonia intracellularis
05 Feb 2010 - The bactericidal activity of seven commercial disinfectants against Lawsonia intracellularis using a tissue culture system was studied by reseachers from the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Minnesota in the US. Read more >>
BVA sends strong message on anthelmintic use
04 Feb 2010 - The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has launched a guidance poster containing powerful messages to vets to encourage the responsible use of anthelmintics in grazing animals, following ongoing concern about the development of resistance to these medicines. Read more >>
US: $24 mln for animal health and production grants
04 Feb 2010 - The USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) has announced US$24 mln in grants to study animal heath, reproduction, breeding, genetics and nutrition. Read more >>
ECO Animal Health launches Aivlosin® for Pheasants
04 Feb 2010 - In February, ECO Animal Health will launch a new antibiotic against Mycoplasma respiratory disease in pheasants. Read more >>
Anthrax outbreak in a Swedish beef cattle herd
03 Feb 2010 - After 27 years with no detected cases, an outbreak of anthrax occurred in a beef cattle herd in the south of Sweden. The outbreak was unusual as it occurred in winter, in animals not exposed to meat-and-bone meal, in a non-endemic country. Read more >>
EU report: less pathogens transmitted from animals to humans
03 Feb 2010 - The number of human cases of the three most reported zoonotic infections was lower in 2008 than in 2007. This is according to the Annual Report on Zoonoses and Food-borne outbreaks for 2008 published by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). Read more >>
New evidence on how BSE causing prions become infectious
03 Feb 2010 - Scientists have determined how a normal protein can be converted into a prion, an infectious agent that causes fatal brain diseases in humans and mammals. The finding, in mice, is expected to advance the understanding of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies, or TSEs inluding scrapie in sheep and bovine spongiform encephalopathy in cattle. Read more >>
Tylvalosin tested to control porcine proliferative enteropathy
03 Feb 2010 - The effect of an oral treatment with the tartrate salt of tylvalosin on the development of proliferative enteropathy in 60 experimentally challenged pigs was studied by the Federal University of Minas Gerais in Brazil. Read more >>
Getting a grip on hemorrhagic enteritis in turkeys
02 Feb 2010 - Vaccination can go a long way toward the prevention and control of hemorrhagic enteritis, but it’s no substitute for good management practices, cautions Dr. John Radu, senior technical service manager with Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health. Read more >>
New insights in pigs spreading Hendra virus to humans
02 Feb 2010 - Pigs have the potential to spread the deadly Hendra virus to humans in the same way horses do, Canadian researchers say. Read more >>
Improved quality of livestock trial reports helps veterinarians
02 Feb 2010 - US researchers have developed a method and process that helps researchers report their findings in a thorough and consistent manner. Read more >>
EU approval for Metacam®: pain reliever during piglet castration
01 Feb 2010 - Boehringer Ingelheim’s Metacam® (active ingredient: Meloxicam) 5mg/ml solution for injection obtained EU wide marketing authorization for its use as an analgesic to relieve post operative pain associated with castration in piglets. Read more >>
Bismuth citrate may reduce necrotic enteritis in broilers
01 Feb 2010 - Researchers at Texas A&M University looked at the effect of bismuth citrate, lactose, and organic acid on the development of necrotic enteritis in broilers. Read more >>
Inhibitor for Classical Swine Fever may prevent mass culling
01 Feb 2010 - Researchers of the department of virology of the Catholic University of Louvain (KUL) and the Veterinary and Agrochemical Research Centre (Coda-Cerva) in Ukkel, Belgium have developed a strong inhibitor for the Classical Swine Fever (CSF) virus. Read more >>
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