Animal Diseases Industry News & Blogs

Industry News & Blogs

PigProgress - News: Paraguay hopes to see more markets reopen after FMD
www.pigprogress.net | Feb 10, 2012
Paraguay has high hopes that it can soon start exporting meat again to Uruguay and Argentina after the country was struck by Foot-and-Mouth Disease between September and January.

World Poultry - News: VDL Rotra feeder leads to more bird activity
www.worldpoultry.net | Feb 10, 2012
The new Rotra feeder of VDL Agrotech is an automatic feed distribution system above the litter area. It improves fertility and litter quality through more bird activity. The system was launched last year and is now available.

MSD Recruits Production Specialist to Support Paracox 5
www.thepoultrysite.com | Feb 10, 2012
UK & IRELAND - Andy Payne has been appointed by MSD Animal Health to manage the successful introduction of Paracox 5 coccidiosis vaccination programmes with UK and Ireland broiler producers.

Midges 'actively' spread bluetongue
www.fwi.co.uk | Feb 8, 2012
The midges that spread bluetongue across Europe in 2006 actively carried the disease through flight and were not just swept along by the wind, according to scientists.

Update on PRRS Elimination from AASV
www.thepigsite.com | Feb 8, 2012
US - A national PRRS elimination effort began 2 years ago in a somewhat formal way, although elimination projects in several states had been ongoing for several years.

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www.farmscape.com | Feb 2, 2012
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‘Finishing Off’ PRRS | Health content from National Hog Farmer
nationalhogfarmer.com | Feb 1, 2012
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Pakistan committed to promote knowledge-based agribusiness development
www.pr9.net | Jan 26, 2012
To bost knowledge-based agribusiness development in Pakistan, the Competitiveness Support Fund (CSF) and the Pakistan Agriculture Research Council (PARC) signed a partnership agreement through an MOU.

Virus found in UK livestock - Farming News - Farming - nebusiness.co.uk
www.nebusiness.co.uk | Jan 25, 2012
ADISEASE that causes birth defects and miscarriages in livestock has been confirmed in the UK for the first time.

EPIC efforts to tackle animal disease
www.scotland.gov.uk | Oct 6, 2011
Scotland’s Centre of Expertise on animal disease outbreaks is open for business.