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Two pilot barns that were identified from a number of applicants from Saskatchewan and Manitoba have entered into the first stages of the planning process to look at options for converting to group sow housing.

Most swine vets agree that Swine Influenza is an increasing problem, according to a survey recently conducted by Merial Animal Health.

Mycotoxins, toxic contaminants produced by molds, are a major challenge for Asian producers and are a serious risk to their livestock.

Boehringer Ingelheim announced today that veterinarians and farmers across the globe have reached the milestone of protecting more than 500 million pigs from the potentially devastating consequences of Mycoplasma hyopneumonia, by using Ingelvac MycoFLEX®.

The European Project farmsUP! runs an online photo competition on agricultural entrepreneurship.

Two new high-quality German-made electronic pig and livestock weighers have been introduced by Suffolk-based equipment supplier.

PRRS Vaccine and Other Swine Herd Health Data Presented at 6th Asian Pig Veterinary Society Congress in Vietnam.

Combined Company to Have Greater Access to Large and Growing Chinese Market and Retain World-Leading Food Safety and Quality Control Standards.

• Inauguration ceremony for Zhangjiang plant expansion in Shanghai • Investment of 70 million Euro • New building for Center of Competence

Results were analysed from hundreds of pigs individually tested using the company’s sophisticated FIRE (Feed Intake Recording Equipment) system on its Oakwood nucleus unit in Yorkshire.

BIOMIN announces the positive votes of the EU Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health (SCFCAH) on the authorization of two BIOMIN products as “substances for reduction of the contamination of feed by mycotoxins”.

Last Monday, the 23rd of September of 2013, Dr Jorge Moreno López, full professor from the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) and Dr. Hu Shan, Dean of the Qingdao Agriculture University (QAU) from China, visited the facilities of CReSA.

Last July, MARTINI SPA and PIC Italy signed the renewal of their agreement for the supply of genetic and technical cooperation up to 2019.

Nutrition hosted its annual Swine VIP event last month in St. Louis, Mo. More than 70 producers, representing over 1.25 million pigs from eight states, attended the meeting to hear the latest research in wean-to-finish swine production.

Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) to be Focus of Data Presentations.

The 6th Asian Pig Veterinary Society Congress (APVS 2013) will be held during 23rd - 25th Sept 2013 at White Palace Convention Center - 194 Hoang Van Thu st., Phu Nhuan Dist., Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Genus plc, a leading global animal genetics company, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Génétiporc, the porcine genetics business of Aliments Breton Foods Group, the largest producer and processor of organic and natural pork in North America.

World-class genetics and advanced technical support has ensured JSR Genetics’ pig breeding franchise in Germany, JSR Hybrid Deutschland, has got off to a flying start since their launch in 2011.

The chair of the National Farm Animal Care Council's Pig Code Development Committee expects a final updated Code of Practice for the Care and Handling of Pigs in Canada to be released in early 2014.

BPEX has highlighted the most commonly occurring problems with pig unit ventilation and helped identify ways to rectify them.

Ikadan System A/S has appointed the 46-year-old Niels Henrik Lundgaard, as a new Sales Manager. The appointment is part of a strengthening of the sales organization.

The 24th annual JSR Farming Conference took place in York and was hailed by delegates as one of the best ever.

For the second time in as many years, Zinpro Corporation has announced it will be a Gold sponsor of the upcoming University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine’s Leman China Swine Conference.

Veterinary researchers at Iowa State University have developed a new test to detect antibodies against Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus (PEDV), a costly disease in pigs confirmed in the United States for the first time this year.