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A year on from the Poultry Symposium in São Paulo (Brazil), Phileo Lesaffre Animal Care hosted a highly successful symposium dedicated to swine and poultry in Rome (Italy) on 24 and 25 October. Nearly 300 participants from 45 countries attended the event, which focused on the central theme of reducing antibiotic use and embracing the opportunities presented by a global market that is evolving rapidly on this topical issue.

The MSD Animal Health and the Federation of Veterinarians of Europe (FVE) are proud to announce that 36 students have been selected for the 2017 Veterinary Student Scholarship Program.

If it’s true that experience is the best teacher, the new Managing Director of Hendrix Genetics’ Business Unit Swine (Hypor) goes to the head of the class. Following the appointment that Raf Beeren becomes Managing Director of Hendrix Genetics’ Business Unit Turkeys, Hypor is pleased to appoint Luis Prieto Garcia as Managing Director of the Business Unit Swine.

Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health sponsors the €75,000 research award programme in Europe both to encourage further development of practical methods for controlling PRRS and in order to recognise scientific excellence in this field.

Although approaching its wind-up phase, the Cooperative Research Centre for High Integrity Australian Pork had another very productive year in 2016/17, in terms of research outcomes and raising the capability of researchers supporting the industry, including industry itself taking on employees through the Pork CRC’s acclaimed industry placement program.

The prize was awarded in Brussels on Wednesday 29 November 2017 and the competition was organised by the joint organisation Copa Cogeca.

AB Vista’s Technical Services Team has recently been expanded, as part of the company’s strategy to strengthen feed mill support to customers in the Americas.

The first of its kind, the Pig Knowledge Hub from Alltech contains advice, tools and resources on all aspects of pig production.

The conference is organised by Marketing Centre “Expokhleb” and Russian Veterinary Association, supported by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation.

We are excited to announce Genesus has purchased Porc-Ex France.

The American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV) welcomes Ms. Sherrie Webb as Associate Editor of the Journal of Swine Health and Production (JSHAP).

Last year’s startups collectively added $50 million in new qualified sales leads across 28 international markets by the end of the accelerator.

From the 30-th of January till the 1-st of February 2018 the ХХIII International Industrial Trade Fair “MVC: Cereals – Mixed Feed – Veterinary - 2018” will take place in pavilion No 75 at the Exhibition of National Economy Achievements (VDNH) in Moscow, Russia.

Eight pig producers from across Europe will showcase best practice in pig production as winners of the first Grand Prix contest run by the EU Pig Innovation Group (EU PiG).

Monitoring of piggeries in Britain has attracted interest from the Danes.

Møllevang and PIC have agreed to enter into a strategic relationship, commencing on 1 July 2018.

CGIAR’s first-ever 360-degree video offers glimpses into an ordinary day in the life of a Ugandan pig farmer, trader and consumer.

AusScan is gaining momentum globally, with scan numbers increasing from 2200 in the 2015 launch year to 11,882 in 2016 and on target to eclipse 22,000 scans in 2017.

HKScan, a leading European meat producer, is making preparations to begin exporting pork from Finland to China.

On 19th October last, Hipra launched the new VEPURED® vaccine against edema disease. The event, which took place in Germany, was attended by over 200 specialist veterinarians from Europe and Russia.

The Federation of veterinarians of Europe (FVE) proudly publishes today the VetFutures Europe Action plan.

This event was the occasion for our international guests to get a glimpse of the Vietnamese swine and feed markets and visit a modern feed mill facility.

Royal De Heus is pleased to announce the construction of its ‘Pig Nutrition Centre’. This emphasises the ambitions of De Heus to take the next step in the continuous development of innovative pig feed solutions worldwide.