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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.