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Iowa Pork Industry Center to Offer PQA Plus™ Advisor Training Program

20-Oct-2009
Veterinarians and others in Iowa’s pork industry have the opportunity to become Pork Quality Assurance Plus™ Advisors under the National Pork Board's PQA Plus™ program. The certification process requires attendance at a daylong training session and passing an exam at the conclusion of that session. The Iowa Pork Industry Center (IPIC) at Iowa State University (ISU) will hold one such training Nov. 19.

Iowa State Swine Nutrition Program Welcomes New Graduate Students

20-Oct-2009
With five new graduate students and a lab manager, Iowa State University’s (ISU) applied swine nutrition program is focused squarely on the future. The program, under the leadership of animal science associate professor John Patience, has three research themes: energy, ingredient evaluation, and feeding management. There also are collaborative efforts with additional animal science faculty members in other areas.

EU/Mexico - Protocols passed for sanitary controls in pig meat

20-Oct-2009
After the biannual meeting held in Brussels by the Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS), contemplated in the Free Trade Agreement between EU and Mexico, several agreements have been reached that will facilitate commercial exchanges between Mexico and the European Union.

China hog industry market research 2009

20-Oct-2009
In terms of the development of hog industry in the past 30 years, in every economic cycle, the hog industry always carry out an industrial upgrading. In the next 10 years hog industry will be into a stage with industrial scale and brand.

New Pfizer Animal Health Is Unveiled With Acquisition Of Wyeth

20-Oct-2009
A new Pfizer Animal Health was unveiled last week as Pfizer's acquisition of Wyeth, including its subsidiary Fort Dodge Animal Health, was completed. Pfizer Animal Health is now the world’s leader in the discovery, development, manufacture and sales of veterinary vaccines and medicines for livestock and companion animals.

EU and South Korea initial free trade deal

16-Oct-2009
EU Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton and Korean Trade Minister Kim Jong-hoon have today initialled a free trade agreement (FTA) that is the most important ever negotiated between the European Union and a third country.