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Issue 64 2 May 2008
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Research News Research and Online News
Pfizer invests €30m in European vaccine research
US animal disease testing
Poultry bacteria merge
Features Features
Animal Pharm Insight: Review of 2007
Animal Pharm Directory & Yearbook 2008
Join the awards Blog: Down on the Pharm
Labour of love
My goodness, my Guinness
 Research Roundup
Spotlight on bluetongue virus
Heat stress model keeps cows cool
Phage types and antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella enteritidis
Worm infections in sheep and its implications for control programmes
Avian influenza vaccines and therapies for poultry
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FREE access to Animal Pharm Reports - Now part of your subscription
 Movers & Shakers
Bioniche appoints president of food safety
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Events 2008
14-17 May : Animal Care Expo, Florida, US
19-23 May: World Aquaculture 2008, Busan, South Korea
20-21 May: The Regulation of Veterinary Medicinal Products in Europe, London, UK
21-24 May: 39th Annual Meeting of the Swiss Small Animal Veterinary Association
 Research and Online News
Pfizer invests €30m in European vaccine research

The facility will enable the company to research and develop new products for volume production elsewhere, and to manufacture small runs of niche products. More

US animal disease testing

Kansas State University (K-State), the only lab in Kansas that is a member of the National Animal Health Laboratory Network, is to train technicians in the US's latest exotic animal disease strategy. Its testing capabilities include avian influenza, Newcastle disease, classical swine fever and foot and mouth disease. More

Poultry bacteria merge

A study at Oxford University reveals that two species of Campylobacter, C jejuni and C coli, are converging into a single species. More

Features Features
Animal Pharm Insight
Animal Pharm Insight: Review of 2007

Insight tackles the issues which affect the animal health industry, explored in detail by people who know what they are talking about. It contains our annual review of the past year, and also examines company activities and results in that period. More
Animal Pharm Directory
The Directory is now available in digital format

Here you can find the key contacts for over 5,000 companies worldwide across the entire market including CROs, regulatory consultants, distributors and advertising agencies. The digital format allows you to click through to contacts' email and website taking you straight to the relevant contact. More
Features Blog: Down on the Pharm
Blog
Labour of love

Veterinarians deserve more recognition for their pro bono works, says Dr Mark Lawrie, President-elect of the Australian Veterinary Association (AVA). Whilst other professions such as the law industry are recognised for their pro bono work and contribution to society, the contribution by veterinarians is not often acknowledged. More
Blog
My goodness, my Guinness

You can't do Dublin without a trip to the Guinness factory. Informa takes the delegates out for a pint or two. Photos by Olivier Roy of Cebiphar. More
 Research Roundup

Healthy Animals; Issue 33; April 2008 (USDA Agricutural Research Service)

Spotlight on bluetongue virus

Editorial

Heat stress model keeps cows cool

Laura McGinnis

Veterinary Record; Vol 162, No 17; 26th April 2008 (British Veterinary Association)

Trends in phage types and antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella enterica serovar Enteritidis isolated from animals in Great Britain from 1990 to 2005
JJ Carrique-Mas, C Papadopoulou, SJ Evans, A Wales, CJ Teale and RH Davies

Epidemiology of gastrointestinal nematode parasitism in a commercial sheep flock and its implications for control programmes
DJ Wilson, ND Sargison, PR Scott, CD Penny

Comparative Immunology, Microbiology and Infectious Diseases; 26th April 2008; Epub ahead of print (Elsevier)

Avian influenza vaccines and therapies for poultry
Swayne DE

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Movers and shakers Movers & Shakers
Bioniche appoints president of food safety

Bioniche appoints Dr Gary Weber as president of its food safety unit in the US. More
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