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| Horses are getting fat |
Study highlights equine obesity
US researchers have found that a significant number of horses are overweight or obese, and may suffer from serious health problems as a result. While the problem of obesity in cats and dogs has been well documented, previous research has not found it to be prevalent in horses.
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| Vaccination through drinking water is no longer enough in producing Salmonella-free eggs |
Additive choice critical for effective poultry Salmonella control
With stricter regulatory controls over Salmonella in eggs being introduced across Europe, managers of intensive production facilities can no longer assume that vaccination through drinking water is sufficient. They must check that the product reaches the bird at the right dose, advises a pharmaceutical manufacturer.
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Events |
The Animal Pharm Industry Excellence Awards 2007
Date: 25th September 2007
Venue: Gibson Hall, London
Closed for entries
The Animal Pharm Industry Excellence Awards is the first and only platform designed to recognize and celebrate the achievements of those working in the animal health care industry.
The 12 award categories have been developed to focus on the rapidly evolving animal health industry and have been selected after industry and market consultation. The awards are open to any animal health company, of any size, operating around the world, as well as companies that supply to the animal health industry.
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Environmental Risk Assessment of Human and Veterinary Medicines
Date: 25th- 26th September 2007
Venue: Hotel Palace, Berlin, Germany
Pre-conference Workshop W: An Introduction to PIE
Date: 24th September 2007
Join us for Informa Life Sciences' second annual 'Environmental Risk Assessment of Human and Veterinary Medicines'. This interactive conference offers an unrivalled opportunity for you to meet European regulators and to learn from experiences of the first year of data submitted.
With a wide selection of up-to-the-minute human pharmaceutical and veterinary medicine case studies from renowned experts from industry and research centres, this meeting will provide practical problem solving strategies for implementing the environmental risk assessment which you cannot afford to miss.
Please quote your VIP number when registering: CQ5044APEL
Phone our reservation line on: +44(0) 20 7017 7481
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Research
Roundup |
Veterinary Research Communications; Vol 31, No 8; November 2007 (Springer)
Salmonellae and Campylobacters in household and stray dogs in Northern Taiwan
H-J Tsai, H-C Huang, C-M Lin, Y-Y Lien, C-H Chou
Plasma concentrations, pharmacokinetics and urinary excretion of gatifloxacin after single intravenous injection in buffalo calves
M Raipuria, V K Dumka, H S Sandhu
Effect of intravenous infusion of proglumide on ruminal motility in conscious sheep (Ovis aries)
T Onaga
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The Veterinary Record; Vol 161, No 1; July 2007 (World Veterinary Association)
Field anaesthesia of leatherback sea turtles (Dermochelys coriacea)
C A Harms, S A Eckert, S A Kubis, M Campbell, D H Levenson, M A Crognale
Use of pressure waves to confirm the correct placement of epidural needles in dogs
I Iff, Y Moens, U Schatzmann
Field evaluation of an oral attenuated Lawsonia intracellularis vaccine for porcine proliferative enteropathy (ileitis)
S McOrist, R J Smits |
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Movers & Shakers |
| Alltech UK appoints business general manager |
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Alltech has appointed Ian Leach as business general manager at its UK operation, based at Stamford in Lincolnshire.
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| AVMA hires political action and grassroots manager |
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The American Veterinary Association (AVMA) has hired Christine Marie Baker political action committee and grassroots manager as part of the organization's initiative to improve its political outreach efforts.
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| New president of UK's Pig Veterinary Society |
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A Scottish veterinary researcher with over two decades experience in pig medicine and pathology is the new president of the UK's Pig Veterinary Society.
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| VIF appoints new managing director |
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The Danish animal health industry association, VIF, has appointed Anne Birgitte Lundholt its new managing director, a position she will take up in mid-August.
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