| Issue 17 18 May 2007 |
| Welcome to Pharm Fresh eZine Our weekly electronic briefing brings you key research developments in our industry and alerts you to relevant new research papers published in technical journals around the world. Don't forget to check out our new-look website at www.animalpharmnews.com |
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 Research News |
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Affymetrix launches bovine genotyping service US genetic microarray technology firm Affymetrix has launched a new genotyping service that will help agricultural researchers improve the health of cattle and the nutritional value of beef and dairy products, it says... To access the full content, subscribe to Pharm Fresh, our FREE weekly briefing. |
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"Promising" test results of prion disease vaccine Researchers at the New York University (NYU) School of Medicine have announced that they have successfully tested an experimental oral vaccine that prevents the development of prion disease in mice. Diseases such as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, scrapie, and chronic wasting disease are spread by prions, which are infectious proteins so similar in composition to normal proteins that an animal's immune system does not recognize the need to fight them of.... To access the full content, subscribe to Pharm Fresh, our FREE weekly briefing. Comments? Email: richard.daub@informausa.com |
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Low risk of pigs excreting HEV (hepatitis E Virus) The risk of pigs excreting the hepatitis E Virus (HEV), and passing it on to humans is small, says new research.... To access the full content, subscribe to Pharm Fresh, our FREE weekly briefing. |
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 Events |
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Date: 25 September 2007 Venue: Gibson Hall, London Entry Deadline: Friday, 18 May 2007 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 13 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. • Enter by downloading the pdf form • Book a table • Visit the website |
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 Research
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 Critical Review in Food Science and Nutrition; Volume 47, Issue 4, May 2007 (Taylor & Francis)The politics and science behind GMO acceptance Theodoros H Varzakas, Ioannis S Arvanitoyannis, Haralambos Baltas |
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Evaluation of laboratory tests for SAT serotypes of foot-and-mouth disease virus with specimens collected from convalescent cattle in Zimbabwe D J Sammin, D J Paton, S Parida, N P Ferris, G H Hutchings, S M Reid, A E Shaw, C Holmes, D Gibson, M Corteyn, N J Knowles, J-F Valarcher, P A Hamblin, L Fleming, G Gwaze, K J Sumption Lack of GNB3 exon 9 polymorphism in primary hypertensive and normotensive dogs |
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Comparative pharmacokinetics of gentamicin after intravenous, intramuscular, subcutaneous and oral administration in broiler chickens |
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Single-agent pamidronate for palliative therapy of canine appendicular osteosarcoma bone pain |
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 Movers & Shakers |
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| SEAC appoints new members | ||
Four new members have been appointed to the UK's Spongiform Encephalopathy Advisory Committee (SEAC).... To access the full content, subscribe to Pharm Fresh, our FREE weekly briefing. |
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| Pancosma makes appointments | ||
Animal nutrition firm Pancosma (Geneva, Switzerland) has made four new appointments.... To access the full content, subscribe to Pharm Fresh, our FREE weekly briefing. |
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| BfT appoints board members | ||
Germany's animal health industry association, the BfT, made a number of appointments to its board of directors at its annual meeting in Weimar this month.... To access the full content, subscribe to Pharm Fresh, our FREE weekly briefing. |
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Events 2007 |
| 20-23 May: Alltech Symposium 2007, Lexington, Kentucky |
| 27-31 May : International Congress on Farm Animal Reproduction, Rolduc, the Netherlands |
| 1-3 June: SCIVAC International Congress, Rimini Italy |
| 4-8 June: June Genomics for Animal Health Utrecht, the Netherlands |
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