| Issue 23 29 June 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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US scientists have found that flies that have been exposed to a food source infected with exotic Newcastle disease (ND) can pick up and carry the virus for several days and later pass it on to chickens that eat them. |
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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is to conduct a study into air emissions from poultry, dairy, and swine animal feeding operations (AFOs), the first of its kind, in collaboration with US farmers and eight US universities. |
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The University of Nottingham, UK, is looking into ways of reducing the use of animals in scientific research following the expansion of a laboratory designed to study effective non-animal techniques. |
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At last year’s Animal Pharm Industry Excellence Awards, 11 awards were presented. Despite Pfizer being named Animal Health Company of the Year, it was Merial that dominated the evening by winning three awards, New Veterinary Product – Livestock, Best New Veterinary Product – Equine, and Drug Delivery Advance. To remind you of that auspicious event, we present the video clips of the winners of the 2006 awards. |
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Date: 25 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. • Book a table • Visit the website |
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 The Analyst; Issue 132 No 7, July 200; Epub 2007 May 21 (RSC Publishing)Evaluation of bio-compatible poly(ethylene glycol)-based solid-phase microextraction fiber for in vivo pharmacokinetic studies of diazepam in dogs Es-Haghi A, Zhang X, Musteata FM, Bagheri H, Pawliszyn J |
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 Journal of Virological Methods; 22nd June 2007; Epub ahead of print (Elsevier)Suppression of bovine ephemeral fever virus by RNA interference Chuang ST, Ji WT, Chen YT, Lin CH, Hsieh YC, Liu HJ |
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 Veterinary Microbiology; 13th May 2007; Epub ahead of print (Elsevier)A common neutralizing epitope on envelope glycoprotein E2 of different pestiviruses: Implications for improvement of vaccines and diagnostics for classical swine fever (CSF)? van Rijn PA |
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 Journal of Immunological Methods; 15th May 2007; Epub ahead of print (Elsevier)Alpaca (Lama pacos) as a convenient source of recombinant camelid heavy chain antibodies (VHHs) Maass DR, Sepulveda J, Pernthaner A, Shoemaker CB |
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| AVMA hires animal welfare scientist | ||
The American Veterinary Medical Association has hired Dr Emily Patterson-Kane, originally from New Zealand, as an animal welfare scientist. To access the full content, subscribe to Pharm Fresh, our FREE weekly briefing. |
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