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Issue 5 23 February 2007

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Research News

US researchers seeking foothill abortion vaccine

UC Davis moves a step closer to curing the foothill abortion

Researchers at the University of California at Davis (UC Davis) have identified a bacterium they believe may be the cause of epizootic bovine abortion, also known as foothill abortion....

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Porcine circovirus vaccine looks promising, say scientists

Dr Steve Dritz: "The next steps are to continue to evaluate the vaccine under different field conditions."

A new vaccine protecting pigs against porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) could soon be available following positive results from an Intervet commercial vaccine used by researchers at Kansas State University (KSU).

The researchers conducted a wean-to-finish clinical trial on 485 pigs on a commercial hog farm in northeast Kansas. The pigs were randomly divided into six groups at the time they were weaned and were given doses of the vaccine at three and six weeks of age....

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Research Roundup

Veterinary Research Communications, Vol. 31 No. 4, May, 2007 (Springer Netherlands)

Disposition kinetics of difloxacin after intravenous, intramuscular and subcutaneous administration in calves. M. Ismail.

Pharmacokinetics of tilmicosin (provitil powder and pulmotil liquid AC) oral formulations in chickens. E. A. Abu-Basha , N. M. Idkaidek and A. F. Al-Shunnaq.

Genogrouping of vaccine breakdown strains (VBS) of feline calicivirus in Japan. K. Ohe, S. Sakai, T. Takahasi, F. Sunaga, M. Murakami, A. Kiuchi, M. Fukuyama, K. Furuhata, M. Hara, Y. Ishikawa and A. Taneno.

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Movers & Shakers

Lilly appoints staff for companion animal health division

New staff for the companion animal health division

Lilly has appointed several new staff for its new companion animal health division....

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Lohmann appoints technical staff

New appointments

Lohmann Animal Health (Cuxhaven, Germany) has made three appointments to its technical team....

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