The European Union has released a draft strategy for the control of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy diseases, which proposes to reduce expenditure in this area now that reported cases in Europe are falling off sharply. The European Commission says that an end to bovine spongiform ...

The European Union has released a draft strategy for the control of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy diseases, which proposes to reduce expenditure in this area now that reported cases in Europe are falling off sharply. The European Commission says that an end to bovine spongiform ...

UK researchers have developed an instrument to measure the methane emitted by ruminant animals. The application arose from a research project at the University of Liverpool to study whether a different diet can reduce the methane – a 'greenhouse gas' associated with global climate change – produced ...

Boehringer Ingelheim has obtained an EU-wide marketing authorization for a new formulation of the non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug Metacam (meloxicam). The company is introducing a 15 mg/ml oral suspension for use in pigs suffering from locomotor disorders and as an adjunctive therapy in the ...

Pfizer Animal Health has revamped its portfolio of swine respiratory disease (SRD) products in the wake of its integration of the former Fort Dodge Animal Health range acquired last year. The new look was unveiled to the trade press in Brussels last week. The addition of Fort Dodge swine treatments ...

For the first time in Japan since April 2009, there has been an outbreak of Newcastle disease. The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE ) confirmed that the outbreak began on the 28th of June on a farm consisting of 58 birds. Thirty-three of these chicks died from this disease, and the ...

The US state of California has passed a law that will effectively ban the sale of eggs from hens kept in cages from 2015. On July 6th, state governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed bill AB 1437, which requires whole eggs sold in California to comply with the animal welfare standards set out in the ...

The European Union has released a draft strategy for the control of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy diseases, which proposes to reduce expenditure in this area now that reported cases in Europe are falling off sharply. The European Commission says that an end to bovine spongiform ...

Agrovet Market Animal Health , a company based in Lima, Peru, has launched the first triclabendazole injectable solution to be developed and registered in Peru. The antiparasitic is approved for use in cattle, sheep, goats and camelids. The product, Fasiject Plus, contains triclabendazole and ...

The international feed manufacturing business Nutreco has acquired a Vietnamese fish and shrimp feed company to add to its Skretting fishfeed operation, and further its global expansion strategy. The Dutch business has purchased the entire shareholding of Tomboy Aquafeed, the fourth largest ...

A new strategy to combat the scourge of sea lice among salmon producers has been unveiled in Canada by a UK pharmaceutical company. The development comes at a time when the risk of sea lice infestation and related losses remains high, as some strains of the parasite are becoming more tolerant to ...

Genitrix has become the exclusive UK distributor of a range of premium pet recovery diets made by Oxbow. The diets were developed in the US and are suitable for various carnivorous and herbivorous exotic pets. Key products in the range include Critical Care, Critical Care Fine Grind and the ...

Two investigational vaccines for Rift Valley fever could offer a more effective way of preventing the disease in livestock and humans, say researchers at the University of Pittsburgh’s Center for Vaccine Research. The vaccines produced strong immune responses in mice, they report in the Public ...