18 June 2010
While the long term global demand for milk and dairy products is set to increase, in the shorter term European dairy farmers are faced with low prices, uncertainty over the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and a move to fewer but larger herds, the 3rd meeting of the European Mastitis ...
04 June 2010
Top-level M&A activity and consequent restructuring of the industry was the talk of 2009. It embroiled all three leading animal health companies and several further down the list. The ripples of these actions are being felt deep into 2010. IBI principal analyst Ashley Yeo describes how the landmark ...
18 March 2010
Innovation is a key driver of profitable growth and success, but it also represents one of the animal health industry’s largest costs and greatest risks.
In an increasingly challenging R&D environment, the costs and risks associated with veterinary pharmaceutical innovation are rising.
An in-depth ...
10 March 2010
The KBA is a $580 million fund established by the Kansas legislature on behalf of the state's citizens to promote bioscience growth in the State. Its mission is to position biosciences as the "fourth leg" of the local economy - to position bioscience as an equal to the traditional activities of ...
12 January 2010
Haemonchus contortus
Work at Moredun shows that it is possible to successfully immunize sheep against Barber’s pole worm, (Haemonchus contortus), a blood-sucking roundworm which is probably the world’s most important parasite of sheep and goats. There are currently no commercial vaccines for any ...
