Press releases - Pig health

Dr. Nathan Winkelman was installed as the president of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians on March 12, 2019, during the association’s 50th Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida.

Chairman & Ceva CEO Marc Prikazsky visited Ceva Japan to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the company's Yokohama R&D center.

As Ceva finalizes its latest 2020-2025 strategic plan, the company recently made the following significant changes to its leadership team.

VetMAX PRRSV EU & NA 2.0 Kit’s advanced design better detects and differentiates fast-mutating virus strains.

The program uses lecture and activities to demonstrate and identify possible risk events and carrying agents that can compromise a farm’s biosecurity protocols.

The first local manufacturing plant, wholly-owned by a multinational animal health company, focuses on the China swine market.

Canon accepted the position currently held by Dr. Harry Snelson, who will assume the position of Executive Director on June 1st after 13 years as Director of Communications.

Following the first well attended event in Romania last November, yesterday, Copa Cogeca and UECBV organised a second workshop on Biosecurity in Puławy, Poland.

At the 2019 Banff Pork Seminar, Jan. 8 to 10 in Banff, Alta., Dr. Egan Brockhoff, veterinarian and pork industry analyst and advisor, shared insights from his travel to countries currently battling the deadly disease such as China and parts of Europe, and his thoughts on ways Canadian pork producers can mitigate the risk.

Prior stressful experiences early in life may strengthen an animal’s resistance to subsequent stressors.

Chile will host the most relevant swine disease conference, worldwide.

A research project led by the Iowa Pork Industry Center at Iowa State University seeks to increase pork producers’ profits by improving the survivability of their animals.

Five-year project prioritized animal pathologies on farms; identified solutions to improve animal health and welfare; and evaluated performance of vaccination and precision farming to predict, detect and prevent diseases.

Stonehaven Incubate has appointed Dr Ellie Virtue as Investment Manager. Dr Virtue is a scientific and commercial professional with experience in start-up human and veterinary biotech companies.

University of Minnesota researchers are collaborating to find new applications for groundbreaking cold plasma research.

Researchers at the University of Missouri have successfully produced a litter of pigs that are genetically resistant to coronaviruses.

Dr Campbell was optimistic about the future of Australia’s pork industry, which he felt would emerge from its current challenging situation stronger and more resilient.