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The BPEX Pig Health Improvement Project (PHIP) is focusing this year’s activity on the elimination of swine dysentery.

Since 2007, Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health has funded independent European research projects related to Porcine Circovirus Type 2 (PCV2) infection and associated diseases. So far, 17 research projects have been awarded, each supported with 25,000 euro, in total 425,000 euro.

In September 2012 Nedap launched the Pig Performance Testing system onto the Chinese market during VIV China, Beijing. Now - six months later - more than one hundred systems have already been sold, there are many requests for orders in the pipeline and the first containers loaded with Nedap Pig Performance Testing systems are currently being shipped.

Its leadership in the continent has been reinforced last year with the opening of Produmix China, consolidating its presence in the Asian giant.

Now approved to treat Trichuris suis, a major parasite infecting swine.

Consistent with its strategic plan of expansion and in order to strengthen its presence in key feed markets, Excentials BV is proud to announce that Mr. Marcos Banov has joined the company in order to become General Manager of its local office in Brazil.

The Smithfield Packing Company, Inc., a subsidiary of Smithfield Foods, Inc., announced today that it plans to shift bone-in ham production from its Landover, Maryland, plant to its facilities in North Carolina and Kentucky, and then permanently close the Landover plant by early fall.

Springer, one of the most prestigious international editors today published the book entitled "Boar Reproduction. Fundamentals and New Biotechnological Trends"

Tata-ILRI research partnership helps farmers beat classical swine fever.

Animal protein professionals worldwide unite for Asia's preferred industry event.

The theme of this year's meeting was Purpose-Inspired Practice. The meeting drew 1034 total attendees (a record) including 619 paid registrants (also a record) and 124 students.

If you break a needle when injecting a pig of any age, tag it in the ear with the special marker.

JSR Checkfarm works primarily with Commonwealth of Independent States countries and is designed to offer an unbiased consultancy service to producers who have yet to achieve optimum output.

Smithfield Foods moved up eight positions from its 10th-place ranking in 2012.

This is the second award Novus has received from Frost & Sullivan in 2012.

ITOCHU Corporation announced today that it has acquired a 33.4% stake in HyLife Group Holdings Ltd., one of Canada’s leading pork producers.