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On May 10 2011, VION has acquired the German company LARU (Langensiepen und Ruckebier), based in Bottrop.

Ontario Pork is promoting on-farm biosecurity with the appointment of a coordinator to provide technical support at the provincial level for the Canadian Swine Health Board (CSHB) National Biosecurity Farm Training program.

Pig farms with TOPIGS sows weaned an average of 28.1 piglets per sow in 2010. The top 10% of farms achieved 30.9 weaned piglets per sow per year. These conclusions are taken from the technical results of 748 Dutch farms with a total of almost 337,000 sows.

The third Merial Forum ‘Update on Pig Production and PCVD’, held in Malta, was the occasion of the formal launch of the piglet indication of CIRCOVAC® in the EU. Over 200 delegates from Europe and beyond attended lectures presenting clinical results from Europe, Asia and South America after piglet, sow, or piglet-plus-sow vaccination with CIRCOVAC, Merial's PCV2 vaccine.

Time for strong leadership and a united approach in order for the industry to make key decisions on PAP, and capitalise on consumers’ openness to learn about GM, were the key findings from the headline debate at this year’s Pig & Poultry LIVE, Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, on 11 May.

Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health announces today that it is introducing PORCILIS® AR-T DF, an inactivated vaccine against progressive atrophic rhinitis in piglets with a new adjuvant associated with fewer injection site reactions.

PIC (part of Genus plc) has signed a franchise agreement with Elite Groep bv to deliver PIC’s genetic improvement to the Dutch market.

DLG Trendmonitor points to a surge in business optimism, the highest since Spring 2008

Pig producers intent on surviving the current pig crisis could save themselves thousands of pounds by utilising a little knowledge, according to Matthew Curtis, managing director of ACMC.

Pig producers in Lincolnshire and Staffordshire are the winners of two tonnes of feed in a Pfizer Enteric Disease Competition run in conjunction with BPEX two tonne sow initiative.

Agricultural engineer, Fernando Garcilópez Pérez, has been appointed by Danisco Animal Nutrition to the role of Business Manager. Veterinarian and marketer, Ms Viviana Schroeder, has been appointed as Latin American Marketing Manager for Danisco Animal Nutrition.

Scientists at the Department of Agriculture and Food in Western Australia are close to developing a new rapid computerised screening tool for pork producers to measure protein quality in imported soybean meal.

Rubinum Animal Health, the manufacturer of probiotic Toyocerin has appointed Delta Agrivet Commercial (DACI) as their Philippine distributor.

As part of its Commitment to Veterinarians, Pfizer Animal Health is donating $50 for each swine veterinarian who recently completed an online presentation about how to protect against the most current strains of swine influenza virus (SIV). The total amount raised was $6,300.

Smithfield Foods, Inc. announced today that it completed the sale of its hog production facility located in Dalhart, Texas to Cargill, Inc. for approximately $33 million.

Dr Bob Stock has recently been appointed as Senior Key Account Manager, USA, with Danisco Animal Nutrition and Dr Sven Gensler has been appointed as Market Intelligence and Intellectual Property Asset Manager at Danisco Animal Nutrition