UBC Dairy Centre Research Reports, Vol 12 No 1.

Hong Kong (PR) – Preliminary testing of a dead peregrine falcon in Tung Chung and a dead black-headed gull in Yuen Long have tested positive for the H5 avian influenza virus, a spokesman for the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) said today (February 1), adding that further confirmatory tests are being conducted.

BOXMEER (The Netherlands) – Merck Animal Health (known as MSD Animal Health outside the USA and Canada) today announces that it has signed an agreement with the Department of Medical Microbiology of the University Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Utrecht University to embark on the development of innovative vaccination [...]

Hong Kong (PR) – A spokesman for the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) said today (January 6) that two dead black-headed gulls found in Tuen Mun and Lantau were confirmed to be H5N1 positive after a series of laboratory tests. The first gull was collected at EcoPark, 133 Lung Mun Road, Tuen Mun, on [...]

Hong Kong (PR) – Two dead Black-headed gulls found in Tuen Mun and Lantau have tested positive for the H5 avian influenza virus in preliminary testing, a spokesman for the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) said today (January 3), adding that further confirmatory tests are being conducted.

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Hong Kong (PR) – A spokesman for the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) said today (December 23) that the dead Oriental magpie robin found in Tin Shui Wai on December 17 was confirmed to be H5N1-positive after a series of laboratory tests. The bird’s carcass was found and collected at Ju Ching Chu Secondary [...]

Boxmeer (Netherlands) – Merck Animal Health (known as MSD Animal Health outside the USA and Canada) today announced that it has received marketing authorization in the European Union for PORCILIS® M Hyo ID ONCE, the first single-shot vaccine against Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M Hyo) infection in pigs for intradermal administration. PORCILIS M Hyo ID ONCE is approved in the 25 member states of the European Union plus Iceland and Norway for the active immunization of finishing pigs to reduce pulmonary lesions and the decrease in daily weight gain during the finishing period due to infection caused by M Hyo.

(CSEA) – Canadian Swine Exporters Association is pleased to announce that negotiations are finalized and trade in Purebred swine genetics can now resume. China halted importation last May, 2009 due to H1N1 concerns in China. The Canadian swine genetics industry enjoys a well earned reputation for exceptional quality, reliability and value. The Chinese swine industry [...]

Schaumburg, IL (AVMA) — Their numbers are dwindling at such a rate that our food supply may be in jeopardy – and that decline may continue as their educational debt continues to rise. These are just two of the challenges facing food animal veterinary medicine, one of the bulwarks of our food safety system. The [...]

Paris, France and Whitehouse Station, NJ. – March 9, 2010 – Sanofi-aventis (EURONEXT: SAN and NYSE: SNY) and Merck & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MRK) announced today that sanofi-aventis has exercised its option to combine Merial with Intervet/Schering-Plough, Merck’s Animal Health business, to create a global leader in Animal Health.

GREENFIELD, Ind., March 8, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/ — Elanco, the animal health division of Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY), today announced that Lilly has signed an agreement to acquire the European rights to a portfolio of certain Pfizer Animal Health products. The products, including vaccines, parasiticides and feed additives, are used in both the production animal and companion animal markets.