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swine health

Tyson Foods forms animal well-being advisory panel

Members to help guide company's FarmCheck program

American Meat Institute releases pork plant video

Video part of project to increase transparency in meat, poultry industry

Animal health company Zoetis reports increase in revenues

Former animal health business of Pfizer announces financial results for first-quarter 2013

Study targets costly pig virus PRRS

Transatlantic research group is studying the fast mutating virus that costs pork producers millions of pounds each year.

UK scientists develop safer foot-and-mouth vaccine

Trials have shown the vaccine is as effective as current vaccines; a commercial vaccine is expected to take years to develop.

Exercising sows during gestation could affect future fertility

Pig study looked at ovarian weight, cell proliferation and types of developing cells to compare how exercise might affect ovarian development.

Boehringer Ingelheim sponsors PCV2 research projects

In the past five years, 50 research projects were submitted related to Porcine Circovirus Type 2 (PCV2) infection and associated diseases.

14,000 pig carcasses found in river near Shanghai

Chinese officials trying to locate what farm the dead pigs came from.

Foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks in pigs, cattle confirmed in China

World health Organization confirms two cases of foot-and-mouth disease.

Ceva rapid growth expected to continue in 2013

Company says it captured the number two avian market position in 2012