Changes in the regulation of antibiotics are affecting pork production around the world, especially for integrated food companies and countries that export pork, says Dr. Y.K. Kwan, a veterinarian with feed industry experience who provides technical services for Diamond V partners and customers in Southeast Asia.

Diamond V’s research team recently welcomed Dr. Bucky Gwartney, who has joined the company as Director, Protein Food Safety Research. 

Pharmgate Animal Health has launched a new website in tandem with updated corporate branding to reflect the company’s mission to be an innovative partner for producers, veterinarians, and nutritionists.

Over the past fifteen years Merial Animal Health and Boehringer Ingelheim's avian and swine departments have produced a number of innovative vaccines for improved animal health. Following Boehringer Ingleheim’s acquisition of Merial Animal Health, this focus on disease prevention continues, and is reflected in the ongoing investment in research into new vaccines for the poultry sector.

Zoetis Inc. the global leader in animal health, announced May 1 that it has been named one of America's Best Midsize Employers by Forbes Magazine for the third year in a row.

On April 23, Zoetis reported on progress during the first year of its African Livestock Productivity and Health Advancement initiative (A.L.P.H.A.) to establish sustainable veterinary diagnostic networks and animal health infrastructure in Uganda, Nigeria, and Ethiopia.

Dr. Saul T. Wilson, former veterinarian with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) died February 1 after a brief illness.

On Jan. 11, Diamond V launched "Diamond V at 75: Immune Strength for Life" -- a monthly video series that celebrates the company's history in the animal and feed industries and highlights its vision for the future.

David Strachan has been appointed head of the avian and swine business unit following Boehringer Ingelheim’s acquisition of Merial Animal Health. Dr. Strachan has worked for Boehringer Ingelheim’s swine division for the past eleven years, spending the last seven as the head of business unit. He specialized in the swine sector with a main interest in infectious disease surveillance and control, areas key to both the swine and avian sectors.