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A website for veterinarians, farmers and other specialists in the swine health business. There is disease information on porcine respiratory disease complex (PRDC), information on vaccines, and tools to reduce the economic losses caused by PRDC.
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7 November 2011Swine Dewormer PANACUR AquaSol Receives Positive Opinion in the European UnionBOXMEER (Netherlands), November 7, 2011 – Merck Animal Health (known as MSD Animal Health outside the USA and Canada) announced today that it has received positive opinion from the CVMP in the European ...
25 October 2011Merck Animal Health Announces European Union Approval for PORCILIS M Hyo ID ONCE Swine VaccineBOXMEER (Netherlands), October 25, 2011 – 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 ...
14 June 2011BacuCheck ELISA test checks PORCILIS PCV vaccination comlianceBOXMEER (the Netherlands), June 14, 2011 – Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health has introduced BacuCheck™, a simple ELISA test for confirmation of vaccination status with PORCILIS® PCV of piglets against ...
11 May 2011Improved vaccine against progressive atrophic rhinitis in swine launched by Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal HealthBoxmeer (the Netherlands), May 11, 2011 – Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health announces today that it is introducing PORCILIS® AR-T DF, an inactivated vaccine against progressive atrophic rhinitis ...
12 April 2011Field study confirms protection of piglets against porcine circovirus-associated disease by vaccination with PORCILIS PCVBoxmeer (the Netherlands), April 12, 2011 – Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health announces today that a field trial with the single-dose subunit vaccine PORCILIS® PCV has confirmed that vaccination ...
4 March 2011Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health completes delivery of 12 million doses of foot-and-mouth disease vaccine to the government of South KoreaBoxmeer (the Netherlands), March 4, 2011 – Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health announces today that it has shipped 12 million doses of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccine to South Korea to assist ...
22 July 2010Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health demonstrates efficacy of simultaneous use of circovirus and mycoplasma vaccines in swineSimultaneous (mixed) use of existing swine vaccines against porcine circovirus 2 (PCV2) and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M. hyo) from Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health in swine are as efficacious and ...
22 June 2010Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health receives positive opinion in Europe for simultaneous use of PORCILIS PRRS and PORCILIS M Hyo vaccines in pigletsBOXMEER (the Netherlands), June 22, 2010 – Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health, announces today that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Veterinary Use (CVMP) of the European Medicines Agency ...
26 January 2010Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health receives European approval for a single-shot dosage scheme of PORCILIS PCVBOXMEER (Netherlands), January 26, 2010 – Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health today announces that it has received marketing authorization from the European Commission on January 12, 2010 for a single-shot ...
23 April 2009PORCILIS PCV swine vaccine against porcine circovirus type 2 infection launched in Europe BOXMEER (the Netherlands), April 23, 2009 — Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health today announces the introduction in Europe of its PORCILIS PCV vaccine against porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) infection. ...
15 September 2008Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health introduces Porcilis® COLI 6C swine vaccine against E. coli and Clostridium perfringensBOXMEER (the Netherlands), September 15, 2008 – Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health today announced the introduction of Porcilis® COLI 6C, a swine vaccine against E. coli and Clostridium perfringens. The ...
28 May 2008Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health appoints Heads of Global Species teams for swine, poultry and aquacultureBOXMEER (the Netherlands), May 27, 2008 – Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health appointed the Heads of Global Species teams for the swine, the poultry and the aquaculture segment. These appointments ...
29 June 2007Intervet opens formulation and filling unit at its international competence center for Foot and Mouth DiseaseToday, Intervet, largest vaccine producer world wide, opens a new formulation and filling unit at the Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccine factory in Cologne, Germany. With this factory Intervet substantially ...
8 January 2007Protection and immune response in pigs intradermally vaccinated against PRRS and subsequently exposed to a heterologous European field strain.Porcilis PRRS is the subject of an article in the journal Vaccine 25 (2007). Professor Paolo Martelli of Parma University supports the efficacy of Porcilis PRRS against a heterologous challenge, and offers ...
27 January 2006Schering-Plough Animal Health Corporation Introduces New Product Application to Control Swine Respiratory DiseaseSchering-Plough Animal Health Corporation has introduced Nuflor® Oral 2.3% Concentrate Solution, the broadest spectrum oral antibiotic available for the treatment of several major causes of swine respiratory ...
15 December 2005Reducing animal testingClostridial bacteria produce toxins that cause a range of diseases in animals.  Vaccines against these diseases are often developed from the toxins themselves. The production of clostridial vaccines involves ...
25 June 2005Modern technology for animal and consumer safety - Intervet InternationalWith growing concern, we all read about outbreaks of highly infectious animal diseases, such as Foot and Mouth. Usually, these outbreaks result in millions of animals being killed in order to keep the ...
25 June 2005FFA (Future Farmers of America) – Intervet Inc. US“Premier leadership, personal growth and career success” are some of the goals of the FFA Organization, formerly known as the Future Farmers of America. At Intervet Inc. we applaud those goals, and hope ...
8 December 2003All tools for emergency vaccination against Classical Swine Fever available after EU positively evaluates discriminatory antibody testBoxmeer, December 05, 2003 At the beginning of this month, the EU Standing Committee approved the EU Commission Decision on the positive evaluation of a discriminatory test for Classical Swine Fever (CSF). ...
11 April 2003Bommeli Diagnostics launches New CHEKIT-APP-AppIV TestLiebefeld-Bern, Switzerland -March 15, 2003- Bommeli Diagnostics, the diagnostic unit within Akzo Nobels veterinary business Intervet International bv today announced the launch of its new and improved ...