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Bio-economics for Pigs
2015-03-16 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - "It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change.”- Charles Darwin. Shaped by nature over millions of years, by domestication over thousands of years and by intense genetic selection over the past few decades, the pigs that can best manage change are the genetics of choice. The better we understand the biology of the Genesus pig, the better we can help them stay healthy and reach their amazing genetic potential, writes Dr Joe Rogowsky, Director of Health and Biosecurity.
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More Pigs in England in 2014
2015-03-06 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - Latest figures from Defra show that the English pig herd increased by two per cent in the year to December 2014.
How-to Guide: Taking Oral Fluid Samples from Pigs
2015-03-06 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GLOBAL - Oral fluid samples can be used to not only monitor illness, but also to estimate pathogen levels (prognostic profiling).
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Norway Confirms Further Cases of LA-MRSA in Pigs
2015-03-04 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
NORWAY - The Norwegian Veterinary Institute has reported an additional three pig herds with LA-MRSA to the Food Safety Authority (FSA).
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We were guinea pigs say victims, as hip replacement class action begins
2015-03-02 07:14:21| Biotech - Topix.net
Recipients of a controversial metal-on-metal hip replacement implant say they were guinea pigs for a faulty device that has left thousands of people in constant pain and others with heavy metal poisoning. On the opening day of a Federal Court class action against the company that designed the metal hips, DePuy, and the product's distributor Johnson & Johnson, the victims of the devices demanded that those responsible be held to account.
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