Is Thailand's government intervention in the country's shrimp sector a full remedy - or is it just covering up some wounds?

The Philippine import of pork and pork products continue to grow as the domestic production has failed to catch up; hog raisers meanwhile howl in protest as the surge of imports hurt the local industry.

India tops the world in milk production, sharing about 15 percent of the global supply and the government plans to boost this further by 21 to 25 percent. Can India actually rise up to the self-imposed challenge?

In the pig production arena, Germany-based WEDA exemplified what a competent partner does - giving maximum quality and profitable efficiency to help pig farmers across the globe meet their business needs and in return, deliver to highly competitive markets.

Thailand seafood processors set to aid shrimp farmers; Nofima Marked joins EU farm project;Pas Reform clinches new deal; China Marine Food Group leads research on seafood product development; Saudi dairy group enters poultry business.

Jansen Poultry Equipment launches new single manure belt system; Pfizer Animal Genetics offers new diagnostic test.

AKVA group appoints sales director of land-based aquaculture; Aviagen strengthens international management team.

Porcine Intestinal Adenomatosus (PIA), or more commonly known as pig ileitis, affects grower and finisher pigs of ages six to 20 weeks or older. Ileitis exists on most, if not all farms, thus comes the need to understand and remedy it.

The negative effects of the Rendement Napole gene on pork quality result in economic losses in the pork industry; but pork producers can reduce the impact of the gene by adopting RN gene-free policies for their herds.

MEAT & LIVESTOCK Business Asia talked to Nackanun Chitaroon, president of the Animal Health Products Association of Thailand, about the country's THB16-billion animal health products industry which projects a healthy 5-percent growth this year despite the recession, thanks to a recent surge in foreign demand for Thai chicken and the continuing growth in domestic pork production.