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Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Swine flu animal vaccine gets USDA nod
December 16, 2009 Swine flu animal vaccine gets USDA nod Pfizer Animal Health swine flu vaccine, pandemic H1N1 (pH1N1), has been approved by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) for vaccination of healthy swine, including pregnant sows a ...
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Australian pig farm quarantined over swine flu
August 19, 2009 Australian pig farm quarantined over swine flu A piggery in Goulburn Valley, south-eastern Australia, has been placed in quarantine, after tests confirmed its pigs have swine flu. The Department of Primary Industries (DPI) w ...
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Swine flu's real victims: Should hog farmers and meat processors sue the World Health Organization?
As usual, the livestock industry, not people, are a flu outbreak's real casualties. Are we just repeating the same old mistakes?
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Tuesday: China soy futures settle up; market digests swine flu concerns
May 12, 2009 Tuesday: China soy futures settle up; market digests swine flu concerns Soy futures traded on the Dalian Commodity Exchange settled higher Tuesday, along with a rebound in soymeal prices as market participants digested news of ...
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Swine flu's real victims: Should hog farmers & meat processors sue the World Health Organisation?
The livestock industry, not people, are this flu outbreak's real casualties.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
US waiting for more swine flu test results on Canadian pigs
May 5, 2009 US waiting for more swine flu test results on Canadian pigs                            For the time being the US is not banning Canadian pigs after it was "tentatively confirmed" that some have contracted the virulent swine flu, ...
Saturday, May 2, 2009
UK's AstraZeneca in talks with US about swine flu vaccine
May 2, 2009 UK's AstraZeneca in talks with US about swine flu vaccine   Scientists from AstraZeneca PLC, the UK-based pharmaceutical group, are in talks with the US health authorities about the possibility of developing a vaccine for swine ...
Friday, May 1, 2009
IDB gives Mexico US$3 billion to fight swine flu, economic crisis
May 1, 2009 IDB gives Mexico US$3 billion to fight swine flu, economic crisis The Inter-American Development Bank announced Thursday (April 29) it would approve US$3 billion in loans for Mexico to fight the effects of the swine flu and the ...
Friday, May 1, 2009
Experts still trace swine flu virus to pigs
May 1, 2009 Experts still trace swine flu virus to pigs   While the US government and other international health agencies have decided to change the name of swine flu, the virus that is now creating havoc around the world is pretty much all ...
Friday, May 1, 2009
Swine flu threatens Thai pork industry
May 1, 2009 Swine flu threatens Thai pork industry   The swine flu which started its havoc in Mexico may also affect the billion baht Thailand pork industry. After suffering from the bird flu chaos in 2004, Thailand's 70 billion baht pork i ...
Friday, May 1, 2009
Maple Leaf confident swine flu won't hurt business
May 1, 2009 Maple Leaf confident swine flu won't hurt business Maple Leaf Foods Inc. chief executive Michael McCain said despite consumer misconceptions about the swine flu, it won't affect the food processor's meat business, amid several c ...
Friday, May 1, 2009
UAE bans import of pork amid swine flu fears
May 1, 2009 UAE bans import of pork amid swine flu fears The United Arab Emirates has also joined the bandwagon of banning pork imports as precaution against swine flu, health officials said Thursday (April 29) despite having no concrete ev ...
Friday, May 1, 2009
World Bank disburses funds to help Mexico combat swine flu
May 1, 2009   World Bank disburses funds to help Mexico combat swine flu The World Bank on Thursday (April 30) made its first disbursement of funds aimed at helping Mexico cope with a deadly flu strain that has shut many of its services and ...
Friday, May 1, 2009
South Africa on "high alert" for swine flu
May 1, 2009 South Africa on "high alert" for swine flu South Africa has mobilized health teams across the country after two suspected cases of swine flu were detected, Health Minister Barbara Hogan said Thursday (April 30). "We have no conf ...
Friday, May 1, 2009
China can't rule out swine flu spread
May 1, 2009 China can't rule out swine flu spread China's Health Minister Chen Zhu said Thursday (April 30) he can't rule out the spread of swine flu to China, but added the country is confident it can control the spread of the virus after ...

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