Grouper Hatchery Training Course a Success
INDONESIA - A total of 19 participants from 10 countries attended the 6th Regional Grouper Hatchery Production Training Course.

Prof Dr George Gettinby Honored with Dieter Lütticken Award
SOUTH KOREA - At the "World Aquaculture 2008”, in Busan, Korea, Prof Dr George Gettinby from the University of Strathclyde, Scotland, United Kingdom, was honored with the Intervet Dieter Lütticken Award for his innovative statistical and epidemiological...

Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health Appoints New Heads of Aquaculture
US ? Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health appointed the Heads of Global Species teams for the swine, the poultry and the aquaculture segment.

Gettinby Receives Intervet Sea Lice Research Award
UK ? Intervet’s prestigious Dieter Luetticken Award has been granted to Prof Dr George Gettinby from the University of Strathclyde, Scotland for his innovative statistical and epidemiological research methods in sea-lice treatments in salmon farming...

Combined Resources Bring Key Advantages to Global Aquaculture Sector
GLOBAL - The world's aquaculture market has a new leader in aquatic health. Schering Plough takes premier status, now that the acquisition of Organon Biosciences (Intervet) is complete and resources have been streamlined. It has announced a comprehensive...

Aquaculture Vaccines - 25 Years progress and a vision for the future
GLOBAL - The rapid progress in the development and delivery of fish vaccines for a wide range of species is now providing significant health and economic benefits to world aquaculture, says leading immunologist Professor Patrick Smith.

Intervet at the Second International Technical and Trade Conference
Intervet was a silver sponsor of this conference which was held on 23-25 August in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

SP Highlights Vaccination Benefits in SE Asia
HANOI- A series of key aquaculture events and presentations have confirmed Schering-Plough's increasing presence and support in South East Asia.

Intervet Sponsors First Fish Health Master Class
Thailand - The Australian Centre for International Agricultural research (ACIAR) and the Crawford Foundation recently funded a 2-week master class on aquatic animal pathology in Bangkok, Thailand.

USD11 billion deal seals SP buyout
NEW JERSEY - Schering-Plough Corporation has completed the acquisition of Organon BioSciences from Akzo Nobel. The deal has cost the company approximately Euro 11 billion in cash and creates the world's largest animal health organisation.

AQUAFLOR? Approved for Controlling Mortality Due to Furunculosis in Freshwater-Reared Salmonids
USA - AQUAFLOR? (florfenicol), the fast-acting in-feed antibiotic developed by Schering-Plough Animal Health Corporation, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for control of mortality in freshwater-reared salmonids due to furunculosis...

Euro approval for the World's largest animal health business
EUROPE - Schering-Plough Corporation has received European Commission approval for its planned acquisition of Organon BioSciences, from Akzo Nobel.

Intervet at the Second International Technical and Trade Conference
Intervet was a silver sponsor of the Second International Technical and Trade Conference, which was held on 23-25 August in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

2007 Symposium ? Chinese Society of Fish Diseases
The symposium of the Chinese Society of Fish Diseases was held on 18 and 19 August in Urumqi, XingJiang.

Intervet at Asian Pacific Aquaculture 2007.
The Asian Pacific chapter of the World Aquaculture Society held its annual meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam from August 5-8.

New Global Aquatic Vet Association Formed
US - The first Annual General Meeting of the newly formed Aquatic Veterinary Association (AqVA) will be held on July 18, 2007 in Washington DC, USA, in conjunction with the 144th AVMA Annual Convention.

Intervet at Forthcoming Asian Fisheries Forum
KOCHI - Reinforcing its continuing commitment to the development of sustainable aquaculture in Asia, Intervet is proud to be a sponsor of the 8th Asian Fisheries Forum in November 2007.

Aquatic Animal Health Team Thinks “Outside The Box”
US - AQUAVAC-ESC?, first launched in the USA in 2000, was marketed to the aquaculture industry to prevent Edwardsciella ictaluri from devastating catfish production.

First and only catfish antibiotic approved for Columnaris
US - Schering-Plough Animal Health Corporation has introduced AQUAFLOR^?-CA1 (florfenicol), the first and only in-feed antibiotic conditionally approved for the control of mortality in catfish due to columnaris disease associated with Flavobacterium...

International Co-operation to Further Knowledge and Understanding of Salmonid Alphaviruses
SCOTLAND - Two years ago an international group of key salmon industry people and scientists from Ireland, France, Norway and Scotland was set up to speedily advance and address the gaps in our knowledge of pancreas disease (PD) and related pathologies....

Schering-Plough acknowledged for work developing vaccinations
UK - Schering-Plough have been shortlisted for an Aquaculture Today Fit for the Future award for innovation in aquaculture.

Reminder to boost as ERM vaccination season starts
UK - Trout farmers are being reminded of the benefits of planning an oral boost to follow immersion vaccination for ERM this season. The oral boost is intended to extend the protection induced by primary immersion vaccination. It is included in feed and...

Intervet Participates in the 7th International Symposium on Viruses of Lower Vertebrates
OSLO - Karen Elina Christie (Intervet Norbio, Bergen) recently gave a talk at the 7th International Symposium on Viruses of Lower Vertebrates in Oslo (Norway) in April, 2007. The topic covered was the development of a challenge model for efficacy testing...

New in-feed antibiotic approved for freshwater-reared Salmonids
US - AQUAFLOR (florfenicol), the first new in-feed antibiotic licensed for U.S. aquaculture in more than two decades, has become the first and only antibiotic approved for controlling mortality in freshwater-reared salmonids due to Flavobacterium psychrophilum...

Schering-Plough buy Intervet Animal Health Business
NETHERLANDS - American based company Schering-Plough has announced it is to acquire the Dutch veterinary company Intervet as part of its buy out of Organon BioSciences, the pharmaceutical division of chemical company Akzo Nobel.