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.

VIV Asia 2007 - A New Focus on Aquaculture.
BANGKOK - VIV Asia opened in Bangkok Wednesday with a smartly choreographed, flambuoyant, launch ceremony; something more familiar with a new car launch than to a food industry Expo.

Intervet Aquatic Animal Health at VIV ASIA 2007
BANGKOK - With the Asia-Pacific region being home to 90% of the world's aquaculture production, the slowing growth of wild capture production and high prices for fish have accelerated aquaculture production in the region, the growth species including...

Intervet sees 6% global growth
THE NETHERLANDS - Revenues at Intervet increased by 3% to EUR 1,125 million boosted by strong autonomous growth of 6% across all regions and product lines.

New vaccine production plant opened by Intervet
THE NETHERLANDS – Intervet, the world’s largest producer of vaccines for animals, has just opened a new production facility for vaccines in Boxmeer, the Netherlands.

Schering-Plough Animal Health's AquaVac RELERA Gains Authorisation
UK - Schering-Plough Animal Health announces provisional marketing authorisation for AquaVac* RELERA*, a bivalent vaccine providing protection against ERM (Enteric Redmouth) caused by Hagerman Type 1 and the new EX5 biogroup strains of Yersinia rucke...

NACA: 5th Asia regional advisory group meeting on AAH
THALIAND - The fifth Asia Regional Advisory Group Meeting on Aquatic Animal Health (AGM-5) was held at the Headquarters of NACA in Bangkok, Thailand.

Intervet support AwF
NETHERLANDS - Intervet International bv is dedicating its 2006 Christmas donation (in lieu of sending out Christmas and New Year cards) to four non-governmental organizations (NGO’s).

Intervet at australasian aquaculture conference
AUSTRALIA - The Australasian Aquaculture conference is a biennial event and was held this year in Adelaide, Australia during 27-30th August.

Highlights of the fifth International Symposium of Aquatic Animal Health
The symposium was held at the San Francisco Marriott on Sept. 2-6 and was attended by approximately 275 people. The programme consisted of several plenary lectures followed by lectures on selected topics. In addition, a poster session was organized. A...

Newsletter editor ends 6-year term
Dr. William Enright, International Marketing & Pharmaceutical Manager for the Aquatic Animal Health (AAH) Division, has decided to return to his native country of Ireland.

New team member at Intervet Norbio Singapore
SINGAPORE - Neil Wendover joined the Veterinary Services Department of Intervet Norbio Singapore in September 2006 in a new position as Technical Officer.

Intervet appoints Ellen de Brabander as a member of the company’s Executive Committee
THE NETHERLANDS - Intervet, Akzo Nobel’s veterinary pharma business, announces that Ellen de Brabander – van den Berg (43) has been appointed as a member of Intervet’s Executive Committee, effective October 1, 2006. Ellen de Brabander will succeed Klaus...

Intervet participate at ISTA 7 in Mexico
MEXICO - The seventh International Symposium for Tilapia Aquaculture (ISTA 7) was held in Veracruz, Mexico from the 6th to the 9th of September, 2006.

New data to support the use of Virkon(r) Aquatic in shrimp production
GLOBAL - Virkon(R) Aquatic is an innovative tool for biosecurity in food production. Efficacy against a wide range of veterinary pathogens, including Taura Syndrome Virus and White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) as well as bacteria such as Vibrio spp, has...

INTERVET AT CAA2
CHINA - The 2nd International Symposium on Cage Aquaculture in Asia (CAA2) was held in Hangzhou, China July 4 – 6, 2006. The symposium was organized by the Asian Fisheries Society with support from Zhejiang University and several other organizations....