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News archive 2003-2005

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20 December 2005Schering-Plough Animal Health Launches New Web Site for AQUAFLOR® (florfenicol) in U.S.Schering-Plough Animal Health Corporation has launched a new web site to keep the U.S. aquaculture industry abreast of the latest developments with AQUAFLOR® (florfenicol), the first antibiotic approved ...
1 December 2005Schering Plough Animal Health Receives EU approval of Vaccine for Protection of Rainbow Trout from Enteric Red Mouth Disease (Yersiniosis)Schering Plough Animal Health's dedicated Aquaculture business unit has recently received approval of their vaccine for the protection of Rainbow Trout from Enteric Red Mouth Disease (Yersiniosis) through ...
1 December 2005Intervet at World Aquaculture 2005To mark the launch of our first vaccine (against Streptococcus iniae infections) in farmed warm-water fish in Asia, a technical seminar on ‘Fish vaccination in the Asia-Pacific region” was held a few ...
30 November 2005Schering-Plough Animal Health Commemorates 50th AnniversaryCompany Recognizes Veterinarians with Donation to American Veterinary Medical FoundationSchering-Plough Animal Health Corp. (SPAH), a global leader in advancing the health and welfare of animals, is celebrating ...
25 November 2005Intervet is proud to support CAA2Intervet is proud to support The Second International Symposium on Cage Aquaculture in Asia, to be held during July 3-8, 2006 in Hangzhou City, China. Cage aquaculture has a long history in Asia, but ...
25 November 2005Vaccination of Salmon - Where is the correct injectino point?Arild Kollevaag, Commercial Operations Dept., Intervet Norbio ASIn recent years, between 160 and 170 million salmon and rainbow trout have been vaccinated each year in Norway. The vast majority of these ...
20 November 2005New People in Intervet Aquatic Animal HealthLene Høgset is a veterinarian who started working as a Customer Support Officer at Intervet Norbio AS in Bergen, Norway in June 2005. Before this, she worked for the Directorate of Fisheries and the Norwegian ...
20 November 2005AQUA NOR 2005The worlds largest exhibition for fish farmers, AQUA NOR, took place during August 9-11 in Trondheim (see photo on right), Norway. As always, Intervet Norbio AS had a very nice booth in the busiest hall. Intervet ...
20 November 2005Intervet at Diseaeses in Asian Aquaculture VIThe DAA VI symposium, with the theme “Aquatic Animal Health – Facing New Challenges”, took place on October 25 - 28, 2005 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. This triennial event, organized by the Fish Health Section ...
18 November 2005Innovative CD on Fish Vaccination and Health Management in AsiaIntervet Norbio Singapore and Intervet International have developed an innovative educational CD on fish vaccination and health management, with a focus on Asia (although it may also be particularly useful ...
18 November 2005Intervet Australia Enters Aquatic Animal Health MarketIntervet (Australia) Pty. Ltd. is based in Bendigo, a large town in central Victoria, in the south-east corner of Australia, approximately 200 km northwest of Melbourne. The site houses the Intervet Australia ...
16 November 2005Diseases of TilapiaAN INTRODUCTIONTilapia is native to Africa and the Middle East. A decade ago, few people knew much about tilapia. Today, it has emerged to become the second biggest aquatic species group after the carp ...
11 November 2005Schering-Plough Receives First U.S. Approval for AQUAFLOR® (florfenicol)First In-Feed Antibiotic for U.S. Aquaculture in More Than 20 YearsSchering-Plough Corporation (NYSE: SGP) today announced its Animal Health Division has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug ...
9 November 2005Intervet Global Aquatic Animal Health Meeting November 2005, SingaporeIn early November, Intervet Aquatic Animal Health held their biennial global strategy meeting at Intervet Norbio Singapore. The discussions were vigourous and fruitful. From left to right: Alistair ...
28 October 2005FDA Approves AQUAFLOR® (florfenicol) for CatfishFirst In-Feed Antibiotic for U.S. Aquaculture in More Than 20 Years Provides New Weapon Against Mounting Disease LossesAQUAFLOR® (florfenicol), the first new in-feed antibiotic for U.S. aquaculture ...
3 June 2005Intervet is proud sponsor of DAA VIIntervet is a proud sponsor of the 6th Symposium on Diseases in Asian Aquaculture (DAA VI). The Fish Health Section (FHS) of the Asian Fisheries Society is organizing “The 6th Symposium on Diseases in ...
2 June 2005Intervet Staff Attend 7th Asian Fisheries Forum in Penang, MalaysiaMr. Alistair Brown, Director of Intervet AAH, and Dr. Zilong Tan, Director of Technical Services at Intervet Norbio Singapore, attended the 7th Asian Fisheries Forum in Penang, Malaysia, Nov. 30 – Dec ...
2 June 2005Intervet Staff Attend 7th Asian Fisheries Forum in Penang, MalaysiaMr. Alistair Brown, Director of Intervet AAH, and Dr. Zilong Tan, Director of Technical Services at Intervet Norbio Singapore, attended the 7th Asian Fisheries Forum in Penang, Malaysia, Nov. 30 – Dec ...
22 May 20052005 - A Milestone year for Intervet Aquatic Animal Health 20 years experience in AAH  10 salmon vaccines 5 years of R&D operations in Singapore  5 years/10 issues of Intervet AAH Newsletter 2nd fish vaccine in USA  1st fish vaccine for Japan  1st warmwater ...
10 May 2005Five Fruitful years of operations at Intervet Norbio SingaporeIntervet decided to set up Asia-Pacific’s first and only private aquatic animal health (AAH) R&D centre, Intervet Norbio Singapore Pte. Ltd. (INS), which was completed in January 2000 (see also Intervet ...
5 May 2005Intervet's first warmwater fish vaccineThis year marks the launch of Intervet’s first south-east Asian fish vaccine, Norvax® Strep Si, an immersion and injection vaccine against Streptococcus iniae infections in warmwater fish (see Intervet ...
2 May 2005Intervet's first fish vaccin for JapanThis year will mark the launch of Intervet’s first fish vaccine in Japan, Norvax® Vibrio mono, an immersion vaccine against Vibrio anguillarum infections of Japanese yellowtail. Several more complex Intervet ...
25 April 2005Large Intervet AAH presence at World Aquaculture 2005 in BaliIntervet will have a booth (no. 209 - 210) during the World Aquaculture 2005 conference and trade show in Bali in May.   In addition, three presentations will be made by Intervet Norbio Singapore staff ...
10 January 2005Are You Ready for VFD Drugs?Catfish Industry Gets Ready for Using Next Generation of In-Feed Antibiotics Catfish growers, veterinarians and feed mills need to start familiarizing themselves with regulations governing the use of ...
15 November 2004Salmonid Rickettsial Septicaemia (SRS)SRS (a.k.a. Salmon Rickettsial Syndrome or Piscirickettsiosis or Coho salmon septicaemia or Huito disease) is considered to be the most important disease problem in the Chilean salmon farming industry, ...
11 November 2004New responsibilities at Intervet NorbioEarlier this year, Dag H. Knappskog was appointed Director of R&D for Intervet Norbio a.s. (Bergen, Norway) which left his old position as Director of the Commercial Operation Department (better known ...
4 November 2004Intervet Chile launch two new vaccinesIntervet first entered the Chilean aquatic animal health market in 2000 with the monovalent vaccine against IPN, Compact™ IPN, protecting against infectious pancreatic necrosis virus. Due to the excellent ...
4 November 2004Intervet market survey in Indian subcontinentTo investigate the fast-growing aquaculture industry in the Indian subcontinent, Dr. Zilong Tan and Dr. Sikka (see photo caption) recently toured several areas in Sri Lanka, India and Bangladesh. The ...
3 November 2004NACA - sponsored disease card on infection with KHV relaesedFurther to our articles on KHV that appeared in Intervet AAH Newsletter no. 6, 7 and 8, a new publication 'Infection with koi herpesvirus - disease card', written by M. Crane, M. Sano and C. Komar on ...
1 November 2004Ecuador Grants First Approval for Aquaflor* Treatment of All Finfish SpeciesThe powerful antibiotic known as Aquaflor * /Aquafen * / Florocol * (florfenicol), developed by Schering-Plough Animal Health Research, was recently granted approval by Ecuador for the treatment of bacterial ...
20 October 2004Intervet staff attend tilapia conference in the PhilippinesThe 6th International Symposium on Tilapia Aquaculture took place this September in Manila and dr. Zilong Tan and Cedric Komar DVM of Intervet Singapore attended. Delegates from over 30 different countries ...
1 June 2004Schering-Plough Animal Health, Aquaculture Business Unit Publishes Research at 2004 World Aquaculture Society ConferenceSchering-Plough Aquaculture, the specialized aquaculture business unit of the Schering-Plough Animal Health Corporation, recently published several research papers on the use of Aquaflor* (florfenicol) ...
24 May 2004International workshop on KHVIn February 2004, an international workshop on koi herpesvirus (and related) disease took place in the U.K. The objectives were: to assess the current status of the disease regarding its impact on the ...
22 May 2004Atypical Vibiriosis in ChileDuring the winter and spring of 2003, Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) reared in sea and brackish water net pen sites on the coast of Southern Chile were affected by several unusual disease outbreaks. The ...
15 May 2004Intervet well represented at Aquasur 2004The third AquaSur aquaculture international fair was held in March in the city of Puerto Montt, Chile. This year the exhibition involved the participation of 32 countries, deployed in nearly 266 stands ...
10 May 2004Intervet AAH Director visits fish and shrimp farms in AsiaIn view of the importance of Asian aquaculture,  Alistair Brown, Director of Intervet’s Aquatic Animal Health Division, recently spent two weeks in Asia. During his trip, Alistair visited a number of ...
1 March 2004Aquaculture Seminar Guides Catfish Industry Feed Mills on Latest VFD Processes and LicensureSchering-Plough Animal Health Corporations Aquaculture Business Unit recently sponsored a comprehensive seminar on meeting new requirements for use of Veterinary Feed Directive (VFD) drugs in fish feeds ...
1 January 2004Schering-Plough Joins Aqua Vision 2004 Organising TeamWorld Leader in Fish Health Supports International Forum on Aquaculture Schering-Plough Animal Health, a world leader in fish and animal health, will become a co-organiser of AquaVision, the principal ...
16 October 2003Gonazon, first registered GnRH spawning aid in EU/NorwayIn salmonid aquaculture, the normal spawning season extends over many weeks (typically 6 to 8), requiring repeated anaesthesia and handling of a large number of fish. As a consequence, it is difficult ...
15 October 2003Laboratorios Intervet in SpainLaboratorios Intervet S.A is located in Salamanca, a city with plenty of monuments and where one of the oldest universities in the world was set up back in the 13th century. UNESCO recently declared it ...
12 October 2003KHV isolated and to be renamed[See Intervet AAH Newsletter no. 6 for related article.] According to research findings in a forthcoming article in the quality journal Vaccine, the virus that has been the cause of high mortalities in ...
10 October 2003Streptococcus iniae infections in Asian AquacultureStreptococcal disease caused by Streptococcus iniae is without doubt one of the major bacterial diseases in fish. It has been reported to cause significant mortality in more than 12 different aquaculture ...
15 June 2003Intervet Global Aquatic Animal Health Meeting, May 2003Back row (L to R): D. Knappskog, R. Busch, F. Sterner, A. Brown, O. Parra. Middle row (L to R): E. Hendricks, K. Schuster, D. Lütticken. O.M. Rødseth, S. Koumans, M. McLoughlin, A. Tanaeno. Seated (L ...
20 March 2003Aquatic Animal Health in Intervet IrelandIntervet Ireland Ltd. is a local company representative of Intervet International B.V. The Aquatic Animal Health Division of Intervet is headquartered in Boxmeer, The Netherlands and has R&D sites ...
18 March 2003Koi Carp disease in Indonesia - Intervet helps out!Intervet Participation in an Investigation of a Serious Disease Outbreak of Koi and Common Carp in IndonesiaA serious disease outbreak in Koi carp (Cyprinus carpio koi, an ornamental fish) and common ...
15 March 2003Norvax Compact 4Norvax® Compact 4 is a vaccine containing Aeromonas salmonicida subsp.salmonicida, Vibrio salmonicida, Vibrio anguillarum serotype O1 and Vibrio anguillarum serotype O2a. The vaccine induces protective ...
14 March 2003Coldwater Vibriosis in SalmonidsColdwater vibriosis, also called “Hitra” disease, is a problem in farmed salmon. It has caused heavy losses in Norway since the 1970`s. The disease is caused by the bacterium Vibrio salmonicida (V. salm).Clinical ...
10 March 2003New arrivals in Singapore ...Cedric Komar DVM (right) and Lauke Labrie DVM (left) recently took up important new positions in Intervet Norbio Singapore. Cedric, from France originally, is a new Technical Officer working with Dr. ...
3 March 2003Changing the health of Asian AquacultureThe aquatic animal health research centre, Intervet Singapore Pte Ltd., faces the challenge of developing and immunomodulators for fish and shrimp, the success which would change the face of the aquaculture ...