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6 November 2007AQUAFLOR® (florfenicol) Approved for Controlling Mortality Due to Furunculosis in Freshwater-Reared SalmonidsEfficacy studies show that AQUAFLOR is highly effectiveKENILWORTH, N.J., Nov. 6, 2007 — AQUAFLOR® (florfenicol), the fast-acting in-feed antibiotic developed by Schering-Plough Animal Health Corporation, ...
5 June 2007Caligiasis In The Chilean Salmon Farming IndustryMaria-Jose Birrer (Intervet Chile Ltd.)  Caligiasis is a parasitic disease which affects marine fish in Chile. The parasite is endemic and is located in the skin where it feeds from the mucus of the affected ...
16 April 2007AQUAFLOR®- CA1 Conditionally Approved By FDA for Controlling Columnaris in CatfishFirst and only catfish antibiotic approved for highly prevalent and costly bacterial disease KENILWORTH, N.J., April 16, 2007 - Schering-Plough Animal Health Corporation has introduced AQUAFLOR®-CA1 ...
15 April 2007International Co-operation to Further Knowledge and Understanding of Salmonid AlphavirusesTwo 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 ...
1 April 2007Intervet Participates in the 7th International Symposium on Viruses of Lower VertebratesKaren 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 ...
21 March 2007AQUAFLOR (florfenicol) Approved for Freshwater-reared SalmonidsFirst and only antibiotic in U.S. for coldwater disease KENILWORTH, N.J., March 21, 2007 AQUAFLOR (florfenicol), the first new in-feed antibiotic licensed for U.S. aquaculture in more than two decades, ...
1 March 2007Intervet Aquatic Animal Health at VIV ASIA 2007With 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 ...
25 November 2006VIBRIOSIS IN ATLANTIC COD – A CHALLENGE IN INTENSIVE CULTUREBy Solveig Nygaard, Fish Health and Environment Inc., Veterinarian Specializing in FishVibriosis, as caused by the bacteria Listonella (Vibrio) anguillarum, was the first of the known bacterial fish diseases. ...
15 November 2006Highlights of the fifth International Symposium of Aquatic Animal HealthThe 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. ...
10 November 2006INTERVET AT CAA2The 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 ...
1 June 2006AquaVac™ IPN Oral Vaccine for Salmon Approved In Chile For Infectious Pancreatic NecrosisBrings 'enormous advantage' to Chilean salmon industryAquaVac™ IPN Oral vaccine for farm raised salmon has been approved for use in Chile, providing a highly effective and easy way for fish farmers to ...
20 January 2006Chilean salmon farmers visit IntervetAs part of their ‘AquaTrends 2005’ trip in August, a group of fifteen Chilean managers in the salmon industry travelled through four European countries to learn about the most advanced research and production ...
12 January 2006Scottish Workshop Explores Ways To Optimise Treatment Strategies for Sea Lice in Farmed SalmonForty aquaculture industry professionals gathered here recently to discuss treatment of sea lice, a costly parasite to fish farms. The meeting focused on treatment through the use medicated feed, with ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...