Pig International - May/June 2012 - 10
|9 ▶ Study of Porcine Circovirus Type 2 transplacental transmission after intranasal infection (Dr. Beatrice Grasland, Anses - LERAPP laboratory, Ploufragan, France) The award is sponsored by Boehringer Ingelheim. Boehringer Ingelheim expands with research, development center Executives open the new Boehringer Ingelheim Asian Veterinary Research & Development Center in Zhangjiang, Shanghai. 1,900-square-meter center, which creates 70 new scientific workplaces in the area and will bring new bio-research technologies to the country. Pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim is expanding its animal health business with its first research and development center in China, opening the Asian Veterinary Research & Development Center in Zhangjiang, Shanghai. Boehringer has invested €12 million into the CALENDAR ▶ May 18: China Animal Husbandry Expo 2012, China, www.caaa.com.cn\ May S 6 M 7 T W T F 1 2 3 4 S 5 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 BRIEFS ▶ Pig meat most-consumed meat in UK. Pig meat, including pork, bacon, sausages and ham, is the mostconsumed red meat in the UK outof-home market, at 68.7 percent of all red meat servings, according to new figures from NPD Group/ Crest. Pig meat also experienced the greatest increase in servings in 2011 compared with 2010 numbers, according to the data. ▶ Food, agriculture organizations want comprehensive US-EU free trade agreement. An ad hoc coalition of 40 food and agricultural organizations has sent a letter to the Obama administration and Congress expressing concern that a proposed free trade agreement between the U.S. and the EU might fall short of long-established U.S. objectives for trade pacts. May/June 2012 | www.WATTAgNet.com ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ǀĞƚĞƌŝŶĂƌLJ ƉŚĂƌŵĂĐĞƵƟĐĂůƐ
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