Asia: better meeting tomorrow's food needs

End of November, the Virbac teams shared for one day the groundbreaking ceremony of a new research & development center in Taiwan. This site will be dedicated to the support of aquaculture and swine farming activities in Asia.

Clinical case

One of the fundamental biological functions in pork production is growth. If efficient growth is inhibited, the amount of feed needed to produce 1 kg gain is inevitably affected as well. The growth appears to be associated in various ways with immunity. Mounting and maintaining a competent immune system, is thought to be a nutritionally demanding process that requires trade-off decisions among competing nutrient demands for growth.

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Clinical case

The local tolerance at injection site is an important parameter for animal welfare and to avoid lesions which may impair carcass quality. The aim of this study was to compare local tolerance of two injectable formulations marketed in Mexico, both containing 400 mg of florfenicol per mL.

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