European Horizon Europe Program Allocates 7.4 Million Euros for Marburg Virus Vaccine Research and Development – MARVAX Consortium Receives Funding from EU

European Horizon Europe Program Allocates 7.4 Million Euros for Marburg Virus Vaccine Research and Development – MARVAX Consortium Receives Funding from EU

The European multidisciplinary consortium MARVAXin which the Higher Council for Scientific Research participates (CSIC) and the Spanish pharmaceutical company CZ Vaccinesof the Group Zendalwill receive from the Horizon Europe program 7.4 million euros over the next four years for research and development of Marburg virus vaccinesa pathogen zoonosic from the same family as the Ebola … Read more

Spanish Dairy Farms Defy Crisis with Top-Ranked Livestock

Spanish Dairy Farms Defy Crisis with Top-Ranked Livestock

The dairy sector has been in crisis for decades, with low prices and production costs that do not stop increasing. This reason does not prevent many ranchers from refusing to throw in the towel, close their farms and look for a job with fewer worries than fulfilling their duties. The transformation of agriculture caught some … Read more

Argentine Beef Exports and Market Trends in October 2023

Argentine Beef Exports and Market Trends in October 2023

Campolitoral / [email protected] According to the latest report from the Chamber of Meat Industry and Commerce of the Argentine Republic (CICCRA), last October 2023, the Argentine meat processing industry exported 49.6 thousand tons of product weight (tn pp) of beef . That is, an almost identical quantity was exported to those registered in June and … Read more

Yurvac® RHD: The First Recombinant Vaccine for Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Launched by Hyper He at Hipra Event

Yurvac® RHD: The First Recombinant Vaccine for Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Launched by Hyper He at Hipra Event

Last Tuesday, November 21, Hyper He launched Yurvac® RHDthe first recombinant vaccine de RHD indicated for protection against rabbit hemorrhagic disease caused by the classic strain and the variant strain, including highly virulent strains. The event took place at the Sant Pau Modernist Site in Barcelona, ​​where more than 60 professionals from the rabbit farming … Read more

Bluetongue Vaccination Begins in Murcia Region After Detection of Three Cases in Águilas

Bluetongue Vaccination Begins in Murcia Region After Detection of Three Cases in Águilas

Vaccination against bluetongue begins in the Region after detecting three cases in ÁguilasEFE / Juan Herrero The Community has detected cases of blue tongue in three livestock farms in Águilaswhich is why it has “immediately” launched the action protocol to prevent its spreadwhich involves measures such as disinfestation of farms, limitation of movements and vaccination … Read more

Understanding Bluetongue Disease in Spanish Livestock: Vaccination Measures, Impact, and Management amid Climate Change

Understanding Bluetongue Disease in Spanish Livestock: Vaccination Measures, Impact, and Management amid Climate Change

What is known as bluetongue, which occurs mainly in sheep, is a disease that livestock farmers in Spain have been living with (and suffering from) for decades. It could be similar, for example, to human flu, although in the case of bluetongue it is transmitted by a mosquito, so cases can appear especially when the … Read more

Bluetongue Disease in Livestock: Prevention and Vaccination Measures in Spain

Bluetongue Disease in Livestock: Prevention and Vaccination Measures in Spain

What is known as bluetongue, which occurs mainly in sheep, is a disease that livestock farmers in Spain have been living with (and suffering from) for decades. It could be similar, for example, to human flu, although in the case of bluetongue it is transmitted by a mosquito, so cases can appear especially when the … Read more

Analysis of Chilled and Frozen Beef Exports: October 2023 and the First 10 Months of the Year

Analysis of Chilled and Frozen Beef Exports: October 2023 and the First 10 Months of the Year

The cumulative total of the first 10 months of the year reveals that foreign sales of chilled and frozen beef were close to 560.4 thousand tons by product weight, for a value of approximately US$ 2,322 million. Compared to the first 10 months of 2022, exported volumes are 6.2% higher; while the value obtained has … Read more

EHE Epidemic in Mena Valley Sparks Urgent Need for Vaccine and Financial Aid

EHE Epidemic in Mena Valley Sparks Urgent Need for Vaccine and Financial Aid

The thermometer read 22 degrees in the Mena Valley. This unusual autumn heat is the perfect ally for the mosquito that causes Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHE) to continue infecting more animals. The official data managed by the Councilor for Livestock, Teresa Campo Montemayor, counted a week ago 673 sick animals and 57 deaths in 102 … Read more

Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease in Spain: Urgent Measures Needed to Stop the Spread

Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease in Spain: Urgent Measures Needed to Stop the Spread

Since its arrival in Spain in 2022, the epizootic hemorrhagic disease (BEFORE) has spread throughout the peninsula and the livestock and political sectors have urged the Government to increase its measures to stop it. In this sense, since summer issued in the Congress of Deputies a written question to the Executive in which it was … Read more