French Live Cattle Exports Recover
FRANCE - Live exports continue to represent an important component of the French livestock sector. Last year, France exported more than 1.32 million head of cattle; an increase of 10.5 per cent on the figure for 2008.

Pfizer Welcomes Agreement With Elanco On Divested Assets
FRANCE - Pfizer Animal Health has welcomed the signing of an agreement between Pfizer and Elanco, the animal health business unit of Eli Lilly and Company, under which Elanco will acquire European rights to a portfolio of certain Pfizer Animal Health...

Canada Donates to OIE for Animal Health Activities
FRANCE - The World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has receives a C$2 million contribution from Canada for animal health activities.

OIE Introduces New Online Technical Disease Cards
FRANCE - The World Organisation for Animal Health has published technical cards on 33 important global diseases of livestock.

OIE Head Highlights Importance of Health Legislation
FRANCE - Veterinary legislation is the foundation of any efficient animal health policy, says Bernard Vallat, Director General of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).

Evolving Veterinary Education for a Safer World
FRANCE - The OIE global conference in Paris has agreed on a minimum curriculum for all veterinarians worldwide.

Penn Vet World Leadership Award 2009 Goes to Murphy
FRANCE - Dr Frederick A. Murphy has been selected as 2009 Penn Vet World Leadership Award Recipient at a ceremony in Paris.

IMV Confirms Leadership in Reproductive Technologies
FRANCE - During the 23^rd edition of the Space show, held in Rennes from 15-18 September, IMV confirmed its position as a leader in reproductive biotechnologies.

OIE Meeting Links Climate Change with New Diseases
FRANCE - Climate change will have considerable impacts on the emergence and re-emergence of animal diseases, warned delegates at the General Assembly of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).

France Plans National Research Consortium
FRANCE - French farm and fisheries minister Michel Barnier and research minister Valerie Pecresse have announced a plan to create a national research consortium to manage the country's food, farming and animal health research programmes.

Concern over Cow, Heifer Slaughterings
FRANCE - The Ministry of Agriculture is alarmed at the large numbers of female cattle slaughtered this year that would normally go for breeding.

Commission Welcomes Judgment in French Beef Case
FRANCE - The European Commission welcomes today's judgment by the European Court of Justice dismissing the action by four French federations of farmers and one French federation of slaughterers in relation to the Commission's April 2003 decision fining...

Pneumonia Studies Confirm Value of Batch Treatment
FRANCE - Apparently healthy cattle that are in-contact with pen mates showing signs of pneumonia gain significantly less weight and take longer to finish than animals in completely disease-free housing.

SIAL REPORT: Brazil to Weather Economic Downturn
FRANCE - The Brazilian beef industry is expected to weather the present global economic crisis following government action to help farmers with credit.

SIAL REPORT: Uruguay Moves to Full Traceability.
FRANCE - The Uruguayan beef industry should be fully traceable by 2010.

SIAL REPORT: Talks to Open New Export Markets
FRANCE - Quality Meat Scotland is in talks with the Department of Environment Food and Rural Affairs in a bid to unlock potentially valuable export markets in Dubai and Hong Kong.

Surge of Cull Cow Slaughterings in France
FRANCE - French cattle slaughter figures are showing a 1.6 per cent year-on-year drop in the total cumulative calendar year to August 31 at 3.3 million, according to the national agricultural statistics agency Agreste.

SPACE Sees Rationalisation of French Industry
FRANCE - The vast majority of the big agricultural shows or trade fairs have opted to appear every two years, writes Stuart Lumb.

Pfizer Animal Health Adds Former Schering-Plough Products to European Portfolio
FRANCE - Pfizer Animal Health has announced that its acquisition of multiple product franchises in Europe from the Schering-Plough Corporation has been completed and approved by the European Commission. Pfizer has acquired these assets for approximately...

Lending an Ear to the OIE 76th Annual Session
PARIS, FRANCE - Approximately 600 participants representing the 172 OIE Member Countries and organisations took part in the 76th Annual General Session of the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE). The session discussed the global progress of animal...