Iberian Appointment for Lohmann Animal Health
SPAIN - Specialist poultry vaccine company, Lohmann Animal Health, has appointed veterinarian Felix Ponsa Musarra to provide technical support for its extensive range of products in Spain and Portugal.

New House for 150,000 Layers in Spain
SPAIN - Grupo Avicola la Cresta, one of the most important Spanish egg producers, has increased its bird number in a spectacular way: 150,000 laying hens distributed on seven rows and impressive twelve tiers with two intermediate ceilings.

Nutreco to Buy Spanish Feed and Meat Operations
Nutreco is set to buy the feed and meat assets of Copaga in Catalonia, Spain.

Genetic Markers Trace Meat from Farm to Fork
BARCELONA - Scientists at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain, have developed and validated an identity test that can be used to confirm the breed and origin of meat from farm animals.

Nutreco Plans To Strengthen Spanish Feed And Meat Operations
SPAIN - Nutreco has signed a letter of intent to buy the feed and meat assets of Copaga in Catalonia, Spain. The assets of Copaga to be acquired comprise a feed factory, a poultry processing facility and a pig integration business.

Spain fights salmonella accusations
SPAIN - The Spanish Ministry for Agriculture has discredited a Food Standards Agency (FSA) report which states that one in every eight Spanish egg boxes tested positive for salmonella in a survey of non-UK eggs.

Scientists look to carrageenans to boost egg white gelling
SPAIN - Adding carrageenans to egg white ovalbumin improves the gelling ability of the egg protein and could spark a "great interest using liquid egg as gelling agents", says research from Spain.