Research Sheds Light on Mycobacterium Pathogenicity
NORWAY - Tone Bjordal Johansen of the National Veterinary Institute and colleagues have published a paper in BMC Microbiology. Nine of the 97 isolates examined, all of porcine origin, formed biofilm. The authors conclude that the bacterium's...

Study Finds Clue to Salmonella Persistence in Feed
NORWAY - Researchers at the National Veterinary Institute in Oslo have found that the biofilm-forming abilities of Salmonella are correlated with their persistence in fish meal- and feed factories. L.K. Vestby and co-authors have published their paper...

Researcher Turns Harmless E Coli Dangerous
NORWAY - For her doctorate, Camilla Sekse revealed that transmission of bateriophage between bacteria can occur, and that in the case of E. coli it can transform a harmless bacterium into one capable of causing disease in man.

Norway Reports No New Cases of Low-Path AI or IB
NORWAY - The veterinary authorities have sent two reports to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), indicating no further outbreaks of avian infectious bronchitis (IB) or low pathogenic avain influenza (LPAI).

Low-Path Bird Flu Reported in Norway
NORWAY - The veterinary authority has reported to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) an outbreak of low pathogenic avian influenza (LPAI).

Coccidia in Broilers Found to Be Increasing
NORWAY - Coccidia are single-celled intestinal parasites that currently represent one of the greatest challenges to the broiler industry. To keep the level of infection low, farmers commonly add coccidia-inhibiting chemicals (coccidiostats) to broiler...

Farm to Shelf: RFID Tracking Norwegian Meat Supply
IBM has signed an agreement with Matiq, the information technology subsidiary of Nortura, Norway's largest food supplier, to use radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to track and trace poultry and meat products from the farm, through the...

Norwegian Poultry Production Flying High
NORWAY - Last year 297 000 tonnes of meat from domestic animal production were approved for the market in Norway. According to Statistics Norway this accounts to an increase of 4 000 tonnes from the year before.

EW Group Acquires Majority Shareholding in Aqua Gen
EW GROUP GmbH, the holding company of the world's leading poultry genetics companies, has taken ownership of Aqua Gen AS, the Norwegian-based world market leader in salmon and trout breeding.

Norwegian Poultry Meat Production up 10% in 2006.
NORWAY - Statistics Norway has reported that poultry meat production in the Country totalled 62,518 tonnes carcass weight in 2006, up from 56,472 tonnes in 2005 and 54,236 tonnes in 2004.

Transmission Routes For The Bacterium Campylobacter
NORWAY - Campylobacter is the most frequently reported human bacterial enteric pathogen, in Norway as well as in other countries and the number of diseased has been continuously increasing during the last 15 years writes Gro Johnsen, National Veterinary...