Tagged: Billy Hargis

Animal Vaccine Maker Pacific GeneTech Ramps Up with HQ Plans

Animal Vaccine Maker Pacific GeneTech Ramps Up with HQ Plans

Technology & Telecom

The company, which has licensed a line of vaccine innovations from the University of Arkansas System’s Division of Agriculture, is building offices, a research lab and a manufacturing plant in north Springdale. Its mission is to provide vaccine technologies to protect poultry, swine, ruminants, fish and, perhaps soon, people. read more >

Poultry Lab Not Chicken About Developing Vaccine for Cattle

Poultry Lab Not Chicken About Developing Vaccine for Cattle

WhispersHealth Care

The Poultry Science Lab for the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, run by Billy Hargis, has already developed vaccines to battle several diseases in poultry. Now, Hargis says, a pharmaceutical company recently contacted him about producing a vaccine to combat mastitis in cattle. Mastitis is a potentially fatal udder disease in dairy cows. read more >