In response to the need to raise awareness and disseminate up-to-date information about current international disease threats to the UK pig herd, the Pig Veterinary Society…
Month: December 2014
After buying gilts/sows that are both good mothers and strong milkers (see my last blog) the next strategy of importance is what I call “thinking ahead”,…
A major strengthening of animal disease surveillance is needed on a worldwide scale, with more attention required to be given to early detection systems, says the…
The advantage of single-species sites, free from “backyard poultry”, has been highlighted by a leading veterinary consultant, commenting on how some businesses were caught up in…
The CLA has pledged to engage fully in the structural review of business rates, announced today by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the autumn statement,…
The continued restructuring of global pigmeat trading patterns in response to the trade restrictions placed by Russia on supplies from the EU, US and Canada, has…
Ireland’s pig industry will remain “moderately profitable” in 2015 according to new outlook forecasts from economists at Teagasc, the country’s agriculture and food development authority. They…
The latest tweet from the USDA’s food and nutrition service asks followers if they need “nutrition info on-the-go” followed by links to apps and web games…
Sam Walton reports on a new spray that’s been developed to help control tail-bitingHave you ever wondered what happens to prescription tablets that are taken back…
JSR’s director of meat science, Caroline Mitchell, who also heads the JSR Food Quality Centre, says it’s time to start thinking more about the eating quality…