Paul Thompson is a veterinarian and director at Garth Pig Practice. He has been treasurer of the Pig Veterinary Society for many years Alerts for dysentery…
Month: May 2019
Lauren Dimmack is AHDB knowledge exchange health and welfare officer, working on various disease surveillance projects. Prior to joining AHDB she worked for Alltech and ForFarmers…
Pig producers, processors and hauliers are being urged to ensure livestock lorries are properly cleaned, under a new campaign launched in response to the threat posed…
With two weeks to go until the European Parliament elections, NOAH has set-out its manifesto for animal health, welfare and sustainability in the UK and across…
Incomes on pig farms would fall as a result of Brexit, whether we leave with or without a deal, according to the latest analysis from AHDB.…
Entries are now open for the 2019 National Pig Awards, which will reward and celebrate the cream of the UK pig sector We are pleased to…
African swine fever, until 10 years ago largely confined to Africa, is now very much a global disease affecting all corners of the pork industry. Alistair…
The Red Tractor deadline for uploading antibiotic data for the first quarter of 2019 onto the eMB-Pigs database is May 12. Red Tractor pork members are…
Pig producers have expressed anger at the ‘dismal’ UK pig prices currently being paid at a time when the global pork market is being buoyed by…
Two more outbreaks of African swine fever were detected in South Africa in April, its agriculture ministry said, following a spate of the disease in the…