International research conducted by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has identified that the UK’s prevalence of Salmonella in both breeding and finisher pigs is higher…
Month: August 2014
Having previously looked at Karro Foods’ weaner operation in Scotland’s Highland Region, Pig World editor Graeme Kirk takes a look at the Yorkshire end of the…
German pig equipment manufacturer WEDA Dammann & Westerkamp has introduced the Easy Feeder, a mobile solution for the liquid feeding of piglets in the farrowing house.The…
Swedish manufacturer AquaGlobe has developed a new guide for drinking valves.A common problem with all valves of this type is that animals can bite them from…
Elanco Animal Health’s one-shot vaccine to combat Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M hyo), Stellamune Once, is now licensed for use in piglets from just three-days old, the first…
Anglia Quality Meat Association (AQM), which started life as a pork-marketing group in the mid-1960s, is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Pig World’s Graeme Kirk…
These day I preper to refer to our stocksmen and women as pig technicians, writes John Gadd. This is a far better way of these describing…
As the JSR Genepacker 90 celebrates its silver jubilee, we take a look at the reasons behind its enduring popularityIt’s 25 years since the first F1…
Pig producers can feel reasonably content with input and output prices at the moment, but they mustn’t slip into feeling complacent. Raw material costs are coming…
The security of supply and the cost of energy should be part of any forward-thinking business plan and shows the relevance of comments made by Hugh…