At its worst, post-weaning diarrhoea (PWD) can hit up to half the young pigs on a unit, with mortality in moderate to severe outbreaks increasing by…
Month: August 2017
Robust pig prices, aided by factors such as the tightening of domestic supply following breeding herd reductions, strong export business and a weakening of sterling against…
Becoming Scotland’s latest pig monitor farmer isn’t for the faint-hearted, even if the four-year commitment holds the promise of production and efficiency improvements for current host…
Despite modern belief, being able to formulate pig rations isn’t particularly tricky. Given an afternoon, it is quite possible to teach the fundamentals of a least…
In my first column as senior veterinary manager at AHDB Pork, I’m slightly uneasy about talking about my impending holiday. Still, it was booked before I…
June is a month I normally look forward to, especially the week of the Royal Highland Show. The family still trundles down the road to Edinburgh…
It was our local county show last month and although we do try to support the commercial pig section, we curse ourselves each year because we…
Having just returned from a seven-week whirlwind trip around the world as part of my Nuffield Scholarship, my brain is still trying to absorb and process…
It is always nice to start a column with good news – planning permission has been granted for our new finishing house and the sooner we…
Over the years, the topic of water hygiene and supply has never been far away from my veterinary colleagues’ lips. Many hours will have been spent…