Foot and Mouth Biosecurity Alert
UK - Biosecurity experts offer advice on abattoir and vehicle disinfection procedures to farmers and abattoirs

£Million Breeding Stock Order in Jeopardy
UK - Orders for breeding stock from Russia, worth £1 million to Yorkshire-based pig-breeding company ACMC and due to be shipped in September and November, have been placed in jeopardy as a result of the foot-and-mouth (FMD) outbreak, says the company...

Merial acknowledge the interim report issued by the HSE today
UK - Merial fully support the investigation and will continue to co-operate and provide complete access to our centre to enable these investigations to continue.

New appointments to Pfizer UK's pig and poultry team
UK - Two new appointments have been made by Pfizer Animal Health to its pig and poultry team serving the UK and Ireland - David Roberts joining as veterinary relations manager and Freddie French as a key account manager.

One scoop or two - how dense is your feed?
UK - Ever thought about the density of your pig feed? It is something you should consider says ACMC Vet Paul Thompson of Garth Partnership, a dedicated Pig Heath and Veterinary Consultancy.

Customers will profit from expert nutritional service
UK - Rising feed prices, higher welfare standards, more demanding consumers: keeping pig production profitable is becoming ever more challenging.

Brits should work together to vaccinate against PCV2, says French vet
UK - Merial's PCV2 vaccine Circovac arrives in Britain this September.

British pigs loved in Russia
Business is booming for British pig breeders at Agrofarm, Russia's first agricultural trade show.

JSR brings the world to Yorkshire
UK - Britain's leading pig breeding company, JSR Genetics, welcomed delegates from around the world to a two day World Partners Conference in Yorkshire. Delegates from ten countries including Japan, South Korea and The Netherlands came together as part...

Pig Recording Via The Internet
WORLD - PigCom, the Windows-based PC herd recording system, can now be downloaded direct via the Internet. Developed over the past four years by pig-breeding company ACMC for their own in-house recording, it became clear that the system would benefit...

Harper Adams And JSR Team Up For New Research
UK - Harper Adams University College, the leading provider of higher education for the land-based industries, is doubling the size of its pig unit with the intention of significantly strengthening its research capabilities.

Russian Specialists Visit UK For Technical Training
UK - An intensive week long visit to JSR's Boar Stud at Thorpe Willoughby has shown Russian Pig Specialists just how seriously JSR take their commitment to customers.

JSR Appoints Commercial Director
UK - Dr. Carlos Peralta has been appointed Commercial Director of JSR Genetics, with responsibility for developing the sales of pig genetic programmes in the UK and international markets.

SAC's Jill Thomson elected PVS President
UK - The Pig Veterinary Society has named Dr. Jill Thomson, veterinary centre manager at the SAC Edinburgh disease surveillance unit, as President. She succeeds veterinary consultant David Burch. MLC vet scientist Derek Armstrong, is vice-president. ...

Software makes Pork More Profitable
UK - Leading pig genetics company JSR have enlisted the services of Independent Production Consultant Paul Wright - and his exclusive Checkmate® software - to help ensure genetic potential translates into optimum on-farm profitability.

Revamp and reinvestment pays dividends for family business
YORKSHIRE - Keeping the farrowing house full is the main objective for Chris King, Manager of R Wilson & Son's 460-sow breeding and finishing unit at Darrington. The unit has been revamped, restocked and rejuvenated and is now primed for the future.

Book Review: Veterinary Medicine - A textbook of the diseases of cattle, horses, sheep, pigs and goats
(10th Edition) Editors: Radostits, O.M., Gay, C.C., Hinchcliff, K.W. and Constable, P.D.

Pfizer Trainee-of-Year launched for pig and poultry sectors
UK - Two new training awards together worth almost £5000 are being introduced this year by Pfizer Animal Health for the pig and poultry industries.

Tip for needle hygiene
YORKSHIRE - Needle hygiene is very important in preventing abscesses at the site of injections.

JSR Titan pigs star in Greek Odyssey
UK - Pigs from Britain's leading pig breeding company, JSR Genetics, are proving to be big business in Greece, where the Yorkshire company's franchise business, F-One Hellas, is set to expand across the country.

JSR Recruit Makes Meat-Eating Quality The Top Priority
SOUTHBURN - Caroline Mitchell, recently graduated from Nottingham University has joined JSR as a Meat Specialist at their Southburn headquarters. In an exciting new role Caroline will be dedicated to working with Producers and Processors to enhance the...

Yearbook valuable data for all things pig
BPEX's Pig Yearbook 2007 is hot of the press and it's a good reading. The authoritative source of industry data and statistics comprises a vast amount of detailed information which producers and industry stakeholders will find valuable.

PIES For All
UK - Environment equals more red tape may be a common perception, but if pig industry learns to work with legisators and regulators this may not be the case, says BPEX.

Dieter Lutticken Award Winner
UK - The annual Dieter Lütticken Award, has been granted to Dr Mark Stevens from the Institute of Animal Health, United Kingdom for his commitment to advancing the 3R concept – reducing, refining or replacing the use of animals in research.

Environment Strategy Needs Your Views, Now
UK - The partners developing the Pig Industry Environment Strategy (PIES) are seeking the views and opinions of all stakeholders of British pig industry on the Draft Strategy Document.