Continued strong growth at Boehringer Ingelheim
COPENHAGEN - In 2006 once again Boehringer Ingelheim continues to be one of the world’s fastest growing pharmaceutical companies. As the company, based in Ingelheim am Rhein, announced, it was thanks in particular to the strong therapeutic potential of...

Quality Genetics help Yorkshire Farmer's growth performance
UK - Since 1985 Brian Bainbridge has been using Newsham Genetics and for the last 6 years JSR Genetics, on his 350 sow herd at Low Worsall, near Yarm in North Yorkshire.

ACMC steps into German market
UK - Fast-expanding international pig-breeding company ACMC Ltd has appointed two agents in Germany, a key European market with a national herd of 26.3 million pigs, the largest in the EU.

Our modern genotypes must have modern buildings if we’re to get the best from them
UK - I have recently visited several units where they actually know their grams-per-day liveweight gain in various buildings and seasonal effects on growth rates and grading, says Pig Worlds Sam Walton.

Watch Out For Autumn Infertility
UK - Although the nights are only just starting to draw in, pig producers should not delay in taking steps to guard against autumn infertility. This syndrome can result in a drop in conception rates of up to 20 per cent and a reduction of one pig per...

Vets should be the primary unit advisers, believes Ross Kelly
UK - Modern pig units comprise several single but importantly linked activities and the relationships with service and product suppliers, such as genetics and feed, are key in helping managers to get the best from their units and animals, says Ross Kelly,...

Why the pork supply chain needs the benefit of Biotech crops
UK - In 10,000 years the earth's population has doubled ten times from 10 million to 6 billion and will reach, by some estimates, 10 billion by 2050.

Investing In Health Closes The Door On Disease
UK - Most producers associate PRRS or Blue Ear disease with the breeding herd - a virus that causes reproductive failure, poor litter sizes and low piglet viability. However, the damage PRRS can do to the finishing herd is equally, if not more costly....

High culling herds do better
UK - Pig producers who keep up-to-date with replacement rates in their breeding herds achieve higher productivity than those who are less rigorous with their sow culling policies.

Breeding companies to select for welfare and environmental factors?
UK - Since animal welfare and protecting the environment are now such major concerns to the general public, some means of addressing these issues may have to be incorporated in future selection programmes by pig breeding companies, even though they have...

JSR plays a major role in Polish pig expansion
UK - JSR Genetics, the UK based pig breeding company, has recently supplied a large consignment of JSR boars to the privately owned Maxygen AI Stud, near Wroclaw, Poland.

Defra Acknowledges Virkon(R) S for use in Organic Farming
UK - International biosecurity expert, DuPont Animal Health Solutions (DAHS), is delighted to announce that Virkon(R) S, the widely used livestock and veterinary disinfectant, is now accepted for use in organic farming within the UK.

New antimicrobial controls likely to hit EU pig industries
UK - Unless the European pig industries lobby strongly, they could be faced with a second wave of restrictions within the next five years on the use of antibiotics in pig production.

Vostermans Ventilation Introduces the Multifan 130 Cone Fan
NETHERLANDS - With the introduction of the Multifan 130 Cone fan Vostermans Ventilation takes a Next Step in the development of fans for tunnel ventilated houses.

JSR's Prosperm® Plus boosts boar fertility by 'billions'
UK - JSR Genetics, one of the world's foremost pig genetics businesses, is sharing one of the secrets of its success - Prosperm® Plus - with stud boar owners and AI users. A convenient and palatable daily supplement, it helps to maximize both semen output...

Growing And Finishing Pigs Set To Benefit As New Generation Antibiotic Gains Enteric Licence
UK - UK Pig producers with enteric conditions such as ileitis and swine dysentery have a powerful new in-feed option from Schering-Plough Animal Health. Previously licensed for treating respiratory disease, Aivlosin an entirely new macrolide is a pre-mix...

Chinese Genes Can Boost British Pig Productivity
UK - An extra pig a litter - worth over £100 per sow annually - could be achieved by commercial pig farmers with the use of stock containing Chinese genes. This could help put British farmers back on top of the European 'productivity league', according...

Farmer partners required
UK - Due to unprecedented expansion in sales of breeding stock, Yorkshire-based international pig genetics company, ACMC, is seeking UK farmers in isolated locations to set up a new high-health-boar nucleus unit.

Smithfield Foods Takes Stake In ACMC
UK - Smithfield Foods Inc - the world's largest integrated pig company - has taken an undisclosed equity stake in UK-based international pig-breeding company, ACMC Ltd.

David Black Award, 2005 - Congratulations to Professor Stanley H Done
Congratulations go to Professor Stanley H Done, D Vet Med, BA, PhD, Dipl ECVP, Dipl ECPHM, FRCVS who has been awarded the 2005 David Black Award.