Pork CRC Presents APSA Awards
AUSTRALIA - University of Queensland post-graduate, Larissa Beale, has been awarded Pork CRC Best Presentation at the 2011 13th Biennial Conference of the Australasian Pig Science Association (APSA) Conference,...

Reminder: Don't Feed Swill to Pigs
AUSTRALIA - As we enter the festive season with its focus on food and travel, pig owners are reminded that food scraps (also known as swill) must not be fed to pigs.

Senators Concerned over FMD Virus
AUSTRALIA - A Senate inquiry has voiced "serious concerns" about Australia's ability to respond quickly to an outbreak of the highly contagious livestock virus, foot-and-mouth disease.

Strengthening Australia's Ability To Combat FMD
AUSTRALIA - The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) has released a review of Australia’s ability to manage to an outbreak of foot and mouth disease (FMD).

Workshops Prepare Regional Staff for Disease Roles
AUSTRALIA - More than 190 Department of Agriculture and Food staff across Western Australia have taken part in workshops this year to increase their understanding of emergency disease procedures.

Research Community Helps Kickstart New Pork CRC
AUSTRALIA - Applications for the 2011-2012 inaugural funding round for research projects with the CRC for High Integrity Australian Pork are in and early indications are that the research community and...

Pork CRC Sees Scientists Right at Pig Vets Meeting
AUSTRALIA - Ileitis, a common disease of grower and finisher pigs that can cost producers between $8 and $13 per pig if not controlled, will be the subject of an address at the 2011 Australian Pig Vets...

Technology Brings Biosecurity Experts Face-to-Face
AUSTRALIA - Responding to outbreaks of deadly animal-borne diseases promises to be quicker and easier with new technology allowing disease experts to work in real-time with chief veterinary officers across...

No Raw Meat to Enter Australia Without Quarantine
AUSTRALIA - The Australian pork industry believes it's the real target of an international push to export raw pig meat to New Zealand.

Australia’s Senators Anxious about PRRS
AUSTRALIA - Coalition Senator Bill Heffernan, Independent Senator Nick Xenophon, Australian Greens Senator Christine Milne, and former pig farmer and Nationals Senator John Williams, have called for an...

Benchmark When Only the Best Will Do
AUSTRALIA - Experienced pig nutritionist Geoff Handley of Highspec Rural Services credits the recent push by Australia's Pork Cooperative Research Centre (Pork CRC) to implement a national performance...

Pork CRC Scientists Consulted by Pig Vets
AUSTRALIA - Australia’s Pork Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) today announced it would be a major sponsor of the 2011 Australian Pig Vets' meeting in Melbourne in July.

Meriden Opens Subsidiary in Australia
AUSTRALIA - Meriden Animal Health Limited has recently opened a new office in Australia, further consolidating its sales network in South-East Asia and Australasia.

CSIRO Joins Global Fight Against Pandemic Threats
AUSTRALIA - Australian scientists are part of an international consortium creating 'battle maps' that visualise how bird flu and other viruses constantly mutate to camouflage their antigens, or 'invading...

World Experts to Tackle Infectious Disease Threats
AUSTRALIA - More than 600 of the world’s leading experts in human, animal and environmental health will discuss ways to tackle the increasing threat of new infectious disease outbreaks in Melbourne next...

Senator Carr Drives Pork CRC into the Future
AUSTRALIA - Australia's pork industry, which has an annual farm-gate value of A$1 billion, contributes $3 billion annually to the national economy and generates 8,000 jobs, has welcomed the announcement...

Pork CRC Pin-Up Girls
AUSTRALIA - While pinning up posters may seem mundane, in the scientific and academic community, it is really all about publishing papers and pinning up posters, says the Pork CRC.

New Bolton Center Professor Shares Expertise
AUSTRALIA - Professor Gary Althouse of New Bolton Center in Pennsylvania, US, travelled 'down under' to share his knowledge about assisted reproductive technologies and stud management for the pork in...

APL Kicks Off Membership Drive 2010
AUSTRALIA - In accordance with the Australian Pork Limited (APL) constitution, every three years members of APL are required to renew their membership. This membership drive also provides the opportunity...

Winner of Doug Ross Travel and Study Award
AUSTRALIA - The recipient of the Australian pork industry biannual Doug Ross Travel and Study Award has been awarded to fifth-year Charles Sturt University Veterinary student, Jill Groat.

Pig Nutrition Under Specialist Spotlight
AUSTRALIA - A radical new approach to feed formulation will be put to the Western Australian pig industry by a leading animal nutritionist from the United Kingdom.

Zinc Offers Healthy Outcome for Aussie Pork Industry
AUSTRALIA - Australia's Pork Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) has found a positive link between feeding encapsulated zinc oxide and reducing post-weaning diarrhoea (PWD) in piglets.

PITWA Introduces Pork Industry Skills Passport
AUSTRALIA - Pork Industry Training WA (PITWA) last week introduced 20 WA pork producers and piggery workers to the Pork Industry Skills Passport, which details and endorses a person’s workplace skills...

Aussie Research Paves Way for Pig Lung Transplants
AUSTRALIA - Australian medical researchers said on Tuesday that they have made advances that could see pig lungs transplanted into humans within a decade.

Study Shows Pigs May Spread Hendra Virus
AUSTRALIA - According to researchers, pigs have the potential to spread the deadly Hendra virus to humans in the same way horses do.

Glässer's Disease Vaccine Tests Underway
AUSTRALIA - Glässer's disease in pigs will be the focus of new ground-breaking trials between Australia and Taiwan.

Sweet Smell of Success for Boars
AUSTRALIA - Pork CRC-supported fourth-year animal science honours student at Western Australia's Murdoch University, Amy Lealiifano, has found that vaccinating boars for the second time with Improvac close...

Animal Influenza Diagnosis and Surveillance Improved
AUSTRALIA - An international workshop being held this week at CSIRO’s Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL) in Geelong, Victoria, will lead to improved diagnosis and surveillance of animal influenza...

Trials Involving Animal to Human Transplants Banned
AUSTRALIA - Australia's National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) today announced that clinical trials involving animal to human transplantation (xenotransplantation) would be allowed to proceed...

Ractopamine Improves Growth and Leanness in Males
AUSTRALIA - Ractopamine improved growth performance in entire and immunocastrated male pigs without affecting meat quality, according to researchers based in Western Australia.