The Science Behind Meat Quality
UK - An interview with Caroline Mitchell, meat scientist with JSR Genetics, which includes details of a trial she has recently conducted for one of the company's customers.

PCV2 Vaccines Perform Well
UK - Preliminary results suggest that PCV2 vaccines improve pig lifetime performance and shorten the time to slaughter. These are the initial findings of a controlled BPEX trial.

PCV2 Vaccines Reduce Time to Slaughter
UK - PCV2 vaccines improve the lifetime performance of pigs and shorten time to slaughter, according to preliminary results from a BPEX trial.

NPA Calls for Rethink on Vitamin A
UK - To protect consumers, the European Food Standards Agency has proposed new maximum levels of vitamin A in animal feed.

Trial for Comparison of Terminal Sire Genetics
NORTHERN IRELAND, UK - With the onset of PMWS in Northern Ireland, Pietrain and Tempo genetics became popular choices of terminal sire.

Getting Gilt Integration Right
UK - With good returns on finished pigs, attractive cull sow prices and a contracting EU pig herd, many producers are building up their breeding herds again, some of which have been run at below optimum...

Pig Industry Welcomes 'Academia & Industry Link'
UK - The country's largest pig breeding company, JSR, is supporting the recent change in the way the government is making higher education more accountable to industry.

JSR Strengthens UK Sales Team
UK - The UK pig industry is witnessing a renewed resurgence in the south of the UK, according to JSR’s latest employee Len Phoenix.

New UK JSR Sales Director Sees Potential of Industry
UK - Giles Christie has been promoted to UK Sales Director at JSR and takes charge of their UK genetics business.

Accurate Labelling on British Pork Products
UK - Naturally occurring isotopes of five common elements found in pork will be measured to prove its provenance and thereby protect the integrity of the Quality Standard Mark.

Investing Significantly in Agriculture
UK - Quantech Solutions has recently undertaken an analysis of the innovation intensity of agriculture, i.e. how much does agriculture invest in innovation relative to other sectors.

GM Pigs to be Bred for Organ Transplant Harvesting
UK - Lord Winston, a fertility researcher, has announced plans to breed genetically engineered pigs, for the purpose of harvesting their organs for transplant into humans.

New porcine AI products
UK - Innovis Ltd, which is a multi-species operation, works in close partnership with PIC in the operation of two GTCs and supplies all PIC’s AI products and semen processing services.

New semen sexing technology
UK - Welsh start-up company Ovasort Limited has signed a global deal with the owners of Danish Bacon for a new genetic technology which could allow pig breeders to pre-select the sex of new-born animals,...

ACMC Pigs-Tested, approved and recognised
UK - In the 36 months since the launch of its seven new breeds of production pig, Yorkshire, UK, based ACMC has seen demand soar for its genetics, technical support and profitable pigs. Available as live...