Vaccine Sought For Pig-Wasting Disease
NEW ZEALAND - Scientists hope to be closer to finding a vaccine for the pig-wasting disease that struck Mid-Canterbury piggeries two months ago.

Pig farmers tighten stock movement because of PMWS
NEW ZEALAND - Pig farmers have become a lot more focused on biosecurity as they learn to live with the pig wasting disease PMWS, which has infected herds in the South Island as well as several farms in the North island.

No ban on New Zealand meat
NEW ZEALAND - Media reports last week, from an overseas news agency, that the Ukraine had banned imports of New Zealand meat are incorrect, say the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA).

For sale - gene firm that brings in bacon
NEW ZEALAND - Goodman Fielder is to sell its $11 million turnover pig genetics company PIC New Zealand - despite describing it as "very profitable".

Pork business takes off
NEW ZEALAND - Pigs from Taranaki can fly. Well, not the pigs actually, but certainly the pork from up to 150 of them each week, winging its way to Singapore.

Raw pork import raises foot and mouth risk
NEW ZEALAND - National questioned the effectiveness of New Zealand's border control yesterday following an illegal shipment of raw pork from Korea.

New Chief Executive for Pork Industry Board
NEW ZEALAND - Sam McIvor, who has been appointed as the new Chief Executive Officer for the New Zealand Pork Industry Board.

Invesigators In Dark Over Pork Smuggling
NEW ZEALAND - Border protection officials investigating an illegal shipment of raw minced pork from Korea do not know exactly how much of the meat has been distributed.

Cause Of Pig Disease Still Unknown
NEW ZEALAND - Animal health researchers at Massey University are hoping to unravel the mystery of what causes the pig disease, PMWS, which has struck pig herds in the North and South Island.

Pig Farming In A Trough
NEW ZEALAND - The extent of the decline in pig farming is revealed in the latest livestock figures from Statistics New Zealand. Final statistics from last year's agricultural production survey show the country's farmed pig population fell by 12...

Urgent Biosecurity Measures Called For In New Zealand
NEW ZEALAND - The Chairman of the New Zealand Pork Industry Board, Chris Trengrove, is urging pork producers to apply stringent biosecurity measures on their farms to help prevent the spread of PMWS (Post-Weaning Multi-Systemic Wasting Syndrome).

MAF Seeks Animal Disease-Causing Organisms
NEW ZEALAND - Agricultural officials will today asked an environmental regulator for wide-ranging generic approval to import ``bacteria'' involved in animal disease. The broad application includes bacteria causing serious animal illnesses such...

PMWS Hits Hard
NEW ZEALAND - Tim Cronshaw looks at what an outbreak of weaner- wasting syndrome means for Canterbury pig farmers. Waitangi Day weekend will go down in the memory of West Melton pig farmer Chris Trengrove for the worst of reasons. The farmer...

Pork Industry seeking lift from juicy new product
NEW ZEALAND - The pork industry is hoping that a new product based on the classic pork and apple combination will put some zest back into a sector under siege from expanding imports and shrinking prices. In what is believed to be a world first,...

Meeting on pig wasting disease
NEW ZEALAND - The Pork Industry Board will meet with Canterbury pig farmers this week, to discuss how they can protect themselves against an outbreak of pig wasting disease. Canterbury had previously been free of the killer disease, Post-Weaning...