Chris Wright

Leman: Occupational exposure among swine workers

23 March 2026

2 minute read

Leman: Contamination from animal disposal

Husbandry Environmental management Treatments and prevention

25 February 2026

2 minute read

Contaminants around dead animal structures represent a breach of biosecurity

Leman: Influenza genetic diversity in piglets

Disease Notifiable diseases H1N1 swine influenza

16 February 2026

2 minute read

Management practices affect the genetic diversity of influenza in weaning piglets

NAPRRS: Post-mortem sampling from growing pigs

Disease Notifiable diseases PRRS

29 September 2025

2 minute read

Post-mortem samples can provide value for disease diagnosis

NAPRRS: Next generation biosecurity provides sustainable prevention of PRRS

Disease Notifiable diseases PRRS

9 September 2025

2 minute read

Science-based biosecurity for PRRS

February 2017 - June 2022

Ukraine crisis: Higher grain prices until late 2023

Policy and regulation Feed commodity markets Market Trends

20 June 2022

2 minute read

Millions of tons of grain trapped in Ukraine

Japanese encephalitis virus: Australian outbreak on pig farms

Disease Notifiable diseases

4 May 2022

8 minute read

In the space of just one month, Japanese encephalitis virus went from being practically non-existent in Australia to infecting 50 pig farms across the eastern seaboard and the south of the country.

AASV: State veterinarians share lessons from disease outbreaks for pig industry

Disease Notifiable diseases African swine fever

25 April 2022

6 minute read

Those lessons included: planning, depopulation and quarantines

The Applied Animal Scientist Whither?

Disease Managing disease Pig Welfare

24 March 2017

12 minute read

This paper has been prompted by changes in the supply of and demand for graduates with an interest, perhaps better stated as a passion, for working in the livestock industry.

Evaluating Lameness in Sows

Disease Genetics and reproduction Pig Welfare

3 March 2017

6 minute read

There has been an increase in the culling of sows due to lameness. Three presentations discussed this topic during the 24th International Pig Veterinary Society Congress in Dublin, Ireland in 2016.

Issues with Carbon Dioxide Stunning of Pigs

Disease Managing disease Pig Welfare

10 February 2017

4 minute read

CO2 stunning can be reversible; pigs may recover consciousness, therefore the time between stunning and exsanguination is a determining factor for the efficiency of the stunning process.

Variation in Pig Growth Rate and Live Weight

Disease Genetics and reproduction Husbandry

3 February 2017

16 minute read

Measuring variation in live weight in a population of pigs is conceptually very simple but problematic because it requires that large numbers of pigs are weighed periodically.

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Chris Wright

Leman: Occupational exposure among swine workers

Leman: Contamination from animal disposal

Leman: Influenza genetic diversity in piglets

NAPRRS: Post-mortem sampling from growing pigs

NAPRRS: Next generation biosecurity provides sustainable prevention of PRRS