Invitation to European Symposium of Porcine Health Management 2013 25 Sep 2012 UK - The Organising Committee of the 5th European Symposium of Porcine Health Management (ESPHM) and the 50th anniversary of the Pig Veterinary Society (PVS) has great pleasure in inviting colleagues from around the Worl…
Commercial Partner Opportunities at ESPHM 2013 24 Sep 2012 UK - The Local Organising Committee of the ESPHM have now opened applications for Commercial Partners and Commercial Supporters for the upcoming Symposium in May 2013.
In Need of a Good Slap and Paste 17 May 2007 UK - Poor slap marks are too common an occurrence on slaughter pigs and UK producers need to get to grips with it or else they will lose this hard-won privilege.
Slap mark rules come into force 4 Nov 2003 UK - New pig identification rules took effect on Saturday (1 November), but some producers have left it very late to obtain their herd marks from Defra.
Twenty percent of pigs are poorly slapped 8 Sep 2003 UK - Pig producers will have to slap their pigs a good deal more conscientiously if NPA is to persuade Defra that a single slap will suffice, rather than a slap on each shoulder.
When to slap 2 Jul 2003 UK - As predicted, Defra are to revise slapmarking rules. From this autumn producers will be told to ditch their old slapmarks in favour of a six-digit alphanumeric code which will be supplied for each unit by Defra.
