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News Archive
ACMC: Testing female pigs to improve accuracy
24 Jan 2012 - Over 1,000 female pigs annually are currently individually tested at nucleus level for feed intake, feed conversion and growth rate by the Yorkshire-based international pig-breeding company, ACMC.
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German authorities close pig farms due to chloramphenicol
24 Jan 2012 - At least 26 farms in the southern German state of Bavaria have been temporarily closed by local authorities due to use of the banned feed additive chloramphenicol.
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OIE: Antibiotics for livestock vital to feed world
23 Jan 2012 - The world body in charge of fighting animal diseases called for action against widespread abuse of antibiotics in livestock farming, which leads to drug-resistant bacteria, but warned that a ban would leave the world short of protein, Reuters reports.
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Mallorca: Pig farming sector not flourishing
23 Jan 2012 - Agricultural Minister Gabriel Company has been cautioned by The Association of Mallorcan Pork Producers (Porci-PIMEM) that pig farming in Mallorca is seeing a decline. Read more >>
Smithfield Foods' president and CEO - Top 100 thought leader
23 Jan 2012 - C. Larry Pope, Smithfield Foods' president and chief executive officer, was recently recognized as a Top 100 thought leader in trustworthy business behavior by Trust Across America, a New York-based think tank that seeks to measure and applaud responsible business conduct. Read more >>
Countdown to the eAML2 pig movement system
23 Jan 2012 - The countdown is on to when the eAML2 pig movement system becomes compulsory at the beginning of April 2012 in England and Wales.
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Russia: Farm owners could be imprisoned for violation of animal management
23 Jan 2012 - In the new federal law draft ‘On Veterinary Medicine’, which should be the primary regulatory framework of Russian veterinary services for the fight against African swine fever, a new amendment has been incorporated.
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Australia: Pig abattoir fights to get licence back (See VIDEO)
20 Jan 2012 - For 60 years farmers have been sending their stock to the LE Giles abattoir in Gippsland, Australia, however, this came to an end after a video from Animals Australia appeared to show cruel treatment of pigs. The owners of LE Giles abattoir are now fighting to get their operating licence back. Read more >>
Uruguay moves to more control of pigs to prevent FMD
20 Jan 2012 - Uruguay has stepped up its controls in the pig sector to evade infection of Foot-and-Mouth Disease, which has struck Paraguay.
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How far away should pig and poultry buildings be located?
20 Jan 2012 - Austrian and German scientists have developed an empirical model to calculate appropriate distances from residential areas for livestock buildings to be situated.
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Premium Standard Farms completes installation of next generation technology
20 Jan 2012 - Premium Standard Farms (PSF) announced that it has successfully completed installing Next Generation Barn Scraper Technology at its farms in north Missouri seven months ahead of schedule.
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Pfizer Pork Residue Free Guarantee helps end worries about meat residue violations
20 Jan 2012 - Pork producers now have a worry-free solution to help them continue their track record of producing safe, wholesome pork. The Pfizer Pork Residue Free Guarantee is an innovative solution that ensures pork will not have violative meat residues.
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Beijing adds laser writing to Meat Reassurance scheme, pork products tracked
20 Jan 2012 - In the wake of recent food scandals, Beijing’s Meat Reassurance campaign has led to investment in laser writing technology to facilitate tracking of pork products.
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Australia: A method where pork offal products could be traced back to farms
19 Jan 2012 - Pork offal products could be traced back to farms where it originated from. A Pert based researcher is currently forming a way to do this.
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UK: Pig finisher challenge for 2012
19 Jan 2012 - Pig finishing units have been challenged to see how far they can improve production by October this year.
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African Swine Fever on the border of Moscow Region
19 Jan 2012 - Another outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) has been discovered in the Tver region. According to representatives of the veterinary services of the region - near the border of the Moscow region a few dead wild boars have been found.
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E.coli in pigs quickly arms itself against antibiotics (plus VIDEO)
19 Jan 2012 - After giving pigs a low-dose of antibiotics for just two weeks, researchers detected a drastic rise in the number of E. coli bacteria in the guts of the animals. And those bacteria showed a large jump in resistance to antibiotics.
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German training pig farm Futterkamp adds finisher house
19 Jan 2012 - Well-known German trial and education farm Futterkamp, in Blekendorf, in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, is about to open a brand new house for finishers.
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Vitamex Group rebrands for future growth
19 Jan 2012 - From January 2012 onward, Vitamex Group will be rebranded as Nuscience. Vitamex Group, including the Pricor, Vitamex, Cehave Korm, Pre-Mervo and Lusai companies, has grown significantly in recent years.
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Hardly any progress in pig health in last 20 years, says expert
18 Jan 2012 - A Ghent University professor has qualified progress in pig health in the last 20 years as minimal, Dutch agricultural newspaper Boerderij Vandaag reports.
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