David Burch

Pig health

David Burch is a veterinarian with over 40 years experience in practice, industry and consultancy. He is a director of his own consultancy company Octagon Services Ltd and the past president of the UK’s Pig Veterinary Society.

Latest articles of this author

• Leaving pig health to the next generation

  Pig health expert David Burch has been writing weblogs for Pig Progress for over 10 years. He now feels it is...

• Comparing antibiotic resistance in pigs

  Great strides are being made in the EU to reduce antibiotic use in pigs. Health expert David Burch thought it...

• Should colistin be banned for pigs?

  Colistin has become the antibiotic of last resort in certain circumstances in human medicine, after 40 years of...

• Antibiotic use in pigs – an update

  Progress regarding reduction in use is starting to happen even before what health expert David Burch considers...

• 3 major pig health issues

  Recently, a number of things have happened on the EU medicines front. Some are positive but some are also...