ABOVE: Andrew Johnson, Cam Parker, Margo Andrae, Andrew Borgmeyer, Sofroni Eglezos, Andre Kings, the author, Charley-Rose Ford, Marianne Nelson and Ashley Barnes in front of the Mt Boothby Pastoral Co grow-out unit at Tintinara in South Australia. The premier quality assurance program for pig producers in Australia is APIQ, with over 90 percent of Australian…
ABOVE: DanBred implemented new breeding goals in July 2022, which saw the previous ‘live piglets at day five’ LP5 goal split into three data points, termed ‘piglet survivability’. In last month’s APN edition, the article ‘New breeding goals to reduce piglet mortality’ from Aarhus University was published. As the article was written in 2021, I…
ABOVE: Vets can use their professional judgment based on case-by-case variables, such as the degree of the initial suspicion, sample types and the stage of the disease. To support the continued success of the Evidence of Absence Surveillance Project, the project sampling guidelines have been revised to allow veterinarians more flexibility – to use their…
April edition headlines Students and industry benefit with placements Industry sustainability campaign launch Supporting market access for Aussie pork Germany advancing on Australia in high welfare war for farm animals New funding by APRIL Board Piglet survivability breeding goal in DanBred Research aim to develop boars more tolerant of gestational heat stress Stem cell approach…