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The average price for pork roast sat at $9.75 over the period – a whopping 23 percent down on the previous year.
When considering po- tential causes, it’s im- portant to look at both environmental and nu- tritional factors, focus- sing on sanitation, path- ogen control and proper nutrition.
•Bacterial causes such as e coli, salmo- nella and occasionally clostridium perfringens or c difficile.
There are many fac- tors to consider when evaluating the cause and treatment of diar- rhoea in a group of re- cently weaned pigs.
A stabilisation of pork sales for Christmas 2021
Signs of piglet diar- rhoea:
The stress of weaning can often trigger an en- teric challenge in the nursery, allowing these organisms to negatively affect piglets.
Be careful not to fall into the trap of missing all of the influencing factors.
CHRISTMAS 2021 was down slightly according to sales data obtained from Australian Pork Limited.
fresh pork declined more than other meats – except seafood – compared to 2020, which led to value sales declining more than total fresh meat.
The growth for Coles came from increased consumer spend over the Christmas period.
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This may include sani- tising and disinfecting between every group entering the facility, especially if previous groups have faced a challenge.
Ask questions, make sure the environment is correct for the pigs’ group size and weight, get your veterinarian and nutritionist in- volved, and make sure to record successes and failures as you go.
An analysis has shown total fresh meat volume decreased by 3.6 percent compared to the abnormal bumper year of 2020.
The price declines com- bined with retailer and advertising support meant that volume sales for pork were stronger than total fresh meat, which declined by 3.6 percent.
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This was due to a de- cline in the percentage of Australian households purchasing fresh meat in the Christmas period and shoppers purchasing less often.
Conversely, Coles did not discount as heavily and therefore did not lose value sales of fresh pork at the same rate but did lose some volume.
Many pathogens can contribute to diarrhoea, including:
• Wash and sanitise nursery facilities be- tween groups
While there was some compensation for this by shoppers putting more meat in their baskets each trip, it was not enough to grow volume overall.
However, comparing Christmas 2021 to a pre- pandemic Christmas two years ago in 2019, fresh pork volume grew 1.2 per- cent and fresh pork con- tinued to build share at Christmas 2021 in terms of volume, but shed a small share in value retail sales.
There were two clear state winners, with Queens- land and Western Aus- tralia seeing pork volume growth – 8.9 percent and 9.1 percent respectively – resulting in increased share of fresh meat.
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Fresh pork seems to have been used as a traffic driver by retailers, with the average price for fresh pork 6.6 percent lower than 2020.
Both major retailers enjoyed a relatively suc- cessful trading period, with Coles growing overall total store sales value at 3.3 percent, slightly ahead of Woolworths at 2.8 per- cent.
This was due to shop- pers purchasing a greater volume per trip compared to Christmas 2020.
The average price for pork roast sat at $9.75 over the period – a whopping 23 percent down on the previous year.
The other states all saw declines across fresh pork.
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However, they were still in slight decline, with pork volume sales 2.1 percent lower than 2020.
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In terms of pork, Wool- worths’ average price declined at a heavier rate than Coles, which led to strong volume uplifts – 7.6 percent – but value sales declined.
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DIARRHOEA in pigs is a major cause of poor performance and death.
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