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Pig Industry Calendar of Events
2017
MAY 18 - 20 – China Animal Husbandry Expo, Qingdao International Expo Centre, China www.caaa.com.cn
MAY 18 - 20 – VIV Russia, Moscow, Russia www.vivrussia.nl/en/Bezoeker. aspx
JUN 7 - 9 – World Pork Expo, Des Moines, Iowa, US www.worldpork. org
JUN 11 - 14 – 10th International Conference on Pig Reproduction, Columbia, Missouri, US www.muconf. missouri.edu/ICPR2017/Index.html
JUL 21 - 25 – AVMA Convention, Indianapolis, Indiana, US www.avma. org
AUG 29 - 31 – SIAVS - International Poultry and Pork Show, São Paulo, Brazil www.siavs.org.br/?lang=en
SEP 5 - 8 – International Conference on the Assessment of Animal Welfare at Farm and Group Level, Wageningen, The Netherlands www.wafl2017.com
SEP 12 - 15 – SPACE, Parc-Expo de Rennes, France uk.space.fr/en/ welcome.aspx
SEP 16 - 19 – Allen D. Leman Swine Conference, Saint Paul, Minnesota US www.cceevents.umn.edu/allen-d- leman-swine-conference
OCT 22 - 24 – Leman China Swine Conference, Nanjing, China www. vetmed.umn.edu/news-events/leman- china-swine-conference
NOV 7 - 9 – Pig Welfare Symposium, Des Moines, Iowa US www.pork.org/ pig-welfare-symposium
NOV 19 - 22 – Australasian Pig Science Association (Inc) conference, Melbourne, Victoria www.apsa.asn. au
NOV 20 - 22 – International Tropical Agriculture Conference, Brisbane, Queensland www.tropagconference. org
2018
MAR 3 - 6 – Annual Meeting of the American Association of Swine, San Diego, California, US www.aasv.org/ annmtg
JUN 18 - 20 – IPVS, Chongqing, China
JUN 20 - 22 – VIV Europe 2018, Utrecht, The Netherlands www.viveurope.nl/ en/Bezoeker.aspx
OCT 17 - 19 – Vietstock Expo & Forum, Saigon, Vietnam www.vietstock.org
How to supply event details: Send all details to Australian Pork Newspaper, PO Box 387, Cleveland, Qld 4163, fax: 07 3821 2637, email: ben@porknews.com.au
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A productive time for R&I
THE past month has cer- tainly been a busy time for the R&I division!
We have released the call for tender for 2017/18 R&D priorities, been a part of the suc- cessful Victorian Pig Fair in Bendigo and have run the inaugural Com- mercial Pigs Schools competition at the Syd- ney Royal Easter Show. Call for tenders
The 2017/18 call for ten- ders is now open, and is now available to view on the Australian Pork Lim- ited website at australian pork.com.au/wp-content/ uploads/2017/04/2017- 18-Call-for-Tender.pdf or alternatively please con- tact research@australi anpork.com.au for your copy.
I would like to take this opportunity to invite re- searchers to discuss their ideas with the relevant R&I manager and submit tenders addressing the priorities detailed in the call for tender.
All proposals must be submitted via APL’s on- line portal PigNet by COB May 22, 2017.
Please note that A PL’s standard R&D contract agreement is also avail- able on the APL website to enable research organi- sations to understand and accept our funding terms and therefore enable the timely execution of pro- ject agreements between APL and research organi- sations.
This is to overcome de- lays that continue to be experienced with the sign- ing of agreements by re- search providers.
For further assistance with your application, please contact the follow- ing R&I managers: Pro- duction and Welfare – Dr Robyn Terry, Ph 0427 423 869, robyn.terry@aus tralianpork.com.au; Envi- ronmental Management – Janine Price, Ph 0429 899 845, janine.price@aus tralianpork.com.au; Qual- ity Assurance, Biosecurity and Food Safety – Dr Pat Mitchell, Ph 0402 794 912, pat.mitchell@australian pork.com.au
Victorian Pig Fair
The 2017 Victorian Pig Fair was once again held at the Bendigo Show- grounds on April 4 and 5 and attracted a strong crowd of local attendees.
The exhibition hall was filled with exhibitors who presented a variety of in- formation for everyone – two companies also trav- elled internationally to be a part of the fair.
The APL/Pork CRC session on the first day involved updates present- ed by Roger Campbell, Pat Mitchell and Robyn Terry, with the second day’s presentations con- sisting of an overview of SunPork’s ‘Autism and Agriculture’ program by Kirsty Richards, an update of the On Farm Welfare Assessment pro- gram by Emalyn Lou- don and sponsors were given the opportunity to address the audience on their company.
Postgraduate student workshop
Running alongside the pig fair was the APL/Pork CRC student workshop, held for two days prior to the beginning of the fair and attended by 19 postgraduate students and industry placement award recipients.
This year’s workshop, facilitated by David Faulkner, enabled each student to focus on their professional development, in particular how best to engage with colleagues with different behavioural styles.
Understanding this was of great value to the stu- dents who will soon be contributing to the profes- sional workplace, in many cases for the first time. Pig vet symposium
In conjunction with the Victorian Pig Fair, a pig vet symposium was held in Bendigo on Monday, April 3.
The symposium was organised by Pat Mitch- ell and included updates from APL’s Biosecurity research portfolio and Pork CRC Program 2.
One of the core presen- tations by Dr Ian Lang- staff from Animal Health Australia covered the APL Exotic Disease sur- veillance project, which relies on the assistance and support of the indus- try’s vets.
The core of the project relies on the submission of samples from sick ani- mals for differential diag- nosis for exotic diseases, such as finisher scours for African swine fever.
The project came about as a way of fulfilling Aus- tralia’s World Organisa- tion for Animal Health (OIE) requirements con- cerning reporting on proof of freedom (for want of a better descrip- tor) for a number of pig- specific (among others) exotic diseases.
The OIE does not regard lack of evidence as proof of freedom and it requires active as opposed to pas- sive surveillance.
In the past, we have re- lied on the odd emergency animal disease investiga- tion as well as pig health monitoring at slaughter – however, this is not suf- ficient.
Ensuring that the indus- try remains free from dis- ease underpins Australia’s Import Risk Analysis for imported pork.
The Australian pig in- dustry is continually un- der threat from trading partners who seek to im- port fresh pork into Aus- tralia.
Our defences include the Australian IRA and our
proof of freedom from ex- otic diseases.
Our claims need to be backed up by robust evi- dence.
Fulfilling OIE require- ments is important, but having the proof to main- tain our biosecurity pro- tocols for imported pork is vital.
It’s not the only tool we will need, but it is a very important one.
RAS Schools Commer- cial Pig Competition
– Sydney Royal Easter Show
The inaugural RAS Schools Commercial Pig Competition, which in- volved both live animal and carcass judging, was successfully completed at the 2017 Sydney Royal Easter Show.
Seven high schools from across NSW submitted a pen of three pigs (grown to a pre-determined speci- fication) for judging at the show.
Each school was required to implement APIQP as part of their education and training program.
They established simple work instructions, kept diaries and records of daily activities, monitored pig performance and were audited through either a site visit or online video conference.
Each pen of pigs was pre- sented for live judging by the students, allowing them to demonstrate the hand- ling skills they had learnt.
The pigs were then de- livered to Breakout River Meats in Cowra, NSW for processing and carcass judging.
Our sincere thanks go to Breakout River Meats for being involved and as- sisting in this competition.
Graham Reu (SABOR) judged the live pigs with the following results:
Pen of three on the hoof:
1. Hurlstone Agricultur- al High School.
3. Orange Anglican Grammar.
The best individual car- cass score was won by Yass High School, with their best carcass scoring 70 out of a possible 100.
Orange Anglican Gram- mar won the best school project prize for their very detailed diary of pig man- agement, and the most successful school award.
The RAS medal of ex- cellence was awarded to Hurlstone Agricultural High School.
Feedback from the com- petition by the teachers was overwhelmingly posi- tive, and next year is set to be much larger, with a number of additional high schools already signing uptobeapartofthecom- petition.
Almost a million mem- bers of the public came through the entry gates of the show – this competition provides us as an indus- try an opportunity to both educate students as well as members of the public about the pig industry.
Following the success of this competition, there is opportunity for other states to implement a sim- ilar model.
For further informa- tion on any of the topics discussed in this article, please do not hesitate to contact me on 0423 056 045 or heather.channon@ australianpork.com.au
2. Brisbane Water School.
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3. Yass High School.
The best individual pig score on the hoof was won by Hurlstone Agricultural High School.
Karl Lanham (Breakout River Meats) and I judged the carcasses, with the fol- lowing results:
Pen of three on the hook:
1. Hurlstone Agricultur- al High School.
2. Yass High School.
Call for tenders opens
April 20, 2017
Call for tenders closes May 22, 2017
Tender reviews complete
June 12, 2017
AOP budget endorsed (APL board June meeting date) June 22, 2017
Secretariat evaluations complete
June 23, 2017
SG/RDAC chair review complete June 30, 2017
Successful and modify letters sent
July 10, 2017
Modified proposals resubmitted July 24, 2017
Modified proposals reviewed by APL manager
July 31, 2017
Unsuccessful letters sent and successful contracts sent August 7, 2017
Contract negotiation completed and contracts executed
August 28, 2017
RDAC & SGs notified of call for tender outcomes and full BCAs October 31, 2017
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