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African swine fever still front-of-mind
Pork Industry Calendar of Events
2020
AUG 11-15 – ONLINE & DOMESTIC Global Animal Nutrition Summit, Guelph, Ontario, Canada globalanimalnutrition2020.uoguelph. ca/welcome
SEP 19-22 – ONLINE The Allen D. Leman Swine Conference, Saint Paul, Minnesota, US ccaps.umn.edu/allen- d-leman-swine-conference
SEP 24-26 – Animal Health Innovation Asia, Toykyo, Japan animalhealthasia. com/events
2021
MAY 25-26 – RESCHEDULED British Pig and Poultry Fair Warwickshire, UK www.pigandpoultry.org.uk
JUN 9-10 – RESCHEDULED Alberta Pork Congress, Alberta, Canada albertaporkcongress.com
JUN 9-11 – World Pork Expo, Iowa, US www.worldpork.org
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AS flagged last month, this article will focus on African swine fever.
Truck biosecurity pro- ject
ture additional structured biosecurity data. This will give industry a better understanding of the bi- osecurity landscape and allow for better prepared- ness.
While there has been a high focus on the COVID threat of late, ASF re- mains a very real risk to our industry and so re- mains firmly on our radar.
• This project will be led by Dr David Hamilton and will review current truck biosecurity prac- tices to identify both best practice and any potential risks and gaps.
Biosecurity focus in the APIQ Major Review
APL are continuing to work with stakeholders across the pork supply chain, as well as with fed- eral, state and territory governments to ensure we as an industry are doing everything we can to pre- vent an outbreak in Aus- tralia, as well as ensuring we are prepared should the disease make it here. Pork industry welcomes ASF Liaison Officers
be working with APL members to ensure best- practice on-farm biosecu- rity, as well as working to enhance government and industry collaboration.
plore options for mass- herd euthanasia, disposal and decontamination fol- lowing an exotic disease outbreak.
• It will ultimately de- liver guidelines for best- practice truck biosecurity and disinfection, in terms of both procedures and of equipment and infra- structure.
The APIQ Major Review will seek to formalise some of the practices pig producers have already put in place as part of its standards revision.
The Department of Ag- riculture, Water and the Environment has funded an industry ASF Liaison Officer position with the aim of enhancing collabo- ration between industry and government, and to support response strat- egies for future disease challenges in the pork in- dustry.
Tony Abel is a former member of the APL team, and was previously involved in the manage- ment of APIQ, and the In- tegrity Systems research portfolio covering eating quality, traceability and processing.
• It will ultimately de- liver a practical guide for use on-farm to help pro- ducers understand their options and put clearer plans in place.
• This project will be led by Adrian Turner and will be phase one of what we expect will be a 3-phase project. At the completion of phase one, we will have identified gaps that can inform where the sector needs to invest to cap-
Each bring a good un- derstanding of the in- dustry and diverse net- works to the position.
New research projects to ensure the industry is ASF ready
Dr Kirsty Richards is a veterinarian for Sun- Pork Solutions and will
Euthanasia, disposal, and decontamination project
• This project will ex-
Dr Kirsty Richards. Photo: The Weekly Times
Biosecurity data project
The focus will be on ensuring the standards reflect best-practice bios- ecurity and that producers are taking appropriate steps to manage their bi- osecurity risk, including managing risks that may be specific to their loca- tion – for instance, high numbers of feral pigs.
This role will be shared between Dr Kirsty Rich- ards and Mr Tony Abel.
As an ASF Liaison Of- ficer, his focus will be on building relationships with small producers and non-A PL members to help them improve their on-farm biosecurity and better understand the risk ASF poses.
APRIL call for AusScan tenders
APRIL is calling for tenders for strength- ening the AusScan On- line pig digestible en- ergy calibrations.
robustness of the cali- brations, maize grains from overseas are to be incorporated as well as connectivity grains.
suitable facilities to pro- vide the required spe- cialisations to upgrade the current AusScan On- line pig DE calibrations.
provide additional data for the pig ileal DE and faecal DE calibrations to improve the validity and suitability of AusScan Online.
The tender opens Au- gust 3, 2020 and closes August 31, 2020.
Near infrared spectro- photometry calibrations were developed within the Premium Grains for Livestock Program and the Pork CRC for ileal DE and faecal DE (MJ/ kg) of cereal grains for growing pigs.
APRIL manages the license for the commer- cial use of the AusScan Online calibrations and is responsible for mainte- nance and upgrades.
The research project will use imported maize samples and a number of connectivity grains (grains from previous studies), which will
Complete details can be found on the APRIL website http://apri.com. au/research/funding-op portunities/
For further informa- tion or inquiries, contact Dr Charles Rikard-Bell, APRIL Manager Com- mercialisation and Re- search Impact on 0439 513 723 or c.rikardbell@ april.org.au
The DE calibrations for pigs contain a wide range of cereal grains including natural and artificially weather dam- aged grains, and at pre- sent the calibration in- cludes only grains grown in Australia.
Recently, APRIL up- graded the poultry AME calibrations by including high energy wheat va- rieties from Europe and Canada, which sig- nificantly enhanced ro- bustness and improved validity for use outside Australia.
In order to improve the
APRIL is requiring a qualified research team or teams with access to
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by PETER HAYDON
Research and Innovation
General Manager
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