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HKScan will acquire 100 per cent of Swedish Nordic Genetics and thus exclusive rights to Nordic Genetics' NG Hampshire genetics, which form the basis for the well-known Swedish pork Scan Piggham. The genetics have received increased international recognition for the flavourful meat and unique qualities.

Suffolk-based pig equipment specialists, Quality Equipment, has produced a new brochure on feed handling systems.

Zoetis invites European swine veterinarians leaving their prints in their symposium and in the ESPHM 2013 congress.

Continual advancements in biosecurity at JSR’s AI studs mean more producers than ever are benefiting from high health status animals.

VIV Russia has announced details of the conference programmes, to be held from Tuesday 21 until Thursday 23 May at the Crocus Exhibition Centre in Moscow

European-wide approval has been granted to Ecoporc Shiga, the first one-shot vaccine against oedema disease in piglets. The vaccine, developed and launched by German vaccine specialists, IDT Biologika, provides reliable immunity against this lethal disease estimated to affect 100 million piglets per year world-wide.

Improving the performance of swine reproduction requires attention to a wide range of health, genetics, nutrition and management factors, according to speakers at the fifth Merial Swine Forum, held in Budapest, this April.

On Wednesday 17th of April Orffa Additives organized its yearly Benelux symposium. The highlights of this year were amino acid nutrition in piglets and a completely new type of trace minerals for all animal species. Hydroxy trace minerals (Intellibond®) are recently approved in EU and the interest for monogastrics as well ruminants were discussed during the symposium.

A herd can achieve excellent farrowing and mortality rates yet still be under-performing financially if the farm is not selling the required total kg of pigmeat annually, points out Paul Thompson, veterinary adviser to pig-breeding company ACMC.

JSR Genetics’ first ever placement student, Hannah Sewell, has established an important research project that will continue to be funded by Sainsbury’s and will see involvement from the Scottish Agricultural College once she returns to University in September.

Two new members have joined the board of BPEX, one from the processing side of the industry while the other is a producer.

With the advent of county fair swine shows in Iowa just a few weeks from now, Iowa State University Extension swine veterinarian James McKean said there are specific steps that exhibitors and fair attendees can follow to decrease health risks for animals and people at these events.

Recognising that pregnant sows are increasingly being managed in group housing systems, the CRC for High Integrity Australian Pork (Pork CRC) has driven the production of a manual, ‘Feeding Pregnant Sows in Group Housing Systems’.

Lallemand Animal Nutrition was present as exhibitor during VIV trade Show held at Bangkok from 13th till 15th March 2013

The Livestock and Fish team working on the smallholder pig value chain in Uganda recently held a workshop to identify potential best-bet interventions based on the value chain assessment work.

On 15 April 2013 the General Court of European Union issued an Official Document invalidating the EU Regulation 288/2013 on Toyocerin suspension from the EU market, pending the outcome of a resolution on preliminary injunction.

- Animal Health: strong growth in vaccines - CHC business: expansion planned also in TCM - Manufacturing/Biopharma business: expansion plans for production facility and in biopharmaceuticals

Major interest in attending the revamped VIV Russia 2013

A new Knowledge Transfer Manager has been appointed by BPEX to cover the North of England.

TEGO accepted by the National Swine Registry

Opening of the Monogastric Center of Excellence

Alltech’s 2013 Symposium Cultivates Success through Entrepreneurship, Job Creation

UK: McDonald’s moves to 100% Freedom Food Labelled Pork

A new spreadsheet that can help pork producers and seedstock suppliers make better decisions is now available from the Iowa Pork Industry Center (IPIC) at Iowa State University.