The Netherlands - Pork exports down 14 percent in 2009
Pork exports have this year shrunk by 14% in comparison to 2008, the Dutch agricultural newspaper Agrarisch Dagblad reports.
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The effect of weaner diet protein content and diet quality on the long-term performance of pigs to slaughter
High quality diets may preserve piglet intestinal health just after weaning. However, lower quality diets may be offered in piglets weaned up to 28 d
Maple Leaf Foods Responds to Parliamentary Sub-Committee Report "Beyond Listeriosis: Strengthening the Canadian Food Safety System"
Maple Leaf Foods today responded to the report of the Agriculture Sub-Committee investigating the listeriosis crisis of last year, which was caused by contaminated meat products originating from Maple Leaf's Bartor Road plant that claimed the lives of 22 Canadians
More pig prices
We have added the pig prices for: Hungary, Chile, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and South Korea.
Improvac® approval
EU Commission approves Pfizer Animal Health’s vaccine against boar taint
Growth performance, carcass characteristics, meat quality, and tissue histology of growing pigs fed crude glycerin-supplemented diets
The use of glycerine in pig diets does not negatively affect pig performance or frequency of histological lesions in tissues associated with methanol metabolism
New Testing Method Approved For Detecting Salmonella in Food
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced availability of a testing method that it has developed to help food producers detect deadly Salmonella contamination in their products. The Salmonella Rapid Culture Method delivers highly accurate results in less than 48 hours, compared to up to four days for other methods.
CO2 and electrical stunning of pigs
The Dutch newspaper Trouw dated 28 January 2009 included an article on stunning pigs using CO2. This has occasioned a number of questions and responses. We therefore think it would be a good idea to once again feature a prior statement we issued on CO2 stunning
VION Vilshofen GmbH: ground broken for construction of new refrigerated warehouse
VION Food Group invests in a new slaughterhouse structure / municipal and district councils hail positive effect on local industry
Effect of supplementation with MgCO3 and L-Tryptophan on the welfare and on the carcass and meat quality of two halothane pig genotypes (NN and nn)
Feeding Mg supplemented diets at the end of the pig finishing phase may reduce stress response from handling and transport prior to slaughter
What causes coughing in pigs?
Any factor that irritates or inflames the respiratory system will elicit the physiological response of either sneezing or coughing or both. Although alarming and indicative of disease, coughing is at least a sign that normal physiological responses are taking place and should not in isolation be necessarily seen as a bad thing. We may have sudden or generalized outbreaks of coughing as well as a constant coughing in pig groups. There are infectious pathogenic agents that are normally associated with coughing or laboured breathing in pigs such as Actinobacillus, Bordetella, Haemophilus, Pasteurella Streptococcus, Mycoplasma, SIV, PRRSV or PCV2.