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European Pig Meat Industry Facing Its Challenges
2013-04-04 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
EU - The European pig meat industry is facing its challenges with issues such as regulations on sow pens impacting production according to Frederique Clusel group director of Swine Business for Zoetis for EU Africa and Middle East.
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Industry Feedback Sets 'Pig & Poultry Live' Agenda
2013-03-19 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - Taking its lead from an industry survey, conducted by RASE and Pig & Poultry LIVE sponsors, ABN, this year's conference debates the issue of attracting quality people to the sector.
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Ceva Lung Program Allows Pig Industry to 'Breathe Easy'
2013-03-19 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
THAILAND - Respiratory disease is the most frequent and economically significant disease affecting swine production worldwide. Certain respiratory infections, like Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae and Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae are present on over 90 per cent of farms worldwide and are therefore also a major threat to animal welfare.
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Weekly Overview: EU's Pig Industry in Decline; Progress on Ag Policy
2013-01-28 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
ANALYSIS - Pig meat output in the EU is forecast to fall by more than three per cent this year, following two previous years of contraction, according to a new report. One reason for the sharp decline is the sow stalls ban, for which many member states were ill prepared. The UK pig industry is putting food manufacturers, retailers and caterers under renewed pressure to ensure they are sourcing only legally-produced pork. There has been progress in the EU on the revised Common Agricultural Policy.
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Pig Industry Mourns the Loss of Nick Bird
2013-01-22 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - Nick Bird a director and co-owner of Reading-based control and monitoring specialists, Farmex Ltd, died, suddenly, from a heart condition on 13 January 2013, aged 60.