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Pig News, Reviews & Reports 2004 - 2005

Pet Pigs - Risk Management for E.coli O157:H7 infection: Zoos with pig petting   Zoonotic infections

Veterinary Homeopathy - Homeopathic Treatment of Animal Diseases & Swine Stillbirths: CHEAL

Organic Bacon Pork Sausages - Market Expansion in UK & EU: Organic Pigs

Epidemic Swine Diseases - UK Preparedness - EU Criticisms: FMD Section

Pig Welfare - Survey of Consumer Willingness to Pay for Improvements: Market Research

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Stomach Ulcers in Finishers - Environmental Enrichment reduced esophagogastric lesions: Research

Pig Welfare - Code of Practice for Housing and Management: UK Home Office

 

Farm Animal Welfare - Pork eating is natural for hominids: American Assoc. Advancement of Science

Medication Use & Antibiotic Resistance Issues in Pig Production: PNI Review (279Kb)

On-line Slide Presentation - Heart Attack Symptoms & First Aid: Cambridge Healing

OIE New Warning that Bird Flu Epidemic could worsen: Influenza News

Antibiotic Resistance - Therapeutic Usage Risk Management in U.K. Pigs: .DOC (313kb)   .PDF (1.2Mb)

Pig Welfare - New Zealand introduces new 2005 code of practice: News   Books

Toxoplasma gondii - Pork from Welfare-friendly farming systems - Cook Well! Survey

Salmonella Control in Pig Herds - Trends in Europe: Salmonella reviews

Pig growth promoters in the European Union: December 2004

Free-range Hog Production Rising as U.S. Pork Industry Bounces Back: Organic Pigs

Influenza Virus Epidemic: Increased Virulence to Mammals - Healthy Ducks as Carriers: Bird Flu News

Understanding Pigs - Their Needs & Welfare

Author of "The Whole Hog - Exploring the Extraordinary Potential of Pigs" is biologist Lyall Watson who has tracked pigs in the wild, observed their resourceful and playful lives and deciphered their language of vocal sounds. During forty million years of evolution, pigs have become increasingly versatile, gregarious and more curious. Sixteen species of wild pigs are found over all continents except Australia (feral pigs only) and Antarctica. Order a New or Used Copy: USA   Canada   UK & Europe (all deliver world-wide)

Dioxin Scare - Cattle, Pig Sheep & Goat farms: Belgium Germany Netherlands

Toxoplasma infection more common on Outdoor Pig Farms: Organic Pig Farming

Influenza Infected 1,000 People as well as EU Poultry & Pigs last year: Influenza news

Grilled Guinea-pig rivals Pork - How tasteful is that?: Cambridge Healers

Farm Animal Welfare - Controversial New Video: Welfare section

Epidemic livestock diseases in the European Union during 2004: Summary

HPAI Influenza - Human to Human spread: Influenza section

FMD Carcase Disposal Site now a Nature Reserve: Foot and Mouth Disease

Boiling to Sterilise - How long is needed?: Cambridge Healing & Health

Salmonella in Pig Herds - Feed & Water Acidification Questioned: Salmonella reviews

Emerging Virus Epidemics - EU Call for Veterinary / Medical Co-operation: Influenza section

Farming Bioterrorism Threat - Protective measures: Agroterrorism reviews

Bird Flu Epidemic in Asia - Spread to Pigs in China: Update September 10

Making Every Decision - Your Best Decision

Decision-making ability as a key business and career management skill, but few people have the training they need to make good quality decisions consistently. Becoming a good decision-maker is like training to be a top athlete - Just as the best coaches use training methods to help athletes develop proper techniques and avoid mistakes, Drs. Russo and Schoemaker have developed a programme that can help you avoid "decision traps" - the ten common decision-making errors that most people make over and over again. Sample pages & Ordering information: USA   Canada   UK & Europe                                             (all deliver world-wide)

Infertility - Endocrine Disruptors in the Environment: Cambridge Holistic Health

Toxic Residues - Pork clean - Cadmium in Feedstuffs - Fish & Poultry problems: Cambridge Holistic Lifestyle

Stress level - Personal & Employee Health Monitoring: Technology News

Can Pigs Fly? - The story of the first Flying Pig: Porkopolis

An Anthology of Pig Poetry: Porkopolis

Endemic pig disease - Surveillance reports for UK 2003-2004 : VLA

Pig Diseases forecast for July 2004 - United Kingdom: NADIS

Pig Liver Faggot industry in Britain feels threatened by Ofcom ban

Salmonella control - Improving Gut Health: Review

U.S. Veterinarians criticized for support of Gestation Sow Stalls: Campaign1   Campaign2

Pig Population and Slaughtering Statistics - EU & United Kingdom 2004: Defra (large file)

UK Animal health - Chief Veterinary Officer's Report for 2003: just published

Pig farmers carry antibiotic-resistant bacteria: New French Research

Workplace Lessons
We can learn from Pigs!

 
Contents & Review

 

Agroterrorism - bioterrorism threats to agriculture: U.S. Report

Enzootic pneumonia - Prevention & Treatment with Antibiotics: Review (114k PDF)

Pig Herd Health Problems Warnings - UK & Europe: NADIS-May2004

Bubonic Plague bacteria found in USA: May 5th 2004

Livestock Farming - Pigmeat Safety - Animal Welfare: Special Offers

Pig Breeding - Nutrition - Disease Control - Management: Special Offers

UK Defra responds to "Welfare of Farmed Animals at Slaughter or Killing": April 2004

Free-Access Scientific Literature - The big debate + Review Articles: The Journal Nature

Farm Animal Disease & Welfare Inspections by The European Union: Ireland   Netherlands

Animal Research & Animal Welfare - Trends in Britain: Nature   BBC

PMWS epidemic grows worse in New Zealand: May 2004   Background

Nipah Virus zoonotic outbreaks in Bangladesh - Human Deaths: April 2004

Pork sales boosted by Atkins diet & Bird Flu: AnimalNet

Foot-and-Mouth disease updates: March 31 2004

Domestic Animal Breeds - Loss of genetic resources alarm: FAO

Epidemics affecting people - New EU Centre for Disease Prevention and Control: ECDC

News Index

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Free Production Calculators & Spreadsheets for breeding sows and finishing pigs: Iowa Pork

Premix of feed antibiotic included resistance genes: Shock implications

Antibiotic Use & Antimicrobial Resistance - What You Need to Know: UK National Library

The Trend Towards On-farm Food Safety: Prof. Frans van Knapen

UK Government Vet admits error leading to 2001 foot and mouth epidemic: FMD News

Smithfield Foods threatens UK pig industry with E. Europe imports: Press release  Invest East of England
(Smithfield has pig production interests in Eastern European countries that will join the EU in May 2004)

Open-access, On-line Publishing Revolution - U.K. Government Investigation: Inquiry

Control of Enzootic Pneumonia due to Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae: Antibiotics - Vaccination

New Emerging Disease - Porcine Myocarditis - NSW Australia:
OIE February 27   Factsheet   Virus particles   News reports: A   B   Ecology

Medical advice for people in contact with Bird 'Flu: February 20th

Survey of Salmonella in pork & pig abattoirs in Europe: new research

Food Safety & Farming in Perspective - Public Lecture: Sir John Krebs

Bird 'Flu epidemic may spread to Europe: February 20th

Storey's Guide to Raising Pigs

 
Details

 

UK Pig Disease Reports & Warnings for February 2004: NADIS

 
The Ethology of Domestic Animals
An Introductory Textbook
on
Practical Aspects of Behaviour, Stress & Welfare
Multi-author textbook Edited by Professor Per Jensen
 
Contents & Review
 

Strategic Approach to Salmonella Control: Economic simulations

Graph Theory Applied to Classical Swine Fever: Epidemic control tool

Antibiotic Growth Promoters - Alternatives: Performance Enhancers(3.6Mb PDF)

Avian Influenza Virus Infection - Latest Facts: February 2004

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