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The DLG Group has acquired 70 per cent of the shares in Stormollen, in which Niels van Wyhe has been sole owner and director. It is DLG's subsidiary Vitfoss, which acquires the shares.
Stormollen, based in Tureby by Køge, has for more than 30 years produced the dry disinfectant Stalosan. Thi...
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Vitfoss
Date of publication :
09/05/2011
Views:
448
In human medicine water contamination is a well-recognised route of disease transmission. In pigs, the importance of the correct flow rates for different classes of stock is well known but the quality of this water is sometimes neglected, says Paul Thompson, veterinary consultant to pig-...
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ACMC
Date of publication :
08/09/2011
Views:
262
Many farms will experience reduced fertility over the next few months due to summer and autumn infertility, warns Paul Thompson, veterinary consultant to pig-breeding company ACMC Ltd.
Summer infertility is related to periods of heat stress in boars and sows due to hot conditions while autumn infer...
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ACMC
Date of publication :
07/12/2011
Views:
394
Despite huge advances in technology in the last 15 years, stockmen and women still have the most influence in determining the success or failure of ventilation systems in piggeries, Hugh Crabtree, managing director of Berkshire-based Farmex told a meeting of the Pig Veterinary Society at Newca...
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Farmex
Date of publication :
06/06/2011
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347
Welfare will continue to be a big issue in the pig industry and genetic selection for improved efficiency and ethics are not necessarily antagonistic to ethical production. Genetic selection can improve welfare and increase production ethically, Ed Sutcliffe told a Yorkshire conference organised by ...
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ACMC
Date of publication :
05/18/2011
Views:
362
Special Nutrients Inc. continues with its long tradition of educating the public on the importance of mycotoxins and mycotoxicosis in different species. We are proud to announce the publication of the English version of the book titled "Mycotoxins and Mycotoxicosis in Swine".
This book is written b...
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Special Nutrients
Date of publication :
05/18/2011
Views:
822
´Animal Pharm´, the prestigious Veterinary Magazine published in England and distributed around the world, visited the booth of 'Agrovet Market Animal Health' at the VIV Asia 2011 exhibition in Bangkok, Thailand and interviewed Dr. Umberto Calderon Ojeda, Director Manager of this pharmac...
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Agrovet Market Animal Health
Date of publication :
05/13/2011
Views:
461
Since 15 years, the Rovabio® enzyme from Adisseo has proved its long-term consistency of performance, through more than 500 trials and 50 billion of poultry and pig fed in the world. Trials have been performed at CERN, Adisseo Centre of Expertise and Research in Nutrition, in independ...
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Adisseo
Date of publication :
05/12/2011
Views:
253
Weight and backfat losses, during lactation, are reduced when lactating sows receive a feed containing Rovabio Excel, a NSP enzyme developed by Adisseo.
Six trials throughout the world, concerning more than 500 sows, with different genetics, different feed compositions, various ages at weanin...
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Adisseo
Date of publication :
05/12/2011
Views:
876
Long-term trends show productivity continues to improve in the U.S. swine industry."We've continued to get better at producing more pigs per sow, more pounds of pork per pig born, and we do that with less feed, with less health treatment, just through better management, better genetics," said Tim Sa...
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Whig.com
Date of publication :
05/11/2011
Views:
223