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Pig Focus Asia 2010

Pig Focus Asia 2010

March 1, 2010 to March 3, 2010
Imperial Queen's Hotel - Bangkok - Thailand
General Info

Pig Focus Asia 2010. 1st March 2010 - 3rd March 2010. Bangkok, Thailand. A three day event covering all aspects of pig production.

Topics include:

  • Nutrition
  • Boar taint control
  • Improving sow performance
  • Breeding for efficiency
  • Effective PRRS control
  • E. coli contamination in piglets
  • PCV2 vaccination
  • AND MUCH MORE
  • Day 1

9:45 

Opening Ceremony

10:30 

Benefits from breeding in the next decade
Frederic Grimaud, Groupe Grimaud, France

11:00 

The role of antioxidants in animal nutrition
Richard Murphy, Alltech, UK

11:30 

Testing strategies to reduce the impact of mycotoxins in animals
Alois Fellinger, Romer Laboratories, Austria

12:00 

Lunch

13:00 

Essentials of piglet feeding
Peter van't Veld, Denkavit, Netherlands

13:30 

Optimising swine nutrition with feed enzymes
Ulrich Altemueller, DSM Nutritional Products, Switzerland

14:00 

The key role of nucleotides in pig nutrition
Klaus Hoffmann, Chemoforma, Switzerland

14:30 

Probiotics to improve performance and waste water
Juan José Mallo, Norel & Nature Nutricion, Spain

15:00 

Break

15:30 

Endotoxins in swine - effects and control strategies
Josep Garcia-Sirera, Special Nutrients Inc, USA

16:00 

Healthy nutrition solutions for pigs
Gary Partridge, Danisco Animal Nutrition, UK

16:30 

A herbal approach for optimising profits in pig farming
Praful Kumar, Ayurvet Ltd, India

17:00 

Improving piglet performance and intestinal wellness with phytogenic feed additives
Andreas Asamer, Delacon Phytogenic Feed Additives, Austria

 

Day 2

8:45 

The role of nutrition to optimise modern sow productivity
Delphine Melchior, Citura, Netherlands

9:15 

The 30-pig sow : Are we there yet?
Atruro Frio, Alltech, Philippines

9:45 

Using trace mineral nutrition to improve sow performance
Terry Ward, Zinpro, USA

10:15 

break

10:45 

Economic benefits of stress control at farrowing
Jan Jourquin, Janssen Animal Health, Belgium

11:15 

Optimising your sow productivity and profitability
Hilduard Swarts, Intervet/Schering Plough Animal Health, Netherlands

11:45 

Weaning capacity - what is next?
Gerard Albers, Hypor, Netherlands

12:15 

Lunch

13:15 

Profitability through breeding for efficiency
Grant Walling, JSR Genetics Ltd, UK

13:45 

Update and recent advances in semen analysis
Christophe Staub, IMV, France

14:15 

Boar taint control and maximising male pig production
Jim Allison, Pfizer, USA

14:45 

Controlling zearalenone in breeding pigs
Ursula Hofstetter, Biomin, Austria

15:15 

Break

15:45 

Where next with porcine veterinary science
Zoilo Lapus, Veterinarian, Philippines

16:15 

PCV2 vaccination and reproductive improvement in sows
Francois Joisel, Merial, France

 

Day 3

8:45 

Restoring antimicrobials sensitivity in E.coli
Nuvee Prapasarakul, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

9:15 

Coping with challenges in the intestinal tract
Ian Partridge, Nutriad, Australia

9:45 

Effect of butaphosphan and vitamin B12 on pig performance
Eijalin Bautista, Bayer Animal Health, Germany

10:15 

Break

10:45 

PVC2 control in an Asian context
Carlo Magno Maala, Boehringer Ingelheim, Philippines

11:15 

How to define your PRRS vaccination programme
Sergi Bruguera, Hipra, Spain

11:45 

Importance of prevention in Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae infection
Eric Brunier, Ceva Animal Health Asia Pacific, Malaysia

12:15 

Lunch

13:15 

Clostridium perfringens in cases of neonatal piglet diarrhoea In Thailand
Mark Eastaugh, Alpharma, Singapore

13:45 

The importance of effective PRRS control
Sopon Kongtes, Boehringer Ingelheim, Thailand

14:15 

An integrated approach for controlling swine respiratory disease
Hilduard Swarts, Intervet/Schering Plough Animal Health, Netherlands

14:45 

Break

15:15 

Latest developments in the Chinese pig industry
Michael Boddington, Boddington Consultancy, China

15:35 

The strategic use of disinfection in pig production
Jim Nicol, Kilco, UK

16:15 

Salmonella control programmes, decisions to make
Eric van Esch, BioCheck, The Netherlands