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The swine industries of the world are very dynamic and continue to evolve and change along with the external forces that shape agriculture world-wide. The factors influencing change are generally related to economic efficiency and competition from alternative protein sources. The global trend is for fewer producers, responsible for larger numbers of pigs, and more concentration within the swine industry. The ability to maintain economic viability is a function of providing optimal facilities, genetics, nutrition, and health programs to the pig in a system that addresses cost of production and generating revenue from the marketing of a high-quality product.
Swine production in the 21st century has become quite sophisticated. Many pork producers have transitioned away from raising purebred pigs for food and instead are raising crossbred pigs carefully selected for a specific need. These systems involve purposeful selection of the grandparent animals that usually selected with a maternal or terminal emphasis in composite breeding programs that emphasize the benefits of breed complimenting. The resulting offspring are called parent stock which are then bred to produce crossbred terminal animals.
A microscopic worm may be the key to heart-friendly bacon. Geneticists have mixed DNA from the roundworm C. elegans and pigs to produce swine with significant amounts of omega-3 fatty acids the kind believed to stave off heart disease.
Researchers hope they can improve the technique in pork and do the same in chickens and cows. In the process, they also want to better understand human disease.
"We all can use more omega-3 in our diet," said Dr. Jing Kang, the Harvard Medical School...
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Introduction The role of the Australian pig industry in the global market place has changed significantly in the past five years from virtually no pork exports in 1996 to an export industry worth in excess of $AUD240 million in 2001. As a consequence, the Australian pig industry focus to maintain global competitiveness and long term viability has also changed. The industry has moved from monitoring the cost of production of major exporting nations in an attempt to remain...
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Producers make daily management decisions for the best practice of their property and the welfare of their pigs. However, these decisions are now being viewed under tighter scrutiny due to the introduction of PigPass. For some producers there are several grey areas which surround the Withholding Periods (WHP’s) and Export Slaughter Intervals (ESI’s).
PigPass is concerned with the animal husbandry of pigs and includes some information and questions around the WHP’s and ESI’s for commonly used...
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Introduction Pork is possibly the most versatile raw meat product compared to chicken, beef, turkey and lamb. By utilising sophisticated processing techniques it can be easily transformed and presented across a highly varied range of quality products such as fresh pork, spare ribs, specialist hams, bacon, sausages and salamis. Developing and marketing new pork products is becoming an increasingly competitive activity due to the globalisation of the pig industry and the...
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Only one pig farm was found using the banned growth enhancement drug Beta-Agonist by the Department of Veterinary Services and Animal Industry (Dovsai) in Sabah since last year.
Dovsai Director Datuk Haji Awang Sahak Salleh said the operator of this small farm in Sandakan had stopped using the drug after a reminder by the department.
This was proven in follow-up action, including blood and urine samples of the breeding pigs, taken by the department to ensure the farm was in the clear....
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Introduction Historically, the identification of selenium (Se) as a toxic element was indirectly referred to in at least two major writings. In both cases the detrimental effects of the element were unknown at the time of the recordings. The first written account, quoted by Moxon (1937), was from Marco Polo who traveled the Orient during the 13th century where he reported: “.....It is a fact that when they take that road, they cannot venture amongst the mountains...
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Manitoba Pork Council is applauding word that Maple Leaf Foods has decided to consolidate the majority of its hog operations in Manitoba. Last week Maple Leaf Foods announced, as part of a restructuring of it's operations due primarily to losses resulting from the rising value of the Canadian dollar, it will move all of its fresh pork processing operations to its primary processing plant located in Brandon.
As well, the company plans to add a second shift at the plant within three years....
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Canadian and the US regulators are now developing a program to ensure no residues of the antibiotic Carbadox end up in pork.
In 2001 the sale of Carbadox was halted in Canada due to potential human health concerns related to residues in pork and now Health Canada is considering including Carbadox in the list of prohibited substances.
Following a stakeholder meeting last week involving Canadian and US regulatory agencies, Canadian industry and the drug's manufacturer, Health Canada...
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Hog breeders in Negros Occidental will hold the 1st Negros Occidental Hog Congress on November 10 to 12 at the Panaad Stadium in Bacolod City that is intended to come up with a common stand to strengthen the backyard and commercial hog raising industry.
The gathering organized by the Negros Occidental Hog Breeders' Multi-purpose Cooperative, will feature a forum on the different issues and concerns of hog farmers and an organizational meeting to form an alliance of swine raisers. There will...
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The president of Prairie Orchard Farms reports interest in Omega-3 enriched pork appears to be growing.
In the spring of 2005 Winnipeg based Prairie Orchard farms received approval from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to label its pork as being high a good source of Omega-3 fatty acids, a compound recognized having positive effects in terms of eye, brain and cardiovascular health, and approximately one year later the product received similar approval from the U.S. Food and Drug...
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Meat processor Olymel LP has hired former Quebec premier Lucien Bouchard to help the company restructure the pork sector in the province, where Olymel warns that mounting losses threaten 4,000 of its jobs.
The pork producer announced Wednesday it has hired Bouchard, now a partner in Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg law firm, to carry out negotiations with the company, its unions, other producers and stakeholders in the industry "with an objective of finding lasting solutions to the grave...
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The sale of Bulgarian pig meat could soon be prohibited unless the government can prove it is successfully tackling increased outbreaks of Classical Swine fever (CSF) in the country, according to a new USDA report.
The report comes after a third outbreak this year of the disease was diagnosed in a village near the Black Sea port of Bourgas, in Southeast Bulgaria, raising concerns that CSF is becoming more prevalent in the country.
In a GAIN report focusing on CSF and its affects on the...
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Speaking at the opening session of the 2006 China National Swine Industry Development Forum held in Haikou from Aug 26-28, Ge Zhirong, Assistant Director of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, highlighted the challenges facing China's exporters of pork products.
In 2005, China's import and export of food and agricultural products were worth a total of US$55.83 billion, up 9.3 percent compared with a year ago. Exports of food products were valued at...
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The US based National Pork Producers Council is expressing its concern over a Health Canada proposal to further restrict the use of Carbadox in Canada.
Carbadox is an antibiotic used to protect against swine dysentery in the nursery phase. It was authorized for use in Canada in the early 1970’s but in 2001 Health Canada issued a stop sale order on the product and in 2004 its drug identification numbers were withdrawn.
Now Health Canada is proposing to further restrict its use to ensure...
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Canadian pork producers are encouraging Health Canada to consider potential trade implications as it addresses the foreign use of Carbadox.
Carbadox, an antibiotic used mainly to protect against swine dysentery, was withdrawn from use in Canada in 2001 because of potential human health concerns and now Health Canada is preparing regulations that would establish maximum residue levels in imported pork products.
Canadian Pork Council executive director Martin Rice explains...
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Research conducted at the Prairie Swine Centre has shown pigs fed different classes of wheat of equal quality will perform equally well.
Often wheat grown to target a specific end use will fall short of the grade specifications for that market and end up as animal feed.
However questions have been raised about the suitability of certain types of wheat for feed.
In an effort to determine whether class will affect swine growth, scientists at the Prairie wine Centre compared the...
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The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) has launched a database that lists newly analyzed nutrient data for nine cuts of raw and cooked fresh pork.
The new data show significant changes in nutrient content of some of the pork cuts over time. Eight of the nine raw cuts were found to be leaner than those previously analyzed, while protein content remained unchanged.
The resource provides public and private researchers, health professionals and policy makers with key information for...
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The Canadian Pork Council has identified Korea and Japan as key markets with which the pork industry would like to see Canada aggressively pursue bilateral free trade arrangements.
Earlier this week a coalition of nine Canadian agricultural groups, including the Canadian Pork Council, applauded transport minister David Emerson's aggressive approach to negotiations for bilateral trade agreements and his commitment to accelerate efforts to clinch new trade deals.
CPC President Clare...
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Warnex Inc. announced that its quantitative Campylobacter test used with the WarnexTM Rapid Pathogen Detection System has been granted Performance TestedSM status by the AOAC Research Institute (Certificate No. 050603) and is the first quantitative real-time PCR test available to the food industry to be AOAC-validated.
"The validation of this test marks a major achievement for Warnex and attests to the high potential of our real-time PCR platform and to our scientific leadership in the...
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Hypor Genetics had great success at the 4th annual Olymel Performance Awards held at the Alberta Pork Congress Banquet & Trade Show March 15th in Red Deer Alberta. Partners in Pork’s Janhol Farms Ltd. took first place in the 60/69 Lean category with Hypor genetics on both the dam and sire line. Both runner ups in the category also carried Hypor genes. Fully half of the eighteen winners and runner ups in the six categories were from farms that use Hypor Genetics.
Now in its fourth...
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