The Pig Issue

THE PIG ISSUE is Garth Partnership's dedicated quarterly newsletter for clients and producers.

The Pig Issue - May 2010

Water medication is becoming more popular with better water systems in place and a growing market of soluble products. Administering medication to pigs via drinking water is a stress-free and rapid option if group treatment is indicated. The most common group of medication used in water are antimicrobials, but also vaccines, anti-inflammatories, probiotics,...

The Pig Issue - March/April 2010

Spring is coming and our April newsletter has sprung! In February several ADAS workshops encouraged the debate about tail biting in many parts of the country. It is well known that tail biting is a multi-factorial problem and so far tail docking is the only widely used solution (80% of UK slaughter pigs are tail docked) in combination with environmental...

The Pig Issue - February 2010

A belated Happy New Year to you all. With 2009 a year of decent returns and above all significantly improved health on the majority of units we look forward to 2010 hoping this will be sustained, many of the pointers and opinions been aired suggest it may well do. This version of the newsletter contains a couple of articles on health improvement schemes...

The Pig Issue - October 2009

Worming  It’s that time of year again. It is important to worm sows regularly, and to use a broad spectrum anthelmintic such as Flubenol that eliminates larvae as well as mature worms and all nematodes, not just ascarids. Loose housing and solid floored systems help the spread of worms, so use a disinfectant capable of attacking the worm...