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Vele uitdagings
en veranderinge wag op plaaslike bedryf
Deur dr Pieter Grimbeek, konsultant
May 2006
The
future
competitiveness of the South African pig industry
By John Wright, SAPPO's
vice-chairman
Des/Jan 2004
Quality
assurance and pork
By Dr
Pieter Grimbeek, veterinarian and consultant
Des/Jan 2004
Calculating the cost of pork production
By Dr Thomas Volker, Penvaan
April/May 2004
Quality assurance versus biosecurity
By Dr Annie Labauschagne, Charles
Street Vets
Jun/Jul 2004
Quality assurance scheme
to benefit of all producers
Oct 2008
ARC research: Pork a healthy
alternative
Dec/Jan 2008
Biogas digesters: How
feasible are they?
by Greg Austin, AGAMA Biogas
DecJan 2009
Labour:
Is a farmer's wife also his employee?
Dec/Jan 2010
The influence
of HIV/Aids on service contracts
March 2010
Do bushpigs play a role
in carrying or spreading CSF?
By Dr. Rob Taylor, SAPPO representative on the Joint Operations Centre CSF in the Eastern Cape.
Sept 2006
Understanding how a
vaccine works
By Dr Arthur Wellington
on behalf of the Pig Veterinary Society
May 2006
The
haemorrhagic bowel
syndrome
By Dr Tom Spencer on behalf of the Pig
Veterinary Society
July 2003
Health aspects in intensive pig
production units
By the ARC’s Institute for
Agricultural Engineering
march 2004
Practical
biosecurity for the pig farm
By Dr Dirk Verwoerd, Pfizer, Animal Health
June 2004
Biosecurity
in perspective
By Dr Peter Evans, Charles Street Vets
Nov 2004
Biosecurity:
A long word for a simple idea
By Dr Jim Robinson, veterinary consultant
Des 2004
Focus on PRRS
Aug 2004
Using
antibiotics to the best advantage
By Dr Jim Robinson, veterinary consultant
Sept/Oct 2004
EPI in pigs
By Fred Potgieter, ARC-Onderstepoort
Veterinary Institute and Dr Tom Spencer, Onderstepoort Veterinary Facultyr
on behalf of the RMDT and Pig Vet Society
Jan/Feb 2005
Single or double
vaccination for Mycoplasma hyopneumonia control
Presented by Dr Pieter Grimbeek, a pig
veterinarian at the PIC information day 2005 on behalf of Schering-Plough
March 2005
Porcine reproductive and respiratory failure
(PRRS)
By Dr Annie Labuschage and Dr
Peter Evans, Charles Street Vet
April 2005
Hypothermia in pigs
By Dr Francois van Niekerk, Humansdorp
Veterinay Clinic
Jun/Jul 2005
Voorkomende maatreëls by varkgesondheid
Deur dr Piet Botha, Charlesstraat
Veterinêre Konsultante
Aug/Sept 2005
A review of Glässer’s disease
By Dr Peter Evans
Jan/Feb 2007
Notifiable swine diseases in South Africa: Potential future risks, diagnosis
and surveillance techniques
Dr. Gary Bührmann, Chief State
Veterinarian, Boland
March 2007
Vaccination failure
By Dr Arthur Wellington on behalf of
the Pig Vet Society
April/May 2007
Probiotika — ‘n moderne toevoeging tot suksesvolle varkproduksie
Deur Dr Reinhold Lawrenz, ‘n veearts
Jun/Jul 2007
Antibiotics in
food producing animals
By Dr Edgar Ortmann, BVSc
Oct/Nov 2007
Diseases of weaner pigs
By Dr Annie Labuscagne,
Charles Street Vets
Aug/Sept 2008
PRRS and its early
detection
By Dr Rahana Dwarka, EDD,
Onderstepoort, assisted by Dr Tom Spencer
May 2008
ASF:
Is the African situation important to the rest of the world?
By Dr Mary-Louise Penrith
Jan/Feb 2009
A new look at
Biosecurity
March 2009
By Dr Jim Robinson
Erysipelas
in pigs at slaughter
By Dr Edgar Ortmann, Howick
Veterinary Clinic
March 2009
Results of SAPPO’s
biosecurity survey (2009)
By Dr Peter Evans, SAPPO’s health officer
June/July 2009
The scientific view of the pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus
outbreak
By Dr Jim Robinson
June/July 2009
A
global focus on prospects for control of African swine fever
By Dr Mary-Louise Penrith
April/May 2010
How
does the PPP's Quality Assurance Scheme differ from the pig compartments?
By Dr Peter Evans, SAPPO’s health officer
April/May
2010
The
use of plants with ethno-veterinary medical properties of interest to pig
producers
By Jessica Matchette,
University of KwaZulu-Natal
April/May
2010
Production
Induction
of farrowing using prostaglandis
By Dr Francois
van Niekerk, Humansdorp Veterinary Clinic
Des/Jan 2004
Managing the
waener pig
By Dr Pieter Grimbeek, consultant
Feb 2004
Focus on repop depop
By Dr Pieter Vervoort and Dr Anni Labuschagne,Chareles Street Vet Group
May 2004
Reproductive traits in boars
By Dr Stanley Janyk
May 2004
Growth monitoring Part 1
By Dr Peter Evans,
veterinary consultant
May 2005
Growth monitoring Part 2
By Dr Peter Evans,
veterinary consultant
Jun/Jul 2005
Nader aan 'n oplossing vir someronvrugbaarheid
Dr. D.P.
Visser -
LNR – DVI, Irene
Jun/Jul 2005
Xmas infertility
By Dr Peter Evans, veterinary
consultant
Oct 2005
How to maximise spring
sales
By Dr Tom Spencer
Nov/Dec 2008
A closer look at batch
farrowing systems
By Dr Andrew Tucker,
Charles Street Veterinary Consultants
Nov/Dec 2008
Hitte-observasie en -manipulasie in
die 21ste eeu
Deur dr Annie Labuscagne, Charles Street Vets
March 2009
Daar is
meer aan meting as wat produsente dink
Deur eon Ooshuizen, Kanhym
March 2009
Feeding
for immunity
By Elsje
Pieterse, feeding consultant
Dec 2004
The value of pasture systems in pig production
Dr. Arnold Kanengoni, ARC-Animal
Nutrition and Animal Products Institute Introduction
May 2005
The influence of feed processing on weaner pig
performance
By Professor Louw Hoffman and Frans Crots, Department of
Animal Sciences, University of
Stellenbosch.
Aug 2005
Post Weaning Syndrome in piglets
By Rick Kleyn, Spesfeed
March
2005
In search of
alternative sources of energy
Dr. Arnold Kanengoni, ARC-Animal
Nutrition and Animal Products Institute Introduction
March 2007
Factors influencing nutrient requirements
in pigs
By Gerhard Pretorius, Meadow Feeds
March 2007
Economic impact of strategies to increase
pig weaning age
By Steve S Dritz et al, Kansas
State University, USA
March 2007
Micotoxins in pigs — a
South African perspective
By Dr Hannes Viljoen
Animal Nutrition & Health (ANH)
June/July 2009
The
effect of the Duroc breed on the genetics of meat quality
By Danie Visser
ARC AII, Irene
Nov 2003
Future indicators in pig
breeding (Part 1)
By Dr Danie Visser,
managing director: TOPIGS SA
August/September 2009
Exciting future predicted but there are pitfals
By Dr Danie Visser, managing director: TOPIGS
SA
October/November 2009
Research
Evaluation of growth
parameters
By NS Ferguson, S Kyrizis and RM
Gous,
University of Natal
May/June 2003
Pork colour as seen by a
manufacturer
By Carraig Paterson, technical
manager, Enterprise Pork Packers
Aug/Sept 2003
Financial implications of the
MH gene
By FK Siebriets, CM Potgieter and PH
Heinze, ARC Animal Nutrition and Animal Products Institute, Irene
Aug/Sept 2003
Improving
pig production effeciency
By Elsje Pieterse, Francois Siebrits, FK Gloy and Louw Hoffman, ARC Irene
Nov 2004
Housing
Ventilation
control in pig housing
By the ARC’s Institute for
Agricultural Engineering
Dec/Jan 2004
Handling of waste in intensive pig production units
May 2004
By the ARC’s Institute for
Agricultural Engineering
Handling of waste in intensive pig production units (part 2)
By the ARC’s Institute for
Agricultural Engineering
June 2004
Proposed
layout of buildings for a 100-sow unit
By the ARC’s Institute for
Agricultural Engineering
Sept/Oct 2004
Modern weaner housing
and management to maximise production
By Dr Pieter Vervoort,
Charles Street Veterinary Consultancy
October/November 2009