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New prototypeNorwegian farrowingcrates installed atCamden

The level playingfield that isn’t

Alternative FarrowingSystems – identifyingthe gaps in knowledge

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NEWS4 Feedworks Coolum 2010 Nutrition Workshop

The Feedworks Coolum 2010 Nutrition Workshop was held at the Hyatt Regency,Coolum, September 8-10, 2010. The central theme of the event was ‘Waste NotWant Not – FCR, your productivity: our passion’.

14 Alternative Farrowing Systems – identifying the gaps in knowledge

On September 15, 2010 the Animal Welfare Science Centre (AWSC) hosted a seminar ‘Alternative Farrowing Systems – identifying the gaps in knowledge’ at theVictorian DPI Attwood.

18 The level playing field that isn’t

In mid September APL made a submission to the Productivity Commission Inquiryinto Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements. Peter Bedwell looks at the submission and reflects on the difficulties the Australian pork industry faces interms of trying to compete internationally and domestically against countries thatheavily subsidise and protect their own industries at our expense.

20 Ronald J Lienert Memorial Scholarship recognises lifelong industry contribution

A new Honours student scholarship has been established between the SA pig industry and the University of Adelaide. Named the Ronald J Lienert MemorialScholarship, it has been created by the SA industry to perpetuate the memory andachievements of the late Ronald John Lienert, OAM.

22 ‘Be the Next Club Porkstar’ winners announced at Clubs Porkstar Showcase

On September 27, 2010 at the award winning Aperitif restaurant, Potts Point, winners of the ‘Be the Next Club Porkstar’ promotion were announced. To enterthe competition club chefs had to enter a written menu using pork and the winnerswere judged by APL Food Services Manager, Mitch Edwards and a panel ofexperts well versed in how to create brilliant pork based menus.

23 Productively feeding us and them

Delivering the keynote address, ‘The Modern Pork Industry – Breakthroughs andFuture Opportunities’, Dr Roger Campbell, CEO of Australia’s Pork CooperativeResearch Centre (CRC), told a Zinpro symposium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA,that the US pork industry, like Australia’s, needed to innovate around social andwelfare issues.

24 Award for Hugh Payne

Hugh Payne from Department of Agriculture and Food, WA has been awarded aCertificate of Apreciation by the WA industry at a recent WAPPA Annual Dinner.

25 Farmers roast Coles over double standards

The Victorian Farmers Federation’s (VFF) Pig Group has slammed Coles after itsdecision to stop buying fresh pork produced from sows kept in gestation stalls by2014. Coles will only apply the ban to Australian farmers but not to overseas suppliers of processed pork who will continue to be allowed to use the stalls.

8 MAIN FEATURE New prototype Norwegian farrowing pens for sows installed at Camden

A new research collaboration between Associate Professor Inger Lise Andersen andProfessor Knut Bøe from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences and Dr Greg Cronin,Faculty of Veterinary Science, has resulted in the construction of four prototype farrowingpens at the University of Sydney’s Mayfarm pig unit, Camden.

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Hugh Payne, Department of Agricultureand Food, WA. Photo courtesy of DAFWA.

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September/October 2010Volume 32, Number 5

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1. Dr Rob Van Barneveld, APL and Pork CRC Director. 2. Steve Wilson from BOCMPauls Ltd. 3. Dr Julian Waters from New Zealand. 4. Tony Edwards, ACE LivestockConsulting. Megan Edwards, ACE Livestock Consulting. 6. Malcolm Mottram FromFeedworks, opened the conference.

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NEWSFeedworks Coolum 2010 Nutrition WorkshopThe Feedworks Coolum 2010 NutritionWorkshop was held at the Hyatt Regency,Coolum, September 8-10, 2010.

The central theme of the event was‘Waste Not Want Not – FCR, your productivity: our passion’.

Keynote speaker was APL and PorkCRC director Dr Rob Van Barneveld.

Dr Van Barneveld in his paper, ‘WhyFCR has become even more important’,firstly defined the increasingly complexdemands of consumers and retailers.

“FCR remains the primary measure ofefficiency and driver of profitability in live-stock production systems and with everyaddition ‘product credence value’ theimportance of FCR increases,” he said.

He defined the concept of sustainabledevelopment as being, “the ability to meetthe needs of the current generation withoutcompromising future generations.

“Population, currently at over six billion will peak at 8 to 10 billion before2100 and we will need to manage for apeak population rather than a growingone,” he said.

“On current estimates of approximatelythree billion more people globally by 2050we will need to increase current food production by 100% and we will have todo this using current arable land and only1% additional land globally.

“We may also have to eat less, particu-larly in developed countries like Australia.Food consumption in Sydney had risen ona per capita basis from .52 tonnes a year to1.00 tonne – a 92% increase!

“This phenomenon was attributable tofood packaging, lifestyle and retailing practice rather than an increase in theappetite of individuals,” he said.

“Our target in simple terms to meetglobal demand would be to double foodproduction and more than double efficiency;focusing on FCR and global energy balanceas a way to achieve these goals.

“What represents a significant improve-ment in FCR?” Dr Van Barneveld asked.

“Consider the case of pigs sold at 22weeks at 100 kg liveweight where the grower has achieved an FCR of 2.3.

“The average diet DE content will be13.8 MJ/kg and average diet CP content at20% with an overall average diet costs (atcurrent feed prices) of $320 to bring a pigto market.

“Improve that FCR from 2.30 to 2.25from birth to slaughter and there is a saving of 5kg of feed per pig sold.

“In the case of a 2000 sow piggery with

25 pigs sold per sow/pa (50,000 pigs pa)that FCR improvement translates into 250tonnes of feed saved – a cost saving of$80,000, DE content saving of 3,450,000MJ and 50 tonnes of CP.

“Saving 32g feed/pig/day worldwide(the result of reducing FCR from 2.3 to2.25) is equivalent to the energy require-ments of 2.6 million people for 20 years.Primary technologies for enhancing FCRcould be better genetics, use of Improvac tovaccinate against GnRF, use of NIR tech-nology for feed ingredient evaluation andnutrient requirements and, of course, further employment of enzymes.

“Metabolic modifiers like Paylean andthe use of functional ingredients like plasma had been shown to be effective.

“FCR is more important than ever andwill play a major part in assisting producersto stay viable even when satisfying evermore demands from consumers.

“We need twice as much food from thesame arable land mass – FCR drives effeciencies to realise that aim.”

At the combined session on September9, the keynote speaker was Steve Wilson,pig and poultry diet specifications managerfor the UK’s leasing feed supplier BOCMPauls Ltd.

In his paper ‘Future Challenges for theEuropean Feed industry’, Mr Wilsonreviewed issues of genetics and nutrition:raw materials, the power of the retailer andlegislation and feed formulation (does onedrive the other?)

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NEWSvitality and minimise mortality.

“Finally there was the clear need toextend sow lifetime productivity andreduce culling rates,” he said.

On issues relating to raw material supply he pointed to the OECD statisticsforecasting a 15% (298 million tons) ofextra feed grains being required in the 10year period from 2005/6 to 2015/16.

The change in compounder use of rawmaterials from 1983 to 2009 recorded adrop of cereals in livestock diets from 44%to 39% with a proportional increase inoilseed and vegetarian by-products.

“Ethanol production will account forapproximately five million tonnes of a 14million tonne wheat harvest in the UK.”

He touched on the environmental consequences of using home grownlegumes in pig diets. There are somechanges being made under EU legislationto the use of animal by-products in live-stock feeding but they are, as Mr Wilsondemonstrated, complex and highly prescriptive.

Labelling laws are similarly complex, hedemonstrated.

On the subject of a change in approachto feed additives, largely driven by the needto find alternatives to AGPs banned in theEU from 2006, Mr Wilson suggested thata key solution is likely to be related to guthealth with management of both environ-ment and diet using organic acids,enzymes, prebiotics, probiotics and betaine.

“Food and feed safety were a majorconcern of food regulators with a focus onmicrobiological safety and cross contamina-tion,” he said.

Finally, on a topic that would be signif-icant to Australian growers, given recentevents concerning Coles’ recentlyannounced welfare requirements, MrWilson spoke of the power of the retailerseeking differentiation in the meat productsthey offered to ever more demanding consumers.

“Key retailer demands concerned welfare, product quality, sustainability, carbon footprint, fear of the media (as inrecent UK cloning debates) and issues overGMO feeds,” he concluded.

Papers that covered ‘Key Topics thatimprove FCR’ in the ‘Health’ session followed the combined session.

Pierre Cronje is an R&D consultantwho specialises in applying advances in biochemistry and physiology to developsolutions and products for intensive livestock industries.

Apart from being an accomplished scientist, writer and speaker, Pierre Cronjehas the happy knack of being able to deliver

sometimes complex concepts in an under-standable and entertaining manner.

His overview address was ‘Foetal programming – the immune system – adouble edged sword’.

“A negative relationship was demon-strated between productivity and specificleukocyte subsets such that as a variety ofimmune traits increased, the performance ofthe pigs (growth, food intake or efficiency)decreased: the data raises further questionsto be addressed,” he said.

“Selection for piglet survival increasescarcass fat percentage, while selection forlitter size and survival may ultimately leadto piglets that closely resemble those fromgenetically obese lines, such as theMeishan.”

Mr Cronje also discussed the role ofcortisol in pig performance and concludedwith an interesting statement on theadverse effects of foetal programming.

“Exposure of pregnant pigs to restraintstress for five minutes daily during the lastfive weeks of gestation doubled the incidence of disease in the offspring duringsuckling and resulted in a 2.5 fold greatermortality rate,” he revealed.

Next, NZ based nutrition and livestockindustry consultant Dr Julian Waters delivered his paper ‘Practical & CommercialConsequences of Foetal Programming andOpportunities (Immune function)’.

After a review of disease managementand current practice, Dr Waters examinedcosts of diseases, particularly exotic, to thepig industry.

In a study conducted by him in 2004on a NZ farm (300 sows + finisher unit) ofa PMWS out break pre-PMWS, the farmwas making an annual profit of NZ$5000.

In the first year of disease out break,morbidity ran at 20%, deaths 14% andresulted in a loss of NZ4240,000. In Year 2with morbidity and deaths dropping by50% the loss was still $155,000 and in year3 with morbidity/deaths halving again theloss was still $115,000 he revealed.

Options and alternatives to reducechallenge including use of anti microbialslike essential oils, herbs, acidifiers, zincoxide and copper sulphate were discussedas was exclusion and competition involvingprobiotics, prebiotics and enzymes.

Enhanced immune function using vaccines, Mannan & Fructo oligosaccha-rides, organic selenium, yeast metabolitesand porcine plasma was suggested.

His conclusion was that foetal programming is real and that economicand health benefits could be immense.

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Anew research collaboration betweenAssociate Professor Inger Lise Andersen andProfessor Knut Bøe from the NorwegianUniversity of Life Sciences and Dr GregCronin, Faculty of Veterinary Science, hasresulted in the construction of four prototype farrowing pens at the Universityof Sydney’s Mayfarm pig unit, Camden.

The prototype UMB farrowing penswere designed by Associate ProfessorAndersen, based on an earlier design developed by Greg Cronin in the 1990s,the ‘Werribee farrowing pen’.

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Piglet mortality and morbidity werehigh, constituting important economic andwelfare issues (typical mortality wasbetween 25 and 35% of piglets born alive).

Farrowing crates were predominantlydeveloped to reduce the incidence of pigletsdying during the first week of life.

Historically the main causes of pigletdeath have been crushing by the sow, chill-ing and disease. To counter these problems,well-designed farrowing crates provide the

piglets with firstly heated, protected zonesto encourage piglets to stay away from thearea close to the sow, thus providingwarmth for the piglets and reducing the riskthat sows accidently crush piglets. Secondlyrestricted floor space so that neonatal pigsare less able to wander away from the heatsource and become chilled, and thirdly, slatted floors for improved hygiene andreduced risk of illness.

However, despite achieving improvedpiglet survival in farrowing crates throughcontinuous improvement in structuraldesign, control over shed thermal environ-ment, sow management and stockmanship,the housing of sows in crates is criticised onwelfare grounds.

Nesting areas in the UMB pens are separatedfrom the other sows by solid walls so the sow canhave visual privacy when in the nest.

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Top: Associate Professor Inger Lise Anderson from the Norwegian University of LifeSciences puts a piglet on the sow’s udder. Centre: Below the floor surface are heatingpanels which provide different thermal conditions at different locations in the nestarea to encourage the sow and piglets to lie in separate spaces. Above: The nest areahas thick rubber mats to help prevent sow lameness.

For example, pre-farrowing nestingbehaviour in farrowing crates is inhibited,which denies one of the ‘Five Freedoms’ –the freedom for sows to express normalbehaviour.

The major challenge for farrowing pendesign is to provide an environment that issought by the sow for parturition, andwhich also contains features to promote survival of the piglets.

The new UMB prototype farrowingpen is designed with two areas. Firstly a‘nest area’ and a dunging/activity area. Thenest area is designed to be attractive to sowsas the preferred farrowing site, and containsfeatures to promote piglet survival. Theactivity area contains the sow feeder anddrinker. A sprinkler system above the slatted floor in the activity area has beeninstalled for cooling sows in Australia’s hotweather.

Research has demonstrated that sowsprovided with sufficient space and suitablebedding during the one to two days prior toparturition, perform pre-farrowing ‘nestingbehaviour’.

In nature, the pre-parturient sow leavesher herd and may walk up to 6 km to selecta suitable nest site that is protected fromweather extremes and provides isolation toreduce interference from other sows ordetection by predators.

The UMB pen provides 7.92 m2 toenable locomotion before farrowing. Adesign principle of the UMB pen is thatsows choose to farrow at the rear of thepen, in the ‘nest area’, away from ‘distur-bances’ such as stockpeople approachingthe pen from the front.

The width of the UMB farrowing pen is2.4m, providing sufficient space for thelongest sows to turn around comfortablywhilst performing nest-building behaviour.

The UMB nest area has solid sidewalls, affording the sow a visual barrier forprivacy from neighbouring sows while inthe nest, and hence some sense of isolationfrom herd mates.

In the wild, at her chosen nest site thesow scrapes a shallow hole, which she lineswith vegetation such as branches and grass,etc. These materials provide an insulatedand comfortable nest for the soon-to-be-born piglets.

The UMB pen provides wood shavingson the floor and hay/straw in a dispensingrack. While nest-building materials stimu-late nest-building behaviour, the motiva-tion to walk in search of nest-buildingmaterial may also be satisfied.

While nest-building behaviour evolvedto provide a suitable environment for parturition, performance of the behaviourper se also appears to be relevant to pigletsurvival in other ways. For example, young

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important research and teaching resourcefor the Faculty of Veterinary Science andwill be the focus of on-going collaborativeresearch with the Norwegians.

“Our initial research will investigatehow the pens function under the Australianclimatic situation.

sows that were stimulated to perform morepre-farrowing nesting-like behaviour in far-rowing crates through the regular provisionof sawdust for rooting/nosing and pawing,had a shorter interval between the first tolast born piglet in the litter.

An important consequence of this treat-ment was the reduced incidence of intra-partum stillbirths and, or piglets born alivebut weak, due to anoxia. The new UMBfarrowing pen system provides beddingmaterial (straw, hay and wood shavings) fornest-building in the ‘nest area’ of the farrowing pen. Straw and hay are alsothought to provide other benefits for thesow and litter, including better gut healthfor the sow and longer suckling bouts.

The UMB farrowing pen contains anumber of innovative design features topromote sow and piglet welfare.

For example, the ‘nest area’ of the penhas inward sloping panels to assist the sowavoid crushing piglets when changing posture from standing to lying and to provide piglet safety zones around theperimeter of the pen.

The surface of the ‘nest area’ is coveredby a 30 mm thick rubber mat (and bedding) for sow and piglet comfort and toreduce the risk of lameness in the sow.

Below the floor surface, two thermosta-tically controlled heating panels enable different thermal conditions to be providedat different locations within the nest area.By changing the temperature of the floorsurface in the different parts of the nestarea, it is possible to manipulate the location where the sow chooses to lie compared to where the litter is likely tosleep.

Thus, in theory at least, it should bepossible to separate the sow and pigletswithin the nest area without the need for acrate to restrain the sow when the pigletsare most at risk, that is, in the first week oflife.

“Our future research will investigatethese and other aspects of sow and pigletbehaviour, welfare and productivity,” saidDr Greg Cronin.

“Research will improve our understand-ing of the interactions between the physicaland thermal environments of the pen onsow and piglet behaviour, piglet survivaland growth, sow and piglet welfare, andmanagement by the stockperson.

“The knowledge gained from theresearch will assist industry to refine practical pen designs and management protocols to improve the likelihood that pigproducers adopt farrowing pens.

“The continued development of practical farrowing pen systems for futureadoption by the pig industry is clearly animportant research goal of pig production

Top: The UMB pen provides almost 8m2 to enable locomotion before farrowing.Centre: The UMB farrowing system provides bedding material (straw, hay and woodshavings) for nest building. The bedding material is thought to provide the benefit oflonger suckling bouts. Above: The new UMB prototype farrowing pen is designed withtwo areas – a nest area and an activity area.

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NEWSAlternative Farrowing Systems –identifying the gaps in knowledge

Top: Paul Hemsworth, Director,AWSC, University of Melbourne.Above: Greg Cronin, University ofSydney. Right: Hugh Payne,DAGFWA.

On September 15 2010 the AnimalWelfare Science Centre (AWSC) hosted aseminar ‘Alternative Farrowing Systems –identifying the gaps in knowledge at theVictorian DPI Attwood.

The AWSC comprises four collabora-tive partners, being the Department ofPrimary Industries, Victoria (FutureFarming Systems Research Division), TheUniversity of Melbourne, (School of landand Environment and Faculty of VeterinaryScience), Monash University (School ofPsychology and Psychiatry/School ofBiomedical Sciences) and finally the OhioState University (Department of AnimalSciences and College of VeterinaryMedicine).

There are also links with the AWSCand the Centre for animal Welfare andEthics at the University of Queensland, theAnimal Welfare unit of CSIRO and NewZealand based Massey University’s AnimalWelfare Science & Bioethics Centre andAgResearch.

AWSC conducts research into :- 1. Welfare methodology where the organi-sation develops and validates appropriatestrategies to measure animal welfare2. Housing and husbandry effects on ani-mal welfare3. Attitudinal effects, notably the effects ofstockperson, animal handlers and animalowners on the welfare of their animals attitudes, also the effects of attitudes to animal welfare on consumer and communitybehaviour.4. Tertiary, post graduate and industry education/training.

Through these programs the AWSCaims to undertake research to inform government and industry in the develop-ment of animal welfare policy.

The AWSC seminar into alternativefarrowing systems could not have come at abetter time for the industry given bothstate government and major retailer pressure to change sow housing to fall inline with consumer perceptions and resulting pressures from the retail sector.

Paul Hemsworth, director of AWSC,University of Melbourne, opened the seminar and defined the aims of the event.

Greg Cronin from the University ofSydney and Hugh Payne, Department ofAgriculture and Food, Western Australia(DAGFWA) gave an overview of researchinto viable alternatives for farrowing crates

in their paper ‘An Australian perspective onnon crate farrowing systems’.

“Though farrowing crates had been anessential part of commercial pig productionover the last 50 years, and despite bettersurvival and welfare outcomes for piglets,the housing of sows in crates is criticised onwelfare grounds,” Hugh Payne stated.

“For example, pre-farrowing activityincluding nest building behaviour is inhib-ited in farrowing crates, which denies oneof the ‘Five Freedoms’, ie that of the sowsto express normal behaviour.

“The Australian pig industry fundedresearch on alternatives to farrowing cratesfor sows from 1986 to 2006.

“A key outcome in 1993 was the development of the so-called ‘Werribee farrowing pen’, which lead to investigationof this pen as a practical alternative to farrowing crates.

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Animal Science ,Werribee and on commercial farms,” he said.“The research demonstrated that piglet survival in farrowing

pens could be equivalent to that achieved in farrowing crates.“However, limiting factors include economics (cost of build a

new conventional farrowing shed for pens, being unrealistic, so farrowing pens were fitted into available spaces without the insula-tion and climate control necessary for farrowing accommodation.

“Genetics of pigs reared with farrowing crates, could be problematic as was management of bedding material in sheds withtypical effluent disposal systems.”

“A most important observation however, was that the attitude ofthe stockperson managing the farrowing pens seemed to be a keydeterminant of whether the pen system succeeded of failed,” MrPayne said.

“Experiments with a Swedish group farrowing system for use inlow cost shelters resulted in high pre-weaning mortality rates –particularly in summer where heat induced behavioural changesaffected sow behaviour.

“While the finding suggest that hot conditions may limit thesuccessful use of farrowing pens in Australia, the incorporation ofthermostat-controlled heaters in piglet creep boxes and a larger ventilated creep zone, may have averted some of the adverse ratesrecorded in summer,” he concluded.

Emma Baxter from the Scottish Agricultural College UK nextdescribed ‘The PigSAFE pen design – derivation, principles andpracticalities’.

Whilst acknowledging that designing commercially viableindoor alternatives to farrowing crates was a real challenge, MsBaxter defined the PigSAFE project (piglet and sow alternative farrowing environment) as a project to develop an alternative to thefarrowing crate that provides not only better sow and piglet welfareoutcomes, but is commercially viable.

PigSAFE is funded by the UK Department for Environment,Food and Rural Affairs, in collaboration with the RSPCA, British w



NEWSPig Executive and Quality Meat Scotland.

“The prototype pen design is intendedto meet the biological needs of sows andpiglets, as well as requirements for stock-person safety and management ease,” shesaid.

“This involves a basic nest area, withsolid flooring to allow provision of nesting material and slopingwalls against which the sow can slide moreslowly to ground level for suckling, tolower the risk of piglets being trapped andkilled.

“A heated creep area has easy accessfrom the nest, and a separate slatted dung-ing area is bounded by walls with barredpanels to adjacent pens to discourage farrowing outside the nest.

“A feeding crate for the sow is includedat one side of the pen, where the sow canbe locked in to allow safe inspection ortreatment of the piglets.

Recent experiments have lead to arefinement of the design and the firm conclusion that the detail of the design iskey to its performance,” she said.

The second paper on the PigSAFE system was presented by Sandra Edwardsfrom Newcastle University UK,‘Performance of the PigSAFE system in theUK/EU context’.

“Concerns about the welfare of sowsfarrowing in crates have been growingwithin the EU for more than a decade,”Ms Edwards said.

Successive scientific reports in 1997and 2007 recommended that loose farrow-

ing alternatives should be developed.“However, concerns about piglet

survival in non-crate systems have preventedany legislative moves, except in Swedenwhere the use of farrowing crates is prohibited.

“In most member states around 90%of sows farrow in crates, with the exceptionbeing the UK where 40% of breeding sowsare kept in outdoor systems.

“Within the UK, and increasingly else-where in Europe, very effective campaignsby animal welfare organisations have keptthe farrowing crate issue before the public.

“In consequence a number of smallernational retailers already source pigmeatonly from non-crate systems while themajor supermarket chains are now movingin that direction.

“However, maintaining acceptablepiglet survival in non-crate systems againsta background of increasing sow prolificacyposes a considerable challenge, with mortality in Sweden 3.6% higher than theEU average.

“Good survival can be achieved in non-crate systems, with the UK national averagefor outdoor herds equalling or surpassingthat for indoor herds over the last decade.

“Such results have yet to be replicatedin commercial indoor non-crate systems,despite a number of different variants beingtried on a small scale.

“Preliminary results from the PigSAFEsystem show promise in this respect,despite the challenge posed in the develop-ment phase by very high litter sizes and

restricted fostering possibilities on ourresearch farms.

“Data from the first 152 litters weanedyielded a liveborn mortality of 14.9% withthe average of 10.9 piglets weaned per litterin excess of UK top third herd performance.

“Though the system shows promise ofcommercial feasibility more extensive test-ing is needed.

“History suggests that staff experienceand attitude as well as sow genotype mayhave an important role to play in the commercial success of the system”, MsEdwards concluded.

Greg Cronin then described ‘TheNorwegian farrowing system and gaps inknowledge’”

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(Australia) then spoke about concernsabout traditional and alternative farrowingsystems.

“Improvements to animal welfare onfarm are often influenced by what seem tobe conflicting interests-animal welfare vsprofitability,” Ms Tensen said.

“From a producer perspective, alterna-tive farrowing systems must perform similarly in terms of pre-weaning pigletsurvival and be able to be installed andoperated without excessive cost.

“From an animal welfare perspective,the farrowing system should be designed tomeet the needs of the piglets without compromising the needs of the sow.

“While acknowledging that traditionalfarrowing crates provide the producer withthe ability to control the conditions aroundfarrowing and a proven means of piglet survival, the RSPCA supports the develop-ment of alternative farrowing systems thatprovide the sow freedom of movement andthe ability to satisfy her behavioural andphysiological needs.

“Rather than viewing these needs asconflicting with profitability, they shouldbe seen as essential to the success of alternative farrowing systems,”Ms Tensenconcluded.

Rebecca Morrison, a research scientistat Rivalea (Australia) conducted her PhD(Behaviour and welfare of pigs in deep-bed-ded, group housing systems) with PaulHemsworth and Greg Cronin.

Her ‘Industry perspective on housingof farrowing sows and gaps in knowledge’comes from the point of view of a scientist

working in a large commercial productionfacility.

Acknowledging that farrowing cratesthat restrict sow movement are subject toever increasing critisism she states thatthere is a clear need for commercially viablenon crated farrowing systems that take intoaccount both piglet and sow welfare.

“The highest incidence of piglet mortality and injury occur in the first threedays of life with unrestricted movement ofthe sow being a major contributory factor.

“Rivalea Australia is leading the way inthe Australian pork industry in terms ofresearching and investigating non-cratedfarrowing systems.

“We are consolidating information onthe alternatives to farrowing crates, seekingadvice and trialling appropriate, practicalsystems that may be commercially viable.

“Some of the non-crated systems weare investigating include free range, deepbedded group lactation and farrowingpens,” Ms Morrison said.

The AWSC seminar at Attwood waswell attended by a whole range of delegates, including growers who have aninterest in the future directions of theAustralian pig industry.

Full presentations from all speakers can be listened too by accessing the Vimeo recordings including a presentationby Alistair Lawrence from the ScottishAgricultural College UK who was unable to visit Australia to deliver his paperin person.

You can go to:www.animalwelfare.net.au/comm/comm01

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The level playing field that isn’t

In mid September APL made a submissionto the Productivity Commission Inquiryinto Bilateral and regional TradeAgreements.

In the Executive Summary of that submission APL expresses support for thegovernment’s current approach to tradenegotiations and recognises the success ofthe Australia-ASEAN NZ Free tradeAgreement (FTA) despite there being concerns expressed by ASEAN nations overthe importance of subsistence farming tolocal economies.

“In such cases, APL has suggested thatflexibility can be found in negotiatinglonger lead times for full tariff liberalisationfor pork, or for lower import duties,” thesummary reads.

“APL supports greater pork export market access, despite any agricultural ‘sensitivities’. Countries where agriculture isconsidered ‘sensitive’ to trade liberalisationinclude India, China, Korea and Japan.

“These countries generally have highexpectations for meat quality and pork astheir preferred meat source. Additionallythese countries within the ASEAN regionare increasingly high value export marketsfor Australian pork exports.

“But these countries still have high pro-ducer support estimate (PSE) levels, or gov-ernment support that place Australia at acompetitive disadvantage. Until countrieswith significant PSE levels are liberalised inthe WTO Doha round, this should beborne in mind and refelcted in agreement.

“It is this distinct lack of level playingfield and the impact of growing domesticregulatory and compliance requirementsthat impact Australian producers’ costs ofproduction. It effects Australia’s pork industry competitiveness in export marketsand the domestic market which competeswith imports,” the summary said.

More recently the PC has found thatthe benefits of FTAs have been grosslyexaggerated.

So Australia and the pork industry inparticular has opened up its markets whileour potential trading partners continue toprotect and subsidise theirs. Our competi-tors meanwhile continue to subsidise andnegotiate preferential trade agreementswith our potential customers.

At the same time the Australian pigindustry is expected to comply with welfarestandards imposed by state governmentsand now major retail groups, while the US,Canada and Denmark can import pork

into our market with no such adherence tothe same welfare standards.

Enough. The Australian pork industryhas done its level best to face competition inboth its domestic and overseas markets butthe cards are constantly stacked against it.

The supporters of ‘free trade, no matterwhat’, are getting more shrill by the hour aseconomists and politicians warn us that ifwe “fall back into protectionism the worldwill plunge into ever deeper recession.”

Well much of the world, including theEU and the US are in a mess – and it’slargely of their own making.

In the US, unregulated banks andfinancial institutions lent money to peoplewho obviously could not service, let alonerepay loans – then these bad loans werebundled into ‘investments’ that were peddled globally.

Now the US economy has ground to ahalt and the US Fed is printing money totry and kick start their economy.

So far the only result is that the valueof the US $ has fallen, making its exportsmore competitive. The country is stuck inconflicts it can’t finalise and there’s morethan 10% unemployment.

One of President Obamah’s stated initiatives is to increase agricultural exportsby over 2% thus creating two million jobsin farming regions.

Now, largely as a result of the US government’s ethanol mandate, crop priceshave been driven up badly effecting the viability of both their beef and pork sector.

Europe has many of the same fiscalproblems as the US plus huge social debtand committed spending.

In many European countries the work-ing population wants to retire on substan-tial state paid pensions before they reach 60and yet the populations that support thatideal don’t want to pay any more tax.

The result – near bankrupt states, yetthe EU overall maintains 55 billion Euros ayear in subsidies as part of their CommonAgricultural Policy.

Australia, on the other hand has sup-ported free trade initiatives and as a resultof responsible financial regulation andindeed government initiatives, kept itseconomy in good shape.

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Still our new trade minister CraigEmerson is maintaining the ‘free trade nomatter what’ stance.

On top of this there is growing pressure to increase our population to 35million and beyond in a relatively shorttime frame.

Judging by the results of the last election this idea was less than enthusiasti-cally received by voters, particularly thosein our overcrowded major cities.

Newspaper columnists, who werewarning against protectionism and ‘rentseeking industries’ (read farming) are nowwarning about food shortages and the factthat foreign entities are buying up our agricultural companies and highly productive land.

Barnaby Joyce may not have impressedindependent MP Tony Windsor with hisintellect but his recent statement that thecurrent Australian government would prefer to abandon the farming sector andimport all our food is by any fair assess-ment ‘on the money’.

Meanwhile the whole idea of globalfree trade and free markets in general are indanger of imploding.

The US and Europe hugely subsidisetheir ag sectors and still expect to be letinto developing and existing markets.

Key markets like China, India, Japanand Korea both subsidise and protect atwill: what are now being described as currency wars will develop into trade wars.

China not only protects its industries,including ag, but refuses to float its currencywhich undervalues it – the US in turnthreatens to raise tariffs against Chineseimports.

Now Japan and Brazil are manipulatingtheir currency to help their industriesremain competitive as the US dollar plummets in value.

What can our government do?Well if every one else can ignore ‘free

trade’ principles we should at least look atpenalising imports by a tariff that recognisesthe cost of production of those importsthat are subsidised.

It’s not as if this government hasn’t gotform when it comes to subsidisation andindeed, tariff protection.

The Australian automotive manufac-turing sector will receive or is already bene-fitting from subsidies amounting to A$7billion to build cars that in the case of

Holden and Ford, are progressively fallingout of favour with Australian car buyers.

The much heralded Toyota CamryHybrid that will attract subsidy was goingto be assembled here anyway.

On top of the subsidy the industry isstill protected by a 5% and admittedlyreduced tariff.

We have seen elsewhere in this issue ofPork Journal that the Australian pig indus-try is already well prepared to convert todifferent sow housing in line with con-sumer (and therefore political )pressure.

If it is beyond the courage of ourpoliticians to make importers comply withsimilar sow housing standards in their production systems then at least the governments should set aside funds to assistgrowers comply with what is essentially apolitically driven requirement.

Then there are quarantine standards.When the Howard government was in

hot pursuit of an FTA with the US eventhe CSIRO’s independent analysis that stated importing pork from the US couldincrease risk to Australian growers fromPMWS and PRRS, was ignored.

Yet even as it looked as if the legal

challenge to the revised IRA might succeedPork Journal was told that “the governmentwill just change the law”.

But while pork and apples might gowell together on a dinner plate there is nosuch synergy when it comes to quarantine .

The long running resistance to theimportation of NZ apples by the Australiangovernment has seen Australia before theWorld Trade Organisation (WTO) who hasjust rejected Australia’s appeal to maintainthe ban. So we are prepared to stand up tothe NZ government (which allows theimportation of Australian pork) but not toWashington.

The potential for Australian pork inour region is huge but by the time thatpotential has become closer to reality, toomany farmers may just give up on theunequal struggle.

It’s not as if we need the levels of protection that are afforded to pork industries in many of the countries of ourregion, just recognition of the trade distort-ing practices of our competitors.

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Ronald J Lienert Memorial Scholarshiprecognises lifelong industry contribution

A new Honours student scholarship hasbeen established between the SA pig industry and the University of Adelaide.

Named the Ronald J Lienert MemorialScholarship, it has been created by the SAindustry to perpetuate the memory andachievements of the late Ronald JohnLienert, OAM.

Ron passed away in January, 2010 aftera lifetime of significant contributions tothe SA and national pig industries.

He is especially remembered by industry through his role in managing stateand national pork industry agro-politicalissues; his membership of numerous industry boards, committees and workingparties; the establishment and operation ofthe family business Lienert Australia PtyLtd within agribusiness; his visionary attitude to the support of new and practicalpig research and his impact on the geneticimprovement of the Australian pig herd.

His work within industry was recog-

nised in 1989 with an Order of Australiamedal presentation.

In particular, Ron’s willingness to sharehis knowledge with others within industryas a mentor has underlined the appropri-ateness of commemorating his life throughthis Scholarship to assist in the educationof young people with an interest in the pigindustry.

It is intended the Scholarship will beprovided in perpetuity and offered on anannual basis to fund an Honours student’sstudy program at the University ofAdelaide’s Roseworthy Campus, with theirresearch component focused on an aspectof pork production.

In addition to the Scholarship carryinga monetary value of $12,500 per year, itwill also provide the recipient with a signif-icant industry mentoring program duringtheir Honours study year.

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• An annual interstate industry trip toattend a conference or similar event, fornetworking and possible presentation oftheir R&D project outcomes.• Within-state industry exposure and mentoring provided through interactionwith Rural Solutions SA consultantGraeme Pope and other consultants.• A period of paid work experience madeavailable by the Scholarship funding partners.• Industry mentoring with Scholarshipfunding members.

The Ronald J Lienert MemorialScholarship has been established by a groupof SA pork industry representatives, work-ing together with the University ofAdelaide to ensure it meets strict Universityacademic guidelines, while providing a fitting and on-going tribute to the memoryof Ron Lienert.

The University’s Roseworthy Campusalready has a recent strong track record inattracting students from its AgriculturalScience and Animal Science degree coursesinto post-graduate Honours and PhD pig-research programs and the Ronald J LienertMemorial Scholarship will provide anothervaluable opportunity for tertiary trainedstudents to complete further pig studiesand consider a career within industry.

A first call for Scholarship applicantswill be made by the University fromOctober 2010, with the inaugural recipientannounced to the SA pig industry at a formal launch of the Ronald J LienertMemorial Scholarship to be held atRoseworthy Campus in February, 2011.

Improved porkprices push USpork export value Improved pork prices pushed US porkexport value in the first half of 2010 to$2.35 billion, nearly 10% higher than thefirst six months of 2009 and even slightlyhigher than the value reached in the firsthalf of 2008, when pork export value set anall-time record, the US Meat ExportFederation said.

US pork exports made strong valuegains in Mexico (up 31% to $482.5 mil-lion), Canada (23% to $298 million),Central America (up 45% to $43.7 mil-lion), South America (up 55% to $21.3 million), the Philippines (up 100% to $62million), and Australia (up 38% to $68million).


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APL responds to mining concerns in Queensland

APL has responded to producer concerns about the expansion ofcoal seam mining developments in Queensland.

Without surety of volume and quality of bore water supplies,Queensland pig producers face uncertain operational risk with theexpansion of coal seam gas mining.

In the process of dewatering of the coal seam to extractmethane, water accessibility from aquifers for stock watering and forirrigating crops is reduced.

The grain produced in the Darling Downs region is also anessential feed input into Queensland pork production.

APL has consulted about these concerns with the QueenslandFarmers’ Federation; Queensland Pork Incorporated and AustralianLot Feeders Association.

APL has also sent letters to the Queensland State Minister forNatural Resources, Mines & Energy and Minister for Trade,Stephen Robertson MP; Shadow Agriculture Minister Ray HopperMP; and Shadow Minister for Natural Resources, Mines andEnergy, Jeff Seeney MP,.

APL has also requested that an environmental risk assessmenttake place to assess the long term viability of landholders adjacent toor on geographical sites for coal seam gas mining before such projects can continue. APL has also requested that the QueenslandGovernment implement a ‘prime agricultural land’ policy similar tothose in place in Tasmania, known as the ‘State Policy on theProtection of Agricultural Land 2009’.

APL has pointed out that agriculture is just as important asmining and the Queensland government should not foster coal seammining projects at the expense of agricultural productivity. Until thefull impact on agricultural land ground water systems and commu-nities are fully understood, further coal seam gas developmentsshould cease.

Pork producers from all over Australia took up the opportunity toparticipate in a Town Hall Teleforum to discuss the industry’s use ofgestation stalls as part of the Shaping our Future initiative.

The Teleforum communication tool is cutting edge technologythat is capable of involving thousands of people, simultaneously, in alive and interactive meeting undertaken over the phone of each participant. It’s a bit like radio talk back but by phone.

More than 1,400 producers were contacted by phone with 982producers electing to take part in the Teleforum with industry leaders to discuss issues including the use of gestation stalls and consumer perceptions, pork imports, labelling, and labour.

Australian Pork Limited (APL) CEO Andrew Spencers said, “Itwas an excellent opportunity for our most important stakeholders –pork producers – to have their say on the challenges confronting ourindustry long and short term.

“Feedback from producers, both from the Teleforum and theextensive round of industry meetings Australia wide, suggests that itis one of the most comprehensive consultation processes the indus-try has encountered.

“The discussion covered many issues. In particular, if the industry was to voluntarily phase out gestation stalls, how would

producers make the on-farm changes to their production systems interms of changes to existing infrastructure; the need for moreskilled labour and how these changes would be financed, particular-ly given the growing level of imports from countries which contin-ue to use and have no plan to stop using gestation stalls.

“How will consumers know what they are buying, given thevagaries around labelling especially in supermarket deli cabinets?Consumers do not realise that more than 80% of ham and baconconsumed in Australia is actually processed from imported pork.”

Mr Spencer said, “That if the Australian industry chose to voluntarily move away from gestations stalls, producers would beseeking assistance from major retailers to better support ham andbacon products raised from Australian pork.

“Realistically if producers are to remain competitive againstsubsidised imported products, which are still produced using gestation stalls, then some assistance would also be required fromthe Australian government, similar to what Ireland has done for itspork farmers, in making this transition.

“Producers cannot do this on their own, it requires support,co-operation and involvement with all parties along the supplychain and government to ensure its success”.



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Pork RCR CEO Dr Roger Campbell (green shirt) in a University of MinnesotaVeterinary School pathology laboratory.

Delivering the keynote address, ‘TheModern Pork Industry – Breakthroughsand Future Opportunities’, Dr RogerCampbell, CEO of Australia’s PorkCooperative Research Centre (CRC), told aZinpro symposium in Minneapolis,Minnesota, USA, that the US pork industry, like Australia’s, needed to innovate around social and welfare issues.

Innovations were necessary in sowhousing, pig management, environmentalissues and general welfare likely to affectconsumer perceptions and demand forpork.

“The only thing I can guarantee for thefuture is it will be different and will requirecreative solutions, but projected increasesin population and wealth of developingcountries offer opportunities for pork

producers globally, provided potential disruptions such as food safety, biosecurityand animal health, are seriously addressed,”he said.

In terms of new technologies, DrCampbell told more than 125 guests at theinternational symposium that the PorkCRC was working alongside Australianpork producers, encouraging them to adoptsome breakthrough technologies, particu-larly those which could reduce feedingcosts and better convert feed to meat.

“Focusing much of our science andresearch and extension efforts at the pointyend of production, at a time when thegrain and feed situation is likely to remain

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Western Australian shoppers can expect topay more their pork as Christmasapproaches.

With a forecast poor grain harvestacross much of the state in the next fewmonths and pork producers already battling high grain prices, their input costsare climbing to the point where consumerssimply must pay more for pork to enjoyfresh, WA-grown pork, according to RonPenn, General Manager, Meat andLivestock Division with Craig MostynGroup (CMG), suppliers of WA’s LinleyValley Fresh Pork.

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The Pork CRC is offering to pig producersfree AusScan analysis of feed grains as partof the APL/Pork CRC Roadshow beingheld in October and November 2010.

John Spragg, Project Manager forAusScan, says that the free offer is open toall pig producers attending any of theAPL/Pork CRC Roadshows.

Producers just need to bring along upto three 100 – 200g grain samples for freeAusScan NIR analysis.

Mr Spragg says that the samples fromeach Roadshow will be sent to an AusScantesting laboratory and producers will beprovided with a report identifying thegrains Digestible Energy content and othernutrients.

AusScan is the commercialisation armof the Pork CRC, and is promoting the useof NIR technology to measure DE contentof grains. Research work completed by thePork CRC shows that grain can vary by 3-4MJ/kg. However, nutritionists do not takeaccount of this variation when formulatingfeed rations.

Through use of the AusScan technology,pig producers can ensure that their feedrations are formulated to account for grainenergy content. There are now six commer-cial laboratories that can provide AusScantest results. The free grain analysis promo-tion is aimed at demonstrating to pig producers the value of testing grains and topromote use of the technology.

For further information about AusScanfeed grain testing contact John Spraggphone 03 9769 7027 or [email protected]

Hugh Payne has been awarded a Certificateof Apreciation by the WA industry at arecent WAPPA Annual Dinner.

Hugh graduated with a Diploma inAgriculture in the UK and started workingwith the Department of Agriculture in1967, initially in the diary industry beforejoining the pig group in the early 1970swith the likes of Norm Godfrey, PatMcNamara and Brian Goss.

In 1992 Hugh received a grant fromWA industry to study housing and ventila-tion systems at the University of Nebraskain the USA and this was the start of Hugh’slong term involvement in the design anddevelopment of housing systems for thepork industry.

Hugh is perhaps best known for hispioneering work on the development ofstraw based housing systems for pigs whichwas instrumental in helping the industry toexpand in hte late 1980s and early 1990s.

During this period Hugh was frequentlyon the road, never seeming to tire of talking about his observations and opportunities to try something different.

More recently Hugh has done a number of experiments looking at how thepre-weaning environment of piglets affectstheir long term growth and graduated earlier this year from Murdoch Universitywith a Master of Philosophy.

Hugh’s latest project is working with

WAPPA to cover the effluent pond atMedina in a demonstration project to capture methane.

The award was presented to Hugh andhis wife Jan by Darryl D’Souza, exDAFWA and now Manager of Researchand Innovation with APL.

Hugh Payne, his wife Jan and DarrylD’Souza who made the presentation.(Photo by Annette Howard)

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The Victorian Farmers Federation’s (VFF) Pig Group has slammedColes after a decision by the grocery giant to stop buying fresh porkproduced from sows kept in gestation stalls by the end of 2014.Coles will only apply the new ban to Australian farmers but not tooverseas suppliers of processed pork who will continue to be allowedto use the stalls.

VFF Pig Group President John Bourke said local farmers werealready struggling to compete with subsidised imports and the deci-sion by Coles would further disadvantage Victorian pork producers.

“This is the ultimate double standard. Australian pig farmersare already competing against Denmark, the United States andCanada who use gestation stalls and show no intention of changingtheir farming practices.

These countries already have a competitive edge because of thelarge subsidies and Coles wants to lengthen their advantage by pun-ishing Australian producers,” Mr Bourke said.

“Coles is using the guise of ‘fresh’ to knowingly targetAustralian pork. What this is really about is Coles wanting a better,more subsidised deal from cheaper overseas markets. If Coles wasserious about streamlining standards they would be applying thesame standards to all pork producers no matter where they lived.


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v CONTINUED FROM PAGE 6Consulting, in his paper ‘Immunity andFeed Effeciency – A ComplexConundrum’, after looking at overall healthmanagement and the whole question of‘what is immunity’, Mr Edwards suggestedhow nutrition could be boosted.

Feed additives useful in implementingbeneficial nutrition strategies includedmycotoxin binders, MannanOligosaccharides (bacterial adsorbent/immune system stimulant), yeast extract-nucleotides, glutamic acid and inositol.

“Porcine plasma and organic trace minerals (Se,Mn,Zn,Cu,Cr) and fish oil(long chain Omega 3 fatty acids (DHA,EPA),” Mr Edwards said.

“In light of pressure to reduce antibioticuse in livestock production, greater emphasisis being placed on utilising the animalsown natural defense mechanisms to manage herd health.”

Megan Edwards, also of ACE LivestockConsulting stayed on the immunity/nutri-tion track with her paper, ‘Using Immuno-nutrition to Improve Weaner Productivity’.

Her recent PhD research covered nutritional strategies to limit the postweaning growth check in young pigs.

Ms Edwards drew attention to, “themagic of spray dried porcine plasma andwhy nucleotides are conditionally essentialnutrients for weaner pigs”.

Peter Williams, a partner in FeedworksUSA, delivered the final paper ‘USA Elitoxresearch results from Virginia DiversifiedResearch Institute on DON/Vomitoxin).

He reported that current products(similar range to Australia) were not over-coming Deoxynivalenol(DON/Vomotoxin)and Zearalenone (ZEN) challenges.

“Integrators/feed companies found success using Elitox ETX-5 at .5kg/tonnein grower /finisher pigs and 1kg/tonne insows where DON up to 2.5 ppm and ZENup to 400 ppb.”

The final presentation of the day wasdelivered by Doug Pearson from FeedworksAustralia. ‘NIR On-Line – commercial case studies and how does this save money in afeed mill?’ was his topic.

“Online application allows NIR tofinally realise the truth of the informationit has been generating for the last fewdecades,” Mr Pearson stated.

In the Monogastric session, the keynotespeaker was chief nutritionist Jesper Pagh,for the Danish DLG Group who gave aninsight into what could be regarded as oneof the most effective pork producing organisations in the world.

“The Danish pig industry producesabout 27.4 m pigs pa (2.0m tonnes), 19million slaughtered in cooperative-ownedprocessing facilities and 90% is exported.

“Live export of piglets (6.3 million,mostly to Germany) is critical to industry

commercial viability. Growers make aboutA$25 (30-100kgs) per pig but sows from30 kg production make A$546.

“Live born piglets per litter at 14.2pspa is way ahead of key competitors USA(10.6), Canada and Brazil ( 11.2) but mor-tality rates are higher at 14% (US 12%).

Key trends in Danish pig productionwere Mr Pagh pointed out, “ongoing conern around animal welfare and environ-mental issues.”

“Use of enzymes (phytase, xylanase),reduced protein levels in feed; claw, feetand shoulder lesions plus piglet mortality,as well as antibiotic usage, were all issuesfaced by the Danish pig industry,” he said.

Rob Smits, Research Manager atRivalea Australia is in the final stages ofcompleting extensive research into the roleof Omega 3 fatty acids in sow reproduction.

In his paper, ‘Nutrition and embryosurvival – making the most of the sows’potential’, Mr Smits revealed that low levelsof fish oil (1%+-) had in experiments conducted as part of his PhD work, beenshown to increase litter size.

In discussing recent interest in feed-ing/energy levels of embryo survival hestated that “outcomes were limited by sample size of studies and that they may bedependent on the source of energy and thetiming of high early pregnancy feed levels.”

“Omega 3 PUFA’s from fish oil wasshown to increase oocyte quality, embryosurvival and subsequent litter size born,especially in mature parities,” he said.

‘There is money in improving fatdigestion-emulsifiers, for digestion andresearch with Bredol to improve FCR overthe last 12 months,’ was the title of DrDavid Cadogan’s (Feedworks) paper.

“Bredol provides cost effectiveimprovements in energy digestibility inyoung pig feeds, and the benefits of steampelleting on FCR are well supported,” hestated.

“The economic benefit of Bredol 683in trials undertaken can be calculatedthrough the effects on feed costs, takinginto account the lower energy (10kg/T lessoil) and the higher moisture in the feeds.”

On the question of using Bredol 683or Bredol 688 Dr Cadogan pointed outthat ‘683’ was the great all rounder for feed(and water/liquid), processing/milling and

for nutritional benefit.“ Bredol 688 produces a greater protein

solubility/dispersion, and probably is thebetter on intestinal fat digestion.

Dr Marnie Mellencamp, Director ofImmunology at Ralco Animal Health, gavea paper, ‘Regano when used as an antimi-crobial/coccidiostat’. Containing oreganoessential oil, Regano promotes anti-micro-bial, anti-fungal, and anti-oxidant activityin livestock, and particularly pigs

Trials conducted by Ralco on Reganoin commercial pig units demonstratedimproved sow health and reproduction,improved litter health, improved nurseryhealth (and performance) and improvedgrow-finish health and performance,” DrMellencamp revealed.

Regano was effective in combatingCoccidiosis where a sow trial in a NorthCarolina unit resulted in more pigsweaned, fewer dead pigs, fewer piglets withscours, less drug treatments, as well asincreased feed intake.

“Using Regano was also cost effectiveinvolving expenditure of US$5 per sow peryear,” Dr Mellencamp said.

Doug Pearson (Feedworks) and RobHewit from producer CHM Alliance out-lined a commercial case study of savingsachieved by using the Feedlogic systems.

Mr Pearson gave delegates an overviewof the Feedlogic S-Series, a lower costoption (than the M-Series) that uses exist-ing feed lines and is suitable for applica-tions where targeting by pen is not feasible.

Finally in the Monogastric session, DrGary Partridge, Global Technical ServicesDirector, Danisco Animal Nutrition, gavehis paper ‘Recent experiences with existingand brand new Danisco products’.

On the topic of Danisco enzyme solutions he outlined uses of xylanese inmore fibrous diets for pigs

“Phyzyme XP and Porzyme 9302 incombination were shown in trials toimprove digestibility in pigs fed cornDDGS,” he stated.

He also introduced new pro bioticproduct lines and spoke about trials usingthe ‘Direct Fed Microbial’ (DFM) productduring late gestation and lactation.

In concluding Dr Partridge talkedabout the new Danisco Genencor Division,a joint venture with DuPont to developsecond generation cellulosic ethanol fromnon feed plant material.

A lot of information was delivered during The Coolum 2010 NutritionWorkshop and apart from good sciencethere was a great social program, for delegates and their families.

If you would like more information onthe papers Feedworks will provide a ‘thumbdrive’ (or CD) with more detail.

Send an email to Malcolm Mottram at [email protected] n

“Our target in simple terms tomeet global demand would beto double food production andmore than double efficiency;focusing on FCR and globalenergy balance as a way to

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PICBOAR 500 is ideal for:• Maximising weight gain in a fixed time

through excellent feed conversion ratio

• Heavier market weights

• Higher shed throughput – progeny reach target weights quicker

• Reduced weight variationin finished pigs

Improve feed conversion withthis high performance sire

PICBOAR500

PICBOAR 427 is ideal for:• Maximising saleable meat yield

• Producing a carcass with superiorconformation, highly acceptableto the Singapore market

• Low backfat, high leanpercentage and high muscle

• Reduced variation infinished pigs

Add muscle to your operationwith this top performing boar

PICBOAR427

Camborough 42 is the mostprolific pig available and offers:• Reproductive consistency and efficiency

• Good mothering withexceptional milking ability

• Docile temperament

• High conception ratesand efficient progeny

Take advantage of the world standardin female reproduction performance

CAMBOROUGH™ 42

Camborough 29’s hybrid vigourallows customers to focus onefficient production through:• More born alive and more pigs weaned

• Durability and longevity

• Reduced carcass variation

• Reduced multiplication costs

Add efficiency to your operationwith this new Camborough sow

CAMBOROUGH™ 29

PICBOAR 400 offers:• High yielding progeny with

excellent carcass characteristics

• Superior carcass conformation,highly acceptable to theSingapore market

• Suitability for a range ofintensive and extensivepiggery operations

Add value to your operationwith this high lean performer

PICBOAR400

Widen your competitive advantage,by calling 1800 622 660

or 02 6956 2105 or contact your local PICrepresentative on 0418 575 101

1250

027S

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