Pig Health and Welfare Council launch biennial report
New and emerging diseases remain a major concern to the British pig industry.
The Pig Health and Welfare Council (PHWC) has launched its biennial report highlighting progress made in the last two years.
Launched in the House of Commons on Thursday (16 July), the report also underlines the ambitious targets set for each of the Council's subgroups, including antimicrobials, pig meat safety, welfare and surveillance.
Meryl Ward, chairman of AHDB Pork, which is part of the PHWC, said: "It's a proactive partnership between cross-industry organisations and it's the way we work closely together that underpins success in achieving our 20:20 Pig Health and Welfare strategy goals."
New and emerging diseases remain a major concern to the British pig industry, with Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea (PED), African Swine Fever (ASF) and Porcine Reproductive Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS) of high importance.
PHWC chairman professor Jim Scudamore added: “Much of the surveillance sub group’s work in the past year has been devoted to PED. Development of the PED contingency plan for England, the standard operating procedures and diagnostic tests has required close collaboration across the pig industry, with considerable assistance from Animal and Plant Health Agency and Government.”
The report is available to download at www.pork.ahdb.org.uk.
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