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Chinas Slaughter Capabilities in a State of Flux
2013-04-19 20:30:00| National Hog Farmer
By Michael Pareles, Trade Manager, U.S. Meat Export Federation-Beijing Last months press reports of thousands of dead hogs floating in one of Shanghais municipal water sources garnered extensive media coverage both in and outside China. Although test results released by Chinas Ministry of Agriculture discounted a number of rumors about causes of the mass mortality ranging from arsenic-based growth enhancers to more common swine diseases officials have yet to provide a definitive post-mortem diagnosis. Even more unsettling are rumors of a market in which small abattoirs and processing rooms specifically seek out for a discount compared to healthy market hogs diseased or dead livestock. read more
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EU Pig Prices: Stability in Slaughter Pig Markets
2013-03-26 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
EU - At the beginning of this week, the European slaughter pig market still appeared to be quite settled.
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Slaughter Pigs to be Improved by Genomic Selection
2013-03-21 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
DENMARK - Genomic selection has been successfully implemented in the breeding programme for sows. Now it is time for slaughter pigs to undergo breeding improvements.
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Slaughter Again Calls for Antibiotic Restrictions
2013-03-18 17:04:00| National Hog Farmer
By P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, DC Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (D-NY) has reintroduced the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA). According to Slaughter, this legislation is to stop the overuse of antibiotics on the farm. read more
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Rep. Slaughter Introduces Antibiotic Bill for Fourth Time
2013-03-15 15:32:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: Congresswoman Louise Slaughter, Food Safety News Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY), introduced the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act, or PAMTA, yesterday for the fourth time since 2007. The bill would ban non-therapeutic uses of medically important antibiotics in food animal production. read more
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