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Pig KT Research Day
On Wednesday October 13th 2010, SAC hosted a Pig KT Research day, supported by the Scottish Government under the SAC “Success through Knowledge” Campaign.
The UK pig industry faces a number of challenges and opportunities, and its success and sustainability depends upon contributions from applied science. Therefore, SAC invited delegates to attend a workshop presenting recent research on pig health, welfare and nutrition with a specific focus on future research requirements to support the pig industry.
Event talks and contacts
The talks from this event are available on the right of this page and a summary of the discussion session which followed the presentations is also available.
- Provenance through collaboration - Gordon McKen
- Improving piglet survival and The great crate debate - Dr Emma Baxter
- What’s all the fuss about pig transport? - Prof Malcolm Mitchell
- Piglet nutrition: research into practice - Dr Ian Wellock
- Greenpig: can we use peas and beans in UK pig diets? - Dr Lesley Smith
- Prenatal effects on welfare and productivity - Dr Kenny Rutherford
- Reducing pig aggression - Dr Simon Turner
- Testing for mycotoxins - Prof Jill Thomson and Allan Ward
- Epidemiology of pig endemic diseases: abattoir-based health schemes - Dr Manuel Sanchez-Vazquez Manuel
- Future research requirements within the pig industry - Discussion session summarised