Vaccine success
Last updated 13:36, Thursday, 07 August 2008
MORE than a million piglets have so far been vaccinated as part of a BPEX research project into PCV2.
The £1.5 million vaccine voucher scheme was launched in April and the take-up has been nothing short of phenomenal, said BPEX director of pig industry development Mark Wilson.
He said: “If it carries on the way it has been so far, it means by the end of the year approximately five million pigs will have been vaccinated. It does look as though the project is already having the desired effect as anecdotal evidence is saying pigs are finishing two weeks faster and producers are getting the equivalent of one extra pig sold per littler.
“Disease has been a major issue for the British pig industry and strenuous efforts have been made across the board to improve it.“
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