The Irish Pig Health Society IPHS 2022 Symposium and trade show will be hosted at the Midlands Park Hotel in Portlaoise today, Tuesday, 26 April 2022. Speakers will advise on practical solutions to health, welfare, and productivity challenges in the pig farming sector.
The trade show will take place at noon, and the pig symposium talks will run from 14:00to 16:30 (with a break for lunch), with dinner to follow at 19:30.
Irish Pig Health Society symposium speakers
New feed ingredients – Professor Ilias Kyriazakis, Queen’s University Belfast. A specialist in the effects of animal management on their performance, their ability to cope with challenges (such as pathogens), and the environmental impact (including the use of alternative and home-grown feeds for livestock systems).
Feed ingredients market update – Dr. Rory Deverell. A senior commodity risk manager for StoneX, serving a wide range of commercial commodity trading companies across the EMEA region.
Making the most of the Pig HealthCheck Programme – Dr. Carla Gomes. The AHI Pig HealthCheck Programme Manager. Gomes has extensive knowledge in using animal health data to make the most informed decisions on-farm.
How technology can improve your farm – Charlie Thompson. From Bridge House Farm, Northamptonshire and a previous winner of Britain’s Pig Farmer of the year (2020), he will speak about his use of technology to improve farm performance.
What is coming down the line – free farrowing – Dr. Emma Baxter, SRUC. An animal welfare and behaviour scientist, specialising in pig projects that cover challenges throughout the pig’s life cycle, from optimising piglet survival in high welfare farrowing systems to investigating humane stunning at slaughter
President of the IPHS, Carla Gomes, comments that, “The Irish pig industry is currently going through an extremely difficult period. We feel that now more than ever, practical advice needs to be taken into consideration for the survival of the sector.
Find details of the 2022 IPHS Symposium event here.