

Pigs
Agribiz provides veterinary, consulting, research, nutrition, animal welfare, hygiene and biosecurity services to leading animal agri-businesses and service providers worldwide.
General and Operations Management
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Advice on sales and marketing strategies
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Advice on financial reporting to manage piggery operations
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Benchmark KPI’s of leading piggery operations
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Analysis of product mix, margins and optimisation of profit
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Value adding, packaging and marketing of products
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Operational planning
Veterinary Services
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Disease diagnostics and epidemiology
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Advice on veterinary medicines, vaccines and health programs
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Low / no antibiotic usage programs and strategies
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Biosecurity inspections and programs
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Hygiene inspections and programs
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Animal welfare inspections and programs

Marketing and Supply Chain Management
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Supply chain audits and support services
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Complete supply chain supporting services, including marketing and management advice and supply chain audits, e.g. product mix, margin analysis and optimisation of profit
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Value adding of products, packaging and marketing
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Recall and traceability systems
Nutrition Services
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Nutritional inspections of piggeries
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Least cost ration formulations to optimise profitability
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Optimising practices in feed mills including feed storage and logistics
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Optimising feed texture and pig performance
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Selection of feed milling equipment
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Raw material and finished feed ingredient analysis
Piggery Operations / Farm Management
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Advice of improving the efficiency and effectiveness of all stages of pork production – breeding, farrowing, weaning, feed mills, finishing, logistics, processing
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Advice on developing leading methods for farming pigs to optimise profitability and liveability
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Advice regarding facilities, shed controllers and farming equipment
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Assessment of the capability of farm management and staff
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Advice regarding pig comfort and shed micro-environments
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Advice on improving feed efficiency and live weight productivity
Greenfield Developments / Business Expansion / Project Management
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Project management of large integrations from concept / prefeasibility / feasibility / scoping / financial control systems / market access / site selection / approvals / tenders / construction / commissioning of complete pork supply chains
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Design of breeder farms farrowing sheds, feed mills, weaner and grower sheds / farms and pork processing plants
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The design of modern piggeries including specifications for buildings, services, roadways, fences, security, drainage etc.
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The design of sheds including specifications for shed dimensions, farming equipment, feed and water storage, services, alarms, controllers, insulation, heating, cooling and ventilation
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Preparation of building and development applications
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Advice on environment and farming information systems
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Site based management environment plans
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Best practice management of odour, effluent and solid waste materials
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Advice on sustainability, energy management and biogas systems

Quality and Inspection Services
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Piggeries, feed mills and processing plants
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HACCP, GMP, quality manuals, hygiene, biosecurity plans and audits
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Standard Work Instructions, staff training and internal controls
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Abattoir hygiene standards and inspections
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Quality Assurance programs for export approval
Animal Production and Animal Welfare Research
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Optimising the growth rate and feed efficiency of pigs
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Addressing animal welfare concerns
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Monitoring of animal production environments
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Measurement of animal welfare during transport and in holding yards
Production Manager / Pig Farmer Training
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Minimum, transitional and maximum ventilation systems
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Understanding negative pressure ventilation
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Monitoring of pig comfort levels
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The zone of thermo-neutrality
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Reading and using psychometric charts
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Temperature and Humidity Index
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How to operate evaporative cool pads effectively
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Clinical signs of illness
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Optimising the management of shed controllers
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Toxic gases in piggeries
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Heat transfer and piggery sheds
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Understanding how to read local weather data
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Measuring the air speed through inlets, pads and within sheds
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The effective management of pits
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Developing effective biosecurity programs
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Developing effective animal welfare programs
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Assessing piglet quality
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Monitoring pig health during the batch
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The selection and management of floors and pend
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Developing effective hygiene programs
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Achieving high weaning weights
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Optimising finishing growth rates
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All in / All out farming versus multi-age farming
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Feeding practices at pickup
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Lighting programs for pigs
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Optimising feed and water intake of pigs
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How to understand and calculate pork industry KPI’s
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Pig anatomy
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Humane euthanasia of pigs
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Understanding and monitoring pig comfort
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Pig health workshop for farm managers
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Understanding vaccination programs and immunity

