IN BRIEF

30 October 1998




IN BRIEF

&#8226 Producers will see little change following the sale of Cotswold Pig Development Company, however Cotswold maintains it now has a stronger financial base for R&D work, particularly in bio-technology, and hopes to utilise Ridley Corporations feed manufacturing experience in tailoring rations to specific genotype lines.

&#8226 A MAJOR £0.5m research project is to be launched at the MLCs Stotfold Pig Unit in partnership with MAFF. It will look at the relationship between levels of dust and ammonia in weaner houses and their effect on respiratory health and pig performance. &#42


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