PigLink is an annual series of free e-seminars provided to Australian & New Zealand pork producers through the generous financial support of the Pork CRC.
The 2011 program is:
- 24 Feb 2011 Reasonable Expectations for Extending Pig Semen Gary Althouse, University of Pennsylvania, USA
- 20 Apr 2011 The real world of ad libitum feed and water Dr Mike Brumm - Brumm Swine Consultancy, USA
- 15 Jun 2011 Country report - the UK pork industry Dr Mike Varley - BPEX UK
- 17 Aug 2011 Nutrition and management of weaner pigs Prof John Pluske - Murdoch University, WA
- 19 Oct 2011 Virtual piggery visit - outdoor production unit Mr Simon Macgugan, Otway Pork, Vic
- 14 Dec 2011 New developments in breeding herd efficiency Dr Will van Wettere, Univ of Adelaide, SA
This years and past seminars can be accessed from the website www.piglink.com.au
To get maximum benefit from the presentations you should register with Paul Hughes . Immediately following the presentation registered users phone an 0800 number to joion a live phone hook-up to the speaker for a 30-minute Question & Answer session. Users can also e-mail questions to the speaker over the next 5 days. A complete list of Questions & Answers will be published 7 days after each ‘seminar’.
The presentations are Powerpoint-based with professionally recorded voice-over. Paul Hughes has generously permitted us to load the seminars here for download. Unfortunately the files are VERY large ranging from 14Mb to 65Mb in size and our ISP prevents us from loading them to the website. We have loaded copies of the slides with no audio in two formats
- as PDF files of the presentation slides for download
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Registered producers can contact Grant Boston for a CD of the presentations.
For further information, contact Paul Hughes or phone 00618 8303 7603.