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  • Biogas Code of Practice Consultation Workshops

    APL has developed a risk based Code of Practice for On-farm Biogas Production and Use (Piggeries) in response to growing interest in Biogas technology from Australian pig producers.  APL, through a previous project identified that there was a lot of …

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  • 2015-2020 Strategic Plan Consultation

    The APL 2015–2020 Strategic Plan consultation process continues with all meetings across the country now completed. To all of those producers who attended meetings, APL thanks you for your contributions so far. APL would like to offer all producers that have …

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  • Corrective Statement

    Australian Pork Limited (APL) issued Media Releases on 11 April and 19 December 2012 concerning the progress of the Australian pork industry’s initiative to move away from the use of sow stalls by 2017. APL made statements in those Releases …

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  • Notice of AGM and Annual Conference

    The APL Annual Conference and Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held at the Marriott Hotel, cnr Exhibition and Lonsdale Streets, Melbourne on Thursday 21 November 2012. The Annual Conference will commence at 9.00am and the AGM will commence at 1.00pm. For …

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Complete Research Reports

Item Details

Review of Innate Immunity in Pigs

97 Pages
1 Dec 0011
Author(s): Dr John Black, Prof John Pluske

Australian Pork Limited commissioned this review to identify nutritional, environmental, animal selection and other factors that may either reduce or enhance the capacity of the immune system of a pig to resist the impact of high microbial loads within many piggeries. This review identified factors that regulate the innate and adaptive immune system responses in pigs and the consequences of their manipulation on health and performance. Practical strategies for optimising the immune response and decreasing the adverse effects from disease, and areas needing adoption or further research are also proposed.

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