Library & Resources
Library & Resources
- Publications
- Annual Reports
- Strategic Plans
- Annual Operating Plans
- Report on the Economic Contribution of the Pork Industry
- Fit for the Intended Journey Guide
- Pork Industry Snapshot
- Economic Analysis of African swine fever incursion into Australia
- Industry Survey Executive Summary 2018-19
- Submissions to Government
- Biosecurity Update
- Pigs to Pork Newsletter
- Guidelines for Fostering
- Pigs N’ Mud Newsletter
- Best practice gilt management for fertility and longevity
- Fact Sheets
- Three Year Performance Reviews
- Education Toolkit
- Producer assistance during the price downturn
- Research Reports
- Media
- APL news and updates
- Industry news
R&D Snapshots
Improvements to effluent testing
Download the full Improvements to effluent testing report
Pork water balance model – Watbal
Producer involvement welcomed in the Australian Pork Industry Benchmarking Program
The environmental impact of the pork industry over time
Fatty acid content in sow diets reduces stillborn rates but not litter sex bias
Bitter compounds in diet improve growth efficiency of finisher pigs
Genetics affects victims of tail biting
National Environmental Guidelines for Indoor Piggeries (NEGIP)
Understanding energy in pork production
Mineral strontium supplementation improves weaner performance
Development of technical material to integrate into the proposed Animal Effluent Management Methodology Determination
Planning Requirements for indoor and outdoor piggeries: explainer videos
Visit the Planning and Development page to watch the videos
Rotational Outdoor Piggeries: videos and fact sheets
Visit the Outdoor Production page to watch the videos and download the factsheets
Novel photoperiod regimes did not make post-weaning feed intakes ‘shine’
Pre-farrowing maternal supplementation of caffeine or creatine can improve piglet survival and performance
Human food waste – a potential source of pig feed?
Industry returns on investment from APL R&D – Gilt Enhancement and Physi-Trace
APIQ✓® transitions to third party auditing
Pork industry involvement at On-Plant Veterinarian training workshops
Effects of dietary methyl donor supplements in pigs
Environmental enrichment can benefit young pigs
Management of sow body condition during gestation and lactation
Does feed intake of gilts affect progeny performance?
Alternate risk-based inspection procedures for pork
Gap analysis of technical and regulatory requirements for export of Australian pork into China
Waste to profit: repurposing waste products from animal industries
Reducing greenhouse gas potential of Australian soils with livestock manure
Low levels of lauric acid can reduce feed intake whilst maintaining growth in finisher pigs
Australia is leading the world in pig welfare benchmarking
Producers’ Guide to Pig Production and Nutrition – NOW AVAILABLE!
NAMMP – Pork Greenhouse Gas Mitigation
Faster genetic gain using genomic selection
Advancing Livestock Waste as Low Emission – High Efficiency Fertilisers
An Australian Livestock Industry Framework to showcase and underpin Antimicrobial Stewardship (AMS) activities
Animal health feedback to producers
Strategies to improve gilt progeny performance
Feeding creatine to sows in late gestation increased piglet weight gain through to weaning
Feeding caffeine to sows in late gestation increased total born alive and gestation length and decreased stillbirths
National Agricultural Manure Management Program (NAMMP) Overview – Part 2
National Agricultural Manure Management Program (NAMMP) Overview – Part 1
Can feeding lupins or mineral salts decrease backfat in immunocastrated male pigs?
Investigating the proportion of gilt progeny which enter the breeding herd
Reverse zoonoses affecting pigs, and the risk to Australian pig production. A critical review to direct risk assessment and management recommendations
Key differences underlying top and bottom reproductive performers: analysis of management programme data
Effect of Feed Wastage on Piggery Manure Characteristics and Methane Potential
Effect of L-Glutamine in late gestation sow diets on survivability and growth of piglets
Tracking Nutrients and Soil Health Indicators in Outdoor Piggery Paddocks
Redevelop ProHand
Reducing variation in growth performance through pST interventions at weaning
Ecoshelter Bedding Workshops
Commercially-viable strategies to reduce the acute pain of tail docking in piglets
Adoption and Awareness survey
Factors that impact on the expression of respiratory disease in pigs
National PigGas Extensions
Development of nutritional strategies to attenuate the impact of poor environments through down-regulation of eicosanoid mediators
Assessment and amelioration of pain for improved welfare during routine husbandry procedures in piglets
Split suckling to improve colostrum ingestion, survival and performance of gilt progeny
Emissions Reduction Fund
2015 Ron Pollard Undergraduate Scholarship Memorial Award
Seasonal Infertility Manual
Snapshot
Best Management Practice (BMP) Booklets- Odour, Energy Use, SEP’s, Rotational Outdoor Piggeries, Nutrients and New Pond Design 2015
Benchmarking microbiological and processing performance of Australian export establishments
Reducing variation in finisher performance – early (<35 kg) intervention
Piggery Manure and Effluent Management and Reuse Guidelines and Glovebox Guide 2015
Eating Quality Experience Study
Nutrient Balance Calculators
Upgrade and Development of Environmental Management Plans (EMP’s) for Conventional and Outdoor Production Systems
Influence of birth litter size and suckled litter size on gilt ovarian development
PhysiTrace Retailer Standard Compliance and Logistics and Implementation Plan
Code of Practice for On-Farm Biogas Production and Use at Piggeries
Establishing the Risk of Toxoplasmosis Associated with the Consumption of Pork and Pork Products
Tracking Nutrients in Outdoor Piggery Systems
Doug Ross Overseas Travel and Study Award
Dietary Requirements and Feeding Regimes for Finisher Pigs
Gas Safety Management Plan Template
Manipulating Incretin Secretion from the Gastrointestinal Tract to Regulate Feed Intake in Pigs
Establishing Energy Usage on Australian Piggeries to Enable Implementation of Energy Reduction Strategies
The epidemiology of African Swine Fever (ASF) Virus and its Potential for Introduction into Australia
Post Graduate Research Scholarship – Exotic Disease Prioritisation
2014–15 Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) Real-Time Training Program
Pork Processor Referral Group (PRRG)
The Epidemiology of Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea Virus (PEDv) and its Potential for Introduction into Australia
Assessment of Pain Induced by Tail Docking in Piglets and Strategies to Reduce this Pain
Development of Practical Measures to Benchmark Pig Welfare in the Australian Pork Industry
APL Biosecurity Strategic Review Panel
APIQ Witness Audit 2013–14
Specific Carbohydrate Formulation in Late Lactation Diets for Primiparous Sows to Enhance Early Antral Follicle Development, Oocyte Quality and Post-Weaning Fertility
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Measuring Effectiveness of APL Capability Building Activities
Exotic Disease Prioritisation and Investigation
Dr Morgan Morrow Travel Award
Pig Production Education Resources
QLD Sedimentation and Evaporation Pond System (SEP’s) Trial
Demonstrating the Utilisation of Spent Eco-Shelter Bedding in Broadacre Cropping Systems
Mixing Sows – How to Maximise Welfare
Strategies for the Early Detection of Sick and Injured Gestating Sows
Testing the Antibody Response to Pigs to Foot-and-Mouth Disease (FMD) Vaccines
Validation and Development of PigBal 2 Model
2011-2013 Distinguished Visitor Awards
Final Reports:
- Group Housing and Management of Sows
- An Afternoon with Flemming Thorup
- Per Wallgren to present at Aus Pig Veterinarians Conference 2013
- Charlie Arnot to present at AWSC Seminar
- Professor John Deen to present on Reducing Piggery Mortality
- Professor John Deen and Dr John Carr to present at “Survivability – The Key to Success“
