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Zinpro Trace minerals company Zinpro has hired Stefan Langer, PhD as business development manager – swine, international. In this role, he will be supporting the company’s swine cus- tomers to achieve their goals of increased profita- bility, better welfare and less use of antibiotics. He is based in Berlin, Germany. Zinpro has also promoted Timur Akmaliev, PhD, to regional manager – Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Dr Akmaliev assumed his new role on 1 August, in which he leads the company’s business growth and development for CIS and Russian customers. He succeeds Boudewijn Mys, who retired on 31 July.
AB Vista AB Vista has appointed Dr Michelle Stewart as technical services team member. She will focus on the monogastric business in the company, supporting customers in deter- mining how or why leg health issues evolve in the field.
Osborne Industries Osborne Industries has ap- pointed Chevy Davidson to be North America sales representative for livestock equipment. He will assist in the distribution of Os- borne’s pig management equipment in the Midwest United States.
Kemin Industries Kemin Industries has appointed three new colleagues. Grant McMillan joins as a market research analyst, lever- aging his experience by researching, analysing and report- ing data to deliver key information to both internal and ex- ternal customers. Hannah Hoth joins as a project manager, adding professional project management experi- ence to drive product development. Patrick Gannon joins as an associate product manager. In his role, he focus- es on product strategy, video production and marketing content development to support internal and external customers.
32 ▶PIG PROGRESS | Volume 36, No. 7, 2020 ARS: New way to detect presence of live ASFv
“We have identified a cell-line that can be used to isolate and detect the pres- ence of the live virus. This is a critical breakthrough and a tremendous step for African Swine Fever virus (ASFv) di- agnostics,” said scientist Dr Douglas Gladue, attached to the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), part of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
The discovery was made by ARS scien- tists, supported by the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, a dif- ferent organisation within the USDA. The research was highlighted in the peer-reviewed scientific journal Viruses. A provisional patent application for this research was filed in April; the technology is available for license.
Air filtration with UV light
A news article on the SEGES website describes how incoming air can be passed through a chemical filter which is illuminated by ultraviolet (UV) light. The procedure can kill the viruses in the air, according to SEGES – so the air entering the barn will be clean. As a re- sult the animals will not be exposed to diseases like swine influenza or Por- cine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome (PRRS). According to SEGES, positive results have been achieved at laboratory lev- els. The next step will be to develop a prototype to try in practice. A potential
third step would be mass production. SEGES said the filter is cheap, function- ing well and constitutes a good alterna- tive to current filtration technologies in pig houses. SEGES is collaborating on the research with the University of Co- penhagen, the Danish Technological Institute and livestock equipment manufacturer Skov. The news article explains that airborne diseases cannot be completely pre- vented by ordinary hygiene measures. An innovation fund has granted DKK 9.5 million (€ 1.3 million) for the project.
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