News - Needle-Free Injection

The Regional Marketing and Technical Services Manager with AcuShot Needle-Free says pork producers and processors who have adopted needle-free technology can assure their customers they’ve eliminated any possibility of needle fragments in their products.

The marketing and technical services manager with AcuShot Needle-Free is confident that, as pork producers see the benefits of eliminating needles, interest in needle-free injection will build.

The director of procurement for western Canada with Maple Leaf is encouraging those who supply the company’s pork plants with live hogs to consider switching to needle-free administration of medications.

The marketing and technical services manager with AcuShot Needle-Free says the biggest factor limiting the adoption of needle-free injection technology for the administration of veterinary compounds to pigs is the economic pressures facing pork producers.

Manitoba Pork Council reports the adoption of needle-free injection by the province’s pork producers has resulted in a dramatic reduction in the number of incidents of broken needle fragments in pork.

AcuShot Needle-Free reports concerns over the potential spread of PRRS within swine herds is fueling an increased interest in needle-free injection technology.

The regional marketing and technical support manager with AcuShot says the foot and mouth disease outbreak in South Korea has heightened the level of interest in needle free injection technology.

Officials with AcuShot report the successful adoption of needle-free injection within western Canada’s pork industry is helping fuel global interest in the technology.

The regional marketing and technical services manager with AcuShot reports producer confidence in the use of needle-free injection to administer veterinary compound to pigs is building.

Manitoba Agriculture Food and Rural Initiatives reports producer uptake of an incentive program to help with the purchase of needle-free injection technology has been steady.