The 26^th IPVS edition will be held from June 21^st to 24^th, 2022 and will address biosafety, productivity, and innovation

The IPVS – International Pig Veterinary Society congress, a scientific and technical event of great importance in the pig farming sector, will be held in the city of Rio de Janeiro (RJ) in 2022, marking the return of the event to Brazil after three decades. The date has already been confirmed and the IPVS2022 will be held between the 21^st and 24^th of June, at the RioCentro Convention & Event, having as its theme “New perspectives on pig farming: biosafety, productivity and innovation.”

Chaired by veterinarian and PhD Fernanda Almeida, the IPVS Congress, whose date was extended by two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic, will be held at a very timely moment for the global pig chain, which is strengthening around the world having based on the commitment to sustainable production, food safety and biosafety. “IPVS aims to promote the exchange of knowledge related to health and pig production in the world, in addition to enabling the training of specialized professionals in all countries producing this animal protein, always aiming at cooperation, sharing of discoveries, technologies, challenges and achievements among them,” stresses Fernanda.

IPVS2022 attentive to global demands

For the 2022 edition, the scientific committee has been working on some issues of global importance, such as Reproduction and African Swine Fever (PSA), which, between 2018 and 2019, reduced the pig population in China by about one third. Nowadays, 24 countries suffer from PSA. In Europe, there are nine, including Germany; in Asia, 12 countries are affected, including China, India, the two Koreas and the Philippines.

Although it is not harmful to human health, outbreaks of the disease in the world cause many losses that directly impact the supply of food to the population. Moreover, the virus has, in recent months, mutated in different regions around the world, impacting agribusiness in such countries.

Reproduction Management

Brazil has a herd of approximately 40 million pigs, according to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), with a total of breeding stock in the range of 4.8 million, in addition to being the fourth largest country exporting this animal protein. To reach these figures, one should highlight the care with reproductive efficiency, one of the main factors for the success of the activity. Reproductive management encompasses several stages of production, such as the dissemination of genes and the production of viable piglets. “These and other topics will certainly be the focus of attention in 2022,” anticipates Fernanda.

More information about the event is available at www.ipvs2022.com or by calling +55 (31) 3360-3663.

More information: IPVS 2022 Congress – Veterinaria Digital

About IPVS

The IPVS – International Pig Veterinary Society is an association of specialists in health and swine production. It was founded in 1967, having been the first Congress held in Cambridge, United Kingdom, in 1969 and the last in Chongqing, China, in 2018.

According to the Society, its objectives are to hold international congresses for the exchange of knowledge related to health and swine production, the training of veterinary doctors specializing in pigs in all pig-producing countries as well as promoting cooperation between producers.