Livestock

The opening of the largest VIV Asia to date. (Image Source: Vani Venugopal/Far East Agricultural)

International livestock tradeshow, VIV Asia has launched the 13th edition of the show to packed halls at BITEC, Bangkok

Organised by VNU exhibitions on the theme ‘From Feed to Food’, the 2017 edition of the show is held at Bangkok from 15-17 March 2017. With more than 1,057 exhibitors from 55 countries including China, the USA, the Netherlands, France, Thailand, the event has already broken records in terms of exhibitor numbers.

The event was officially launched today, with an opening ceremony marking the event. The ceremony was presided over by the Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives Thanit Anekwit and attended by the president of Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau, Nopparat Maythaveekulchai, ambassadors and diplomats from several nations as well as event sponsors and supporters from government and private sectors.

On the first day, six halls that covers more than 40,000 sq m of space, was completely packed and the exhibitor stalls buzzing with activity.  VIV Asia’s comprehensive knowledge programme also got off to a good start on the first day with a wide range of seminars and conferences held on health and pet nutrition, dairy product business, swine productivity and aquaculture.

At the opening ceremony Thanit Anekwit said, “The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives has a vision to integrate the development of traditional methods of agriculture, which is focused on administration and management and the distribution of wealth and income to all regions in Thailand, with an aim to enable the country to step into ‘Thailand 4.0’ in accordance with the policy of the ministry. The year 2017 is designated to mark the occasion upon which Thailand’s agricultural standards will be elevated and remain in continuous sustainable development.” He added that a number of companies were selected to provide showcases of their technology and innovation at VIV Asia with the aim to help Thailand become a hub of animal industry product exportation to the global market.

Nopparat Maythaveekulchai said, “VIV Asia is well celebrated as the trade exhibition and an event of seinars on agriculture and animal husbandry, whether it be in terms of superior quality of trade exhibitors, modern technology, presentation of innovations, new research and developments, not to mention a variety of special booths and international pavilions, as well as high level of professionalism of the organizers and alliance.”

Participants of Aquaculture Seminar, Malaysia. (Image source: NUTRIAD)

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MIK International to showcase innovations at VIV Asia. (Image source: MIK Internationl)

MIK International is the worldwide specialist for high-quality plastic flooring and heating systems for use in pig husbandry

For farrowing pens the MIK Swing flooring system is either used as fully plastic option or combined with MIK cast panels. The MIK flooring offers best foot grip as well as highest comfort and hygienic surfaces. In the weaning accommodations, MIK Chess with its unique surface design gives best step safety and cleanliness.

In the pig finishing the trend towards “wean to finish” is becoming firmly established. MIK International has developed a special panel for this new system. The wean to finish panel Trapper XL in size 800 x 600 mm can be used in the weaner accommodation as well as all the way through to heavy bacon (200kgs) weight pigs.

For pig feeding MIK offers its Bistro W feeder range, either with plastic or stainless steel hopper. In addition, Bistro VD drop feeders are available with 6 or 9 l volume. The latest development is the water proof 90° transfer corner for chair feeding sytems.

For all systems, MIK offers PVC penning system in different heights and widths, produced in the desired lengths for your own specific project. The large number of accessories make this system extremely flexible and can be adapted to all pen and room sizes.

Our poultry slat is available in two different sizes and offers due to its special surface design a self-cleaning effect and provides optimal grip for the animals. The broiler slats are available as support type for use with support beams or as a leg type in three different heights. The broiler slats are designed to keep broiler without using any litter. This is a perfect animal friendly and clean solution that avoids blisters on breasts.

Visit us at the VIV Asia, hall 099, booth 2358! 

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