The veterinary medicine in upgrading of competitiveness of Hungarian pig-production sector

Authors

  • Oszkár Bíró Department of State Veterinary Medicine and Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Szent István University, H-1078Budapest, Budapest, István u. 2.
  • László Ózsvári Department of State Veterinary Medicine and Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Veterinary Science, Szent István University, H-1078Budapest, Budapest, István u. 2.
  • Zoltán Lakner Department of Food Economy, Faculty of Food Science, Budapest Corvinus University, H-1118 Budapest, Villányi u. 35–43.

Keywords:

swine, benchmarking, preventive medicine, veterinary strategy

Abstract

The Hungarian pig-breeding has achieved considerable results in 70’s and 80’s of the last century, but after the privatisation and the collapse of former integration structures a considerable differentiation begun between the pig-breeding plants. Based on a direct-question survey the article analyses some main features of the activities of veterinarians in large-scale Hungarian pig-breeding units in 2004. Under rather unfavourable economic conditions of pig-breeding farms in numerous cases the owners of these enterprises do not pay the sufficient attention to the prevention and the analysis of information, which could be obtained by systematic survey of veterinary status of farms. However, as it became obvious by analysing the structure of veterinary medication, the increasing attention to preventive veterinary medicine could contribute to the improvement of veterinary status.

Author Biography

  • Zoltán Lakner, Department of Food Economy, Faculty of Food Science, Budapest Corvinus University, H-1118 Budapest, Villányi u. 35–43.

    corresponding author
    zoltan.lakner@uni-corvinus.hu

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Published

2006-07-15

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 2 (2006): Acta Agraria Kaposváriensis

Section

Section 1 Pig Breeding

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Copyright (c) 2006 Bíró Oszkár, Ózsvári László, Lakner Zoltán

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How to Cite

Bíró, O., Ózsvári, L., & Lakner, Z. (2006). The veterinary medicine in upgrading of competitiveness of Hungarian pig-production sector. Acta Agraria Kaposváriensis, 10(2), 83-89. https://journal.uni-mate.hu/index.php/aak/article/view/1780

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