Swine Morsels XX
Dr. Fuhrman recently travelled to the Republic of Vietnam. The United States Grains Council procured
his services to provide educational seminars and on-farm veterinary technical visits to customers of our US farmers. A highlight of his trip included visiting with a family that has operated a boar stud since 1981. This family was self educated in semen collection, extension and delivery techniques. They deliver semen daily to a minimum of 10 customers. The semen is transported in a semen cooler on the back of a moped. That’s not the only thing transported on the back of a moped, as you can see. 
Their stud is attached to their home. When you go out the back way, you are in the stud. The stud is right in the middle of a 400,000 population city. There will likely be no other pig farms constructed in the middle of the city. Hence, he enjoys excellent geographical biosecurity. This was evident during a recent epidemic of “Blue Ear” disease. The stud was spared clinical disease, despite widespread infection in the region. Dr. Fuhrman was there during feed delivery day. All feeds are bagged. 
There is no bulk delivery. Observe that Dr. Fuhrman is as tall as the feed truck. Some complete feed is sold in 5 kg bags (about 11 lbs). This packaging is geared toward the family that owns maybe one or two pigs. The pigs may eat an entire bag per day. Imagine bringing your pig feed home on a moped. Hence, the niche market package size that is used.
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