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Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 6:52 AM
Subject: Goodmorning Doug-
> Hello Doug,
> Since the release of the meat distribution facility and the grand
> opening of the boar stud facility, it has been quiet regarding both
issues.
> Is there any further information on either?
> Is the new distribution facility under operation and what is the
approximate
> rate of production?
> Has the BSF been cleaned and sanitized for operation?
> If so, is it in operation and what type of percentage is it running at?
> There has been a lot of speculation about Norsvin and STRU.If there is no
> connection I would think that you could say so and not be releasing any
> critical information. It would just be putting to rest a false rumor.
> I look forward to that answer.
> I thought I would also check on the magnificent "7"
> How are they doing?
> During one of our conversations, you had mentioned that we had lost 14
> piglets (or was it 18) due to being stillborn. Maybe the sow had pushed
too
> hard. Have we had any other births and or problems?
> Do you feel that she pushed too hard or that maybe the strain of so many
> piglets caused that to happen?
> Well, This one is loaded with questions so I will end this one. I will
> probably follow it up but I will let you move to the other 10,000 e mails
> awaiting you.
> Thanks for your reply and Have a great day
> Regards,
> Bill
Date: 10/18/2000 1:08:42 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From: dbeatty@struthersinc.com (Douglas Beatty)
To:
Dear Bill,
The boars in quarantine are to be in the Stud within days...Brent will
update me today. We are not at full capacity , however , breeding season has
just started so we are processing a large volume of semen from the other
Boar Stud which will role over to the new facility. Deer and Sheep semen
collection, AI and sales are way up..Dr. Gourley will give that presentation
at the SH meeting. The Morris Farm is getting a make-over and will have 1500
great grand parent gilts there by November.
The meat distribution facility has a 30,000 lb capacity which we will turn
every week starting Nov. 7th, the web site for ordering will be up by the SH
meeting, we are also adding natural chicken, lamb, venison, buffalo and all
natural BBQ sauce and breading (organic).
Most items will be on the web for ordering. This facility will ship frozen
meat and the other orders we have for fresh meat will be packaged and
shipped directly from our packers to the consumers (can't tell you who just
yet). All these products will carry our Tender Prime Struthers Certified
naturally raised product labels. So folks will recognize these products when
they see them (Again I can not tell you where just yet)...however, I'm
thrilled.
With our Norsvin agreement it has not changed we still control the rights
here and plan to expand this and more after my trip to Norway in Nov. I am
not at liberty to explain any further discussions at this time. I can say
they are sending an AI specialist over to improve the out-put of the boar
stud and add more boars from their herd. We are also looking at adding boars
from Ireland...at no outlay of cash...which is nice...more details will
follow.
The magnificent 7 are doing well and eating everything in sight!
The other babies we lost were due to hypoxia (lack of oxygen) during labor ,
however, 14 out of 18 embryos did take and we had heart beats until labor,
we did not expect so many embryos to take , normally I've put in 20 to 28
embryos surgically and conceived only 60 to 70% so we now know that
non-surgically with an 85% conception rate we transfer less embryos but
achieve better results than average...the loss (although very sad) of these
pigs is not an uncommon experience in the pig world...the Mom could have
been scared with the commotion of what is going on in the barn and other
factors vets have explained to us...such as a small birth canal which never
dilated completely, however, since she went into labor late at night and
since no vets were on hand we could not do a C-section...we could not
control this event as we did not know when labor was going to occur. I have
put protocols and further measures in place for the next parities for 24 hr
watch and will do C-sections on these animals. We have had no deaths related
to the GS system or any of our surgical techniques...over 600 procedures
have been done on swine alone including frozen semen without extender (a
worlds first) the data is very favorable. We have also been doing hundreds
of deer and sheep with excellent results and are ready for international
expansion which will take place when I leave for the EU in Nov. Yes STRU has
gone international...more on this later.
Right now I am absolutely delighted with what we have to share with
everyone.
Best regards and thanks for the great questions.
It is always a pleasure to hear from you,
Douglas
Cheers
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Cheers
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