Contact our team:
Chris Opschoor
Global Technical Services Director
The Global Veterinary Services (GVS) team protects the health status of Topigs Norsvin’s breeding and production infrastructure worldwide.
Our objective is to be recognized as an industry leader in animal health and biosecurity by providing leading-edge veterinary support across all facets of breeding, multiplication, artificial insemination, and production.
By developing, implementing, and monitoring global health and biosecurity programs, we safeguard critical nodes in the supply chain, enabling continuous genetic progress and reliable production performance.
Industry-leading veterinary support for a secure genetic supply chain.
Our Mission
Health is the foundation of sustainable breeding and production. Global Veterinary Services is responsible for protecting the Topigs Norsvin supply chain through:
- Establishing and maintaining high-health herds
- Developing robust disease surveillance programs
- Strengthening global biosecurity standards
- Preventing pathogen introduction and limiting disease spread
- Supporting evidence-based disease monitoring and testing
- Reducing biological risk for both customers and the business
Our mission is to create the conditions that allow genetic potential to be fully realized while ensuring continuity and security throughout the breeding pyramid.
Services
1. Expertise on External Biosecurity
- Restricted & Controlled Access Zones
- Visitor downtime protocols
- Biosecure transport and loading procedures
- Feed, manure and supply chain risk management
- Global biosecurity standards and compliance programs
2. Expertise on Internal Biosecurity
- All-in/all-out production systems
- Age segregation and optimized farm logistics
- Cleaning and disinfection protocols
- Compartmentalized workflows
- Disease transmission prevention strategies
3. High Health Herd Development
- Health status management of nucleus, multiplication and AI centers
- Quarantine and acclimatization programs
- Vaccination strategy support
- Controlled introduction of animals and semen
- SPF-level health procedures
4. Disease Surveillance & Veterinary Advisory
- Global disease surveillance programs
- Evidence-based diagnostic testing protocols
- Health monitoring and risk assessment
- Biosecurity audits
- Veterinary support throughout the breeding pyramid
From Biosecurity to Performance
Risk Assessment → Protocol Implementation → Monitoring & Verification → High Health Status → Stable Herd Health → Realized Genetic Performance
Impact
For Producers and Multipliers
- Lower disease incidence
- Reduced mortality and treatment costs
- Improved production predictability
- Stable growth and reproductive performance
For Nucleus, Multiplication and AI Centers
- Protection of valuable genetic resources
- Enhanced health status and disease resilience
- Secure global genetic supply chain
- Reduced business risk and improved continuity
For Customers
- Reliable supply of healthy breeding stock
- Confidence in herd health status
- Reduced introduction risk
- Improved long-term productivity
