Pfizer chooses poultry, pig Trainee of the Year recipients

Pfizer announced its Poultry and Pig Trainee of the Year awards at a House of Commons ceremony on Nov. 1.


Benjamin Pollard (third from left) receiving the Pfizer Poultry Trainee of the Year award.

Benjamin Pollard, who works for Aviagen in East Lothian, became the first to win the Poultry award representing Scotland. Kate Munro-Ashman, who manages a 900-sow outdoor unit in Berkshire, is the second female winner in a row of the Pig award.

Kate Munro-Ashman (third from left) receiving the Pfizer Pig Trainee of the Year award.

Each winner was awarded a £2500 training grant. "If it hadn't been for the training to improve my understanding of pigs and the people who look after them, I know that we would not still have been in pigs today," said Munro-Ashman.
The awards are currently in their fourth year.