Passing of E. Wayne Johnson

May 8, 2024 — 

AASV was saddened to learn of the April 16 passing of Dr. E. Wayne Johnson, a longtime member of the AASV.

E. Wayne Johnson (Zhu Wensen), a famous American pig veterinarian and founder of Beijing Enricon Agricultural Technology Consulting Co., Ltd., died of a sudden illness in Yancheng on April 16, 2024, after treatment failed. He was 70 years old. Dr. Zhu dedicated his life to the pig raising industry, trained a large number of professional talents, and made an indelible contribution to the pig raising industry in China! We mourn deeply and deeply remember him.

[Source: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/ldL7LApMV8mKLAy--LYMxA]

Dr. E. Wayne Johnson famous Swine Veterinarian and International pig expert passed away on April 16, 2024, in Yancheng, Jiangsu, China. Dr. Johnson grew up on a livestock farm in Illinois and received his DVM from the University of Illinois. After extensive work and distinguished career with the pig industry in the USA, Dr. Johnson worked at China Agricultural University and with Guangdong Pig Raising Association as a visiting foreign expert. Afterwards, Dr. Johnson formed Enable Ag Tech along with his wife Dr. Qiao Qingyan, who has a PhD in Swine Nutrition from China Agricultural University. From their office in Beijing Changping, Dr. Johnson provided technical consulting, tech services, applied research, and visits and training to pig farms, feed companies, pharmaceutical industry, and related companies and industry in China, southeast Asia, Europe, Australia, and the USA. We will deeply miss Dr. Johnson and extend our thoughts and prayers to his wife, sons, and daughters, of which we know he was immensely proud.

[Source: Lyle L. Jones, Director of Sales, China, Genesus https://genesus.com/genesus-global-market-report-china-april-2024/]