About Us

History

Premier BioSource (formerly S&S Farms) was founded in 1987 by the father and son team of Carl and Tom Salayer and has always specialized in the production of high health status pigs for the biomedical industry.
Our goal is to consistently provide customers with the highest quality pig model. We ship our animals throughout the United States and Canada in our own climate-controlled vehicles. Delivery by commercial air via private courier is also available.

Premier BioSource maintains a Class A U.S.D.A. licensed closed herd that is managed on an “All in All out” basis to ensure the highest health standards possible. At both of our sites, the Domestic Pigs and Yucatan minipigs are raised within the same facility and are identical in health status. Both breeds being identical in health status allows them to be housed within the same air space at your facility.

Copies of health monitoring reports are available upon request.

Locations

Premier BioSource maintains two Yucatan and Domestic pig breeding herds. The original Yucatan and Domestics herds have been in Southern California since 1987. In 2005 a Yucatan grower inventory located in Southwest Michigan was added to serve the Midwest, East Coast and Canada. A breeding and grower facility was completed in 2020 and is located in Indiana. This new HEPA filtered, barrier facility was populated with cesarean derived colostrum deprived Domestic and Yucatan minipigs. In 2022 the new Indiana breeding facility completely replaced the Michigan grower facility.

Both of our locations have the advantage of being isolated from other swine herds providing excellent biosecurity for our animals. Facilities have been designed with the sole purpose to produce pigs for the biomedical and pharmaceutical industries. Both farms have biosecurity measures in place to promote animal health and well-being. Every aspect ranging from nutrition to environmental controls is continuously monitored.

Customer References

Customer references are available upon request.

Upcoming Events

Premier BioSource plans on attending AALAS 2024! Look for our booth, where you will be able to meet the owners and people who personally care for the pigs you receive. Whether you are an existing or new customer stop by so that we can hear feedback or answer questions about our pigs. You can find information regarding AALAS at www.aalas.org.

What’s New

In July 2023 S&S Farms, LP changed its legal entity to Premier BioSource, Inc.

In July 2022 the new Indiana breeding and grower facility finished replacing the Michigan grower facility. This facility now breeds and supplies both Domestics and Yucatans from this facility to the Midwest, Eastern US and Canada.

In April 2020 S&S Farms began doing business as Premier BioSource. This was a change in name only, not in ownership or service. Premier’s customers can still expect the same people to be providing them with the highest quality swine model and service.

In March 2020 Premier Biosource completed construction on a new HEPA filtered barrier located in Indiana. This facility breeds, farrows and grows both Domestic and Yucatan pigs. The pigs that populate this facility were cesarean derived in 2019 from our California herd. We look forward to providing both Domestics and Yucatans from this facility to the Midwest, Eastern US and Canada. Having breeding facilities in both Southern California and Indiana, has enabled us to supply both Domestics and Yucatans to the continental US and Canada.

National Hog Farmer published this article in July 2020 that talked about the project.