London Swine Conference Proceedings 2007 - Summary

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Individual Articles

• Competitiveness in the Canadian Pork Segment: A Reassessment - Kevin Grier
• New Tools to Manage Variability throughout the Pork Production Chain - Mike Tokach
• Principles of Health Management - François Cardinal
• Forgotten Diseases - Bob Friendship
• New Tools to Make Genetic Progress - Jack Dekkers
• Feeding the Pigs' Immune System and Alternatives to Antibiotics - Hans Stein
• Nutritional Management of the Gilt for Lifetime Productivity: Feeding for Fitness or Fatness? - Pinder Gill

Break Out Sessions

• Alternative Feed Ingredients for Pigs - Hans Stein and Kees de Lange
• Alternative Energy Sources: Biogas Production - Harold House
• Alternative Energy Sources: A Hog Producer's Perspective of On-Farm Anaerobic Digesters - Gilbert Vanden Heuvel
• Alternative Energy Sources: What We Learned from European Technology and a Practical Look at Possible Ontario On-Farm Applications - Martin Van Raay
• On-Farm Health Management - François Cardinal
• Best Management Practices Used in the Control of PRRS - George Charbonneau
• Key Measures of Performance in the Growing-Finishing Barn for Informed Decision Making - Mike Tokach
• Managing and Monitoring the Finishing Barn: Six Things Not to Do - Mark Yungblut
• Benchmarking... Show Me the Money! - Ken McEwan
• Benchmarking... Show Me the Money! - Bev Hill
• Managing Reproduction: Critical Control Points in Exceeding 30 Pigs Per Sow Per Year - Pinder Gill
• Managing Reproduction: Fact and Folklore - Doug Wey
• Management Practices that Optimize Productivity in the Nursery: Case Studies on What Works! - Cameron Farrell and Cathy Templeton
• Recruiting and Training Employees - Carole Gumprich
• Recruiting and Training Employees - Aime Tamba
• On-Farm Feed Inspections - John Secord
• On-Farm Medication Use: Challenges and Opportunities - John Rheaume

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