Micro-Organisms as Feed Additives - Probiotics
By Ortwin Simon and presented at the 2005 Banff Pork Seminar - For many decades antibiotics (so called growth promoters) have been used as feed additives in various species of farm animals, to reduce the frequency of diarrhoea under certain condition...

Assessing The Results Of The EU Ban On Antibiotic Feed Additives
By Hector Cervantes, DVM, MS, Dip. ACPV, Manager, Poultry Technical Services, Phibro Animal Health Corp. - The European Union (EU) banned the use of avoparcin, a widely used antibiotic feed additive in food-producing animals in 1997. The ban was carried...

Nebraska Swine Report 2005 : Out-of-Feed Events in Grow-Finish Pigs
By Brian Richert, Purdue University; Jeremy Marchant-Forde and Ruth Marchant-Forde, USDA-ARS Research Associates, Purdue University and Mike Brumm, University of Nebraska - In theory, bulk bins and automated feed delivery systems assure an uninterrupted...

Feeding Small Grains to Swine
By Zebblin Sullivan, Animal Science, Iowa State University; Mark Honeyman, Professor, Department of Animal Science; Lance Gibson, Associate Professor, Department of Agronomy; Jean McGuire, Editor, Educational Materials and Marketing Services and Micki...

Searching for Alternatives to Antibiotic Growth Promoters
By the North Carolina State University - The use of antibiotics for growth promotion in swine feeds has come under serious scrutiny in the last few years due to concerns about their potential effects on antibiotic resistance in humans. This has led to...

The use of meat and bone meal as organic farming fertiliser
By Prof. Dr. Dr. Ewald Schnug, Federal Agricultural Research Centre (FAL), Institute for Plant Nutrition and Soil Science - Meat and bone meal (MBM) contains mineral elements essential for all organisms, typically 6-8% Nitrogen (N) and 5-6% Phosphorus...

Water Systems for Growing Swine
Abstracted from “Water Systems for Swine” by Mike Brumm, 2005 Pork Academy, Des Moines, Iowa and published by North Carolina State University - Water is the nutrient that swine require in largest quantity, but compared to the other nutrients supplied...

Preparing for the Antibiotic Growth Promoter Ban
By Stuart Lumb, Pig Industry Consultant - We’ve all heard about the problems the Danes have encountered with AGP removal and British producers might be concerned they face a similar fate. However, the Danes have not, until recently, had to contend with...

Nutritional and Feeding Strategies to Minimize Nutrient Losses in Livestock Manure
By Mindy J. Spiehs, Regional Extension Educator - Livestock Manure Systems, University of Minnesota Extension Service - The livestock industry has undergone substantial changes in the past few decades. The poultry, swine, and dairy industries in particular...

Feeding Program Management Tips
By Duane E. Reese, Extension Swine Specialist, University of Nebraska - Hog prices have recently begun to come back to earth and soybean meal price has increased about $60 per ton since February. These events signal it is time for producers to note that...

Boosting Immunity in Young Pigs: Spray-dried plasma and fish oil
By David Elstein, formerly with the USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) - Illness during a piglet’s first few weeks of life can affect its eventual size and market-readiness. But the common practice of early weaning increases piglets’ risk...

Finding Value in Alternative Feed Ingredients
By Ruurd Zijlstra and Ken Engele, and published by the Prairie Swine Center - Mustard meal might be a valuable ingredient for the swine industry domestically and internationally. In some export markets, concerns exist regarding the voluntary feed intake...

Alternatives to antibiotic feed additives for pigs
This paper was prepared on behalf of BSAS by Dr Pinder Gill (MLC), with the assistance of Dr Vernon Fowler (University of Aberdeen) and Derek Armstrong (Meat and Livestock Commission).

Nutritional Value of Corn and Wheat Distiller's Dried Grain
By G. P. Widyaratne and R. T. Zijlstra and published by the Prairie Swine Center - DDGS is primarily a by-product from the cereal grain-based ethanol industry. With the growth of the ethanol industry, increasing quantities of DDGS are available for livestock...

Grower-Finisher Water Usage with Wet/Dry Feeders
By Shala K. Christianson M.Sc, Stéphane P. Lemay Ph.D, C. Laguë Ph.D, John F. Patience Ph.D and Harold W. Gonyou and published by the Prairie Swine Center - Water conservation is a growing concern in intensive swine operations (ISOs) for both financial...