Nebraska Swine Report 2008

Contents

Pork Central's Al Prosch Retires

Nutrition

• The Effect of Corn Distillers Dried Grain with Solubles (DDGS) on Growth Performance of Growing-Finishing Pigs
• The Effect of Corn Distillers Dried Grain with Solubles (DDGS) on Carcass Characteristics and Pork Quality
• Effects of Increasing Concentrations of Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS) on Growth Performance of Weanling Pigs
• Dietary Fiber in Sow Gestation Diets - An Updated Review
• Effects of Nutrition During Gilt Development on Lifetime Productivity of Sows of Two Profile Maternal Lines: Summary Growth Characteristics and Sow Productivity -- 2008
• Effects of Nutrition During Gilt Development and Genetic Line on Farrowing Rates through Parity 3, Causes of Culling, Sow Weights and Backfats through Parity 4, and Factors Affecting Farrowing Rates
• Estimation of the Lysine Requirements for High-Lean Growth Pigs
• Effect of Increasing Lysine:net Energy Ratio on Growth Performance and Plasma Urea Nitrogen Concentration of Late-finishing Barrows Fed Low-protein Amino Acid-supplemented Diets and Ractopamine

• Does Dam Parity Affect Progeny Health Status?
• Key Points from the 48th Annual George A. Young Swine Health and Management Conference

• Validating the Odor Footprint Tool Using Field Data
• Association of Odor Measures with Annoyance: Results of an Odor-Monitoring Field Study

• Effects of Organic Acid Salts on the Quality Characteristics of Whole Muscle Hams

• Explanation of Statistics Used in this Report

Further Information

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Nebraska Swine Report 2005 articles, click here

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