Breaking through the 30-weaned-pig-per-year plateau
By Don Stoneman, Better Pork Magazine - Danish farmer Henrik Jensen has succeeded in producing 30-plus pigs per sow per year by carefully applied breeding strategies combined with clearly defined management routines, a well-trained and proficient staff...

Stressful Handling of Pigs
By Harold W. Gonyou and published by the Prairie Swine Center - 'Downer’ pigs are a problem for both packers and producers. Levels of downer pigs arriving at various U.S. packing plants are typically reported at 0.25 to 0.75 %; however, levels as...

Effects of Disease on Pig Performance – A Review
By Pete Bown BVMS FRCVS and Ann Davis BVMS MRCVS, George Veterinary Group, Malmesbury, Wiltshire.

Alphamune^TM G trial delivers improved performance, financial benefits
By Alpharma Animal Health - The results of this trial using feed supplemented with Alphamune G showed not only an improvement in performance and a reduced need for interventions, but also financial benefits, when compared to untreated controls.

Castration in Pigs, implications of Boar taint in pork
By FAI Farms - Castration in pigs is not widely practiced in the UK and is prohibited under current Assured British Pigs Farm Assurance Standards. It is however standard practice in other parts of the EU and outside the EU.

Can Vitamin C improve Pork Quality
By Eric van Heugten, NCSU Swine Extension - Several investigators have reported improvements in swine growth and meat quality when the animals' diet is supplemented with vitamin C. However, other studies have yielded inconsistent results, as some...

Water as a Predictor of Tomorrow’s Pig Performance
By Dr. Mike Brumm, Extension Swine Specialist University of Nebraska - With the advent of all-in/all-out pig flows, the swine industry has made great progress at determining overall performance and cost of this performance for nursery, finisher, and wean-to-finish...

United Kingdom Pig Survey - 2004
By Defra - This release gives provisional estimates of pig numbers in the United Kingdom derived from the June 2004 Agricultural and Horticultural Censuses run by the UK agricultural departments. Comparative figures for June 2002 and June 2003 are also...

Managing Large Group Grow-Finish Pigs
By Banff Pork - This report contains 3 articles taken from the Banff Pork Seminar 2004 Proceedings concerning management of grow-finish pigs.

Manipulating Meat Quality with Diet
This report contains introductions to 3 articles presented at the Banff Pork Seminar 2004 Proceedings on the topic of producing pigs that yield pork that consistently meets market demands.

Building and Keeping Your Dream Team
By Banff Pork - This report contains 2 articles taken from the Banff Pork Seminar 2004 Proceedings concerning building an effective employee team.

Progress Report on Salmonella Testing of Raw Meat and Poultry Products, 1998-2003
By the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service - The FSIS has released regulatory sampling data showing a continued downward trend in positive tests for Salmonella. The Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) rule, implemented July 25,...

Managing Large Group Grow-Finish Pigs
By Banff Pork - This report contains 3 articles taken from the Banff Pork Seminar 2004 Proceedings concerning the health and productivity of grow-finish pigs in large group housing.

Loin eye size and what factors drive it?
By Daniel Hurnik, Industry Chair for Swine Research, published by Atlantic Swine Research Partnership - Now that some producers in Atlantic Canada are being paid for a larger loin eye, producers are asking what factors can increase the size of the loin...

Sorting Pigs by Weight for all-In/All-Out or Continuous Flow Facilities
By Harold Gonyou and Colin Peterson and published by Prairie Swine Center - Two trials were conducted to determine if pigs should be sorted by weight at the beginning of the growing/finishing phase and if this decision is dependent upon the use of all...