Antioxidants, Immunity and Nutrition
By Dr Brian Vernon, Park Tonks Ltd. Postweaning Multi-Systemic Wasting Syndrome (PMWS) has been the scourge of British, European and Asian Pig Farmers for a number of years now and significant efforts have been made by the industry to alleviate the devastating...

Exploring Opportunities in Using Alternative Feedstuffs
By Ruurd T. Zijlstra and John F. Patience and published by Prairie Swine Center - The current market prices of pigs and protein sources have forced the pork industry to explore ways to reduce feed costs while maintaining swine performance. Inclusion of...

The Advantages of Using Corn Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles in Swine Diets
By the Department of Animal Science, University of Minnesota - This article looks at the costs and benefits of using Corn Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles.

Typical analysis of Distillers Dried Grains (DDGS)
This article provides a typical analysis of Distillers Dried Grains (DDGS). Please note this analysis provides a set of "average" results and these should be considered on a general basis only.

Effect of high lysine corn diets on growing swine
By Asche GL, Crenshaw JD, Lewis AJ, Peo ER Jr. - This article looks at the effect of dry, high-moisture and reconstituted normal and high-lysine corn diets and particle size on energy and nitrogen metabolism in growing swine.

Enzyme supplementation and feed processing provides solutions for low quality grains
By Ruurd T. Zijlstra, Prairie Swine Centre - Low quality wheat, concludes this study, has a higher fibre content and lower energy digestibility than high quality wheat in grower pigs. The reduction in energy digestibility can be partially overcome by...

Is Reducing Soybean Meal Use a Wise Move?
By Duane Reese, Nebraska University Extension Swine Specialist and Al Prosch, NU Pork Central Coordinator - Rising soybean meal prices have prompted some pork producers to consider reducing the amount of soybean meal in grow-finish swine feeds in an attempt...

Performance of Grower Pigs Fed Diets Adjusted for Field Peas Digestible Energy Content
By Ruurd T. Zijlstra and John F. Patience for Prairie Swine Centre - Field peas are used increasingly as a source for protein and energy in swine rations in Western Canada. The variability of the DE content of field peas has been described in the 1997...

Feed Milling Education Initiative
By Dr. John T. Brake, North Carolina State University - Animal agriculture contributes more than 55 percent of the total annual agricultural income in North Carolina. The basis for all of animal agriculture is a dynamic feed milling industry, which provides...

Effect of vitamin supplements on some aspects of performance, vitamin status, and semen quality in boars (abstract)
By Audet I, Laforest JP, Martineau GP, Matte JJ. Dairy and Swine Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. The aim of the present study was to determine the effects of dietary supplements of vitamins on vitamin status, libido,...

Digestibilty of Energy and Amino Acids in High Oil Corn
By Ruurd T. Zijlstra, Tom E. Sauber, and John F. Patience for Prairie Swine Center - High-oil corn is used as a source of nutrients, especially energy, to meet requirement of pigs. In the present study, DE content and digestibility of energy and amino...

The feeding, economics and environmental impact of heavy pigs
By Mick Hazzledine, Premier Nutrition Products Ltd - This is a report from The 14th Annual JSR Technical Conference held on the 16 September 2003 which examines the feeding of heavy pigs, the economics of production and environmental impact.

Sow Bodyweight Changes in Gestation
By Dana R. Cooper, John F. Patience, Ruurd T. Zijlstra and Meike Rademacher - Defining nutrient requirements and feeding strategies for the modern high-producing sow is a step leading to greater efficiency in the breeding herd. Results demonstrated that...

Antimicrobial Feed Additives for Swine: Past, Present and Future Trends
By Allen Harper, Extension Animal Scientist ­ Swine, Tidewater AREC and Mark Estienne, Swine Research Physiologist, Tidewater AREC.

Simple Strategies for decreasing antibiotic resistance on the farm
By Dr Morgan Morrow, Swine Veterinary Specialist, North Carolina State University - In response to growing concern by consumers about the prevalence of antibiotic use in feed animals, the Iowa Pork Producers Association (IPPA) recently approved a resolution...

Micronized and Flaked Wheat in Nursery Diets
By Alison Orr, Raelene Petracek, Murray Pettitt and Eduardo Beltranena. This report by the Prairie Swine Centre looks at how micronization and flaking grain can affect the nutrient utilization.

Using South Dakota Grown Field Peas In Swine Diets
By Bob Thaler, Extension swine specialist and Hans Stein, assistant professor, animal science, South Dakota State University - Due to changes in crop rotations, field peas are now more commonly grown in central South Dakota.

The Importance of Feeding the Lactating Sow
By Brian Andries, Prairie Swine Centre Inc - Maintaining high levels of feed intake during lactation will not only benefit the litter currently on the sow but subsequent litters as well as improve the sows overall productivity. Problems arise, especially...

On-Farm Feed Milling: Gearing up for Compliance in the 21st Century
By Eduardo Beltranena IAZ PhD, published by Prairie Swine Centre - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) published in the Canada Gazette (Part 1; 2000 February 05) the proposed new regulations for the mixing of medicated feeds. These minimum compliance...

Effect of Enzymes in Wheat and Canola Meal Diets
By Ruurd T. Zijlstra, Shaoyan Li, and John F. Patience - Carbohydrases in 25% canola-meal diet consumed freely by weaned pigs: increased daily gain (up to 13%), increased feed intake (up to 16%), did not affect feed efficiency, reduced viscosity of digesta...

Particle size of corn in lacation diets for mixed-parity sows
By E.C. Baudon, J.D. Hancock, and M.D. Tokach and published in Kansas State University's Swine Day 2003. In this article, a total of 107 mixed-parity sows (parities one to four) was used to determine the effects of particle size of corn in lactation...

Growth Performance and Carcass Characteristics on Wheat Middling Fed Pigs
By Eduardo Beltranena, Hagen Schulze, Raelene Petracek and Alison Orr - This article from the Prairie Swine Center looks at how the dietary inclusion of specific feed enzymes can offer the potential of further increasing the nutrient availability of wheat...

Snapshot of MBM Regulations from various Jurisdictions
Ontario Pork Newsletter - The world's first case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) was diagnosed in Britain in 1986 by Britain's Central Veterinary Laboratory. The exact cause of BSE continues to be debated, but it is known that it is associated...