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Displaying Articles 70-92 in Production Management
Pig Industry Articles: Production Management
Animal Antibiotics, Resistance and Human Health
Antibiotics are a vital component to rearing healthy livestock, but many researchers argue that mismanaged use is having a detrimental effect on the industry, writes Adam Anson for ThePigSite.
Antibiotics are a vital component to rearing healthy livestock, but many researchers argue that mismanaged use is having a detrimental effect on the industry, writes Adam Anson for ThePigSite.
PCV2 and M-Hyo Vaccination Timing Affects Nursery Pig Growth
The timing of vaccination against porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M-Hyo) can affect pig performance, particularly post-weaning, when diet changes are also imposed. E.M. Kanel and colleagues at the College of Veterinary...
The timing of vaccination against porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M-Hyo) can affect pig performance, particularly post-weaning, when diet changes are also imposed. E.M. Kanel and colleagues at the College of Veterinary...
Piglet Survival: New Thinking on an Old Problem
There are a number of causes of mortality in piglets before weaning, and the best way to reduce losses will depend on the main causes on the particular farm. Dr Emma Baxter is a post-doctoral research scientist Scottish Agricultural College (SAC) whose...
There are a number of causes of mortality in piglets before weaning, and the best way to reduce losses will depend on the main causes on the particular farm. Dr Emma Baxter is a post-doctoral research scientist Scottish Agricultural College (SAC) whose...
How Can Heat Stress Affect your Production?
Dr Luiz Souza, post-doctoral associate in the Department of Animal Science at the University of Minnesota offers advice on strategies to protect the herd against higher temperatures, and tips to recognise the clinical signs of heat stress in order to...
Dr Luiz Souza, post-doctoral associate in the Department of Animal Science at the University of Minnesota offers advice on strategies to protect the herd against higher temperatures, and tips to recognise the clinical signs of heat stress in order to...
Sow Herd Removals
Growing concerns over welfare have made the public more aware of sow culling, mortality and longevity. These issues are covered by Ronald O. Bates, state swine specialist at Michigan State University (MSU) in the latest issue of MSU Pork Quarterly...
Growing concerns over welfare have made the public more aware of sow culling, mortality and longevity. These issues are covered by Ronald O. Bates, state swine specialist at Michigan State University (MSU) in the latest issue of MSU Pork Quarterly...
Managing Highly Prolific Sows
Dr Mark Whitney, Associate Extension Professor at the University of Minnesota, offers tips on how to manage today's more prolific sows and their larger but less uniform litters. His advice is based on experience from France's Institut du Porc.
Dr Mark Whitney, Associate Extension Professor at the University of Minnesota, offers tips on how to manage today's more prolific sows and their larger but less uniform litters. His advice is based on experience from France's Institut du Porc.
Newborn Management Indoors
Newborn piglets are poorly equipped to keep warm immediately after birth and as the energy reserves to produce body heat (glycogen stored in the liver) are limited, the combination of factors below means that piglets often become chilled. Number 14 in...
Newborn piglets are poorly equipped to keep warm immediately after birth and as the energy reserves to produce body heat (glycogen stored in the liver) are limited, the combination of factors below means that piglets often become chilled. Number 14 in...
Hospital and Recovery Pen Management
The management of sick or injured pigs can be challenging, but also highly rewarding. The care of sick or injured stock requires suitable facilities, appropriate nutrition, good nursing and treatment. Number 15 in the series Action for Productivity...
The management of sick or injured pigs can be challenging, but also highly rewarding. The care of sick or injured stock requires suitable facilities, appropriate nutrition, good nursing and treatment. Number 15 in the series Action for Productivity...
Strategies for Control of Boar Taint
Summarised by swine grower/finisher specialist of OMAFRA, Doug Richards, this paper was presented by Dr Jim Squires at the University of Guelph at the Centralia Swine Research Update on 28 January 2009. Dr Squires outlined the relative merits of three...
Summarised by swine grower/finisher specialist of OMAFRA, Doug Richards, this paper was presented by Dr Jim Squires at the University of Guelph at the Centralia Swine Research Update on 28 January 2009. Dr Squires outlined the relative merits of three...
Handling Stress During Marketing of Pigs from Large Groups
Pigs from large groups tended to load more quickly but the level of physical encouragement required, physiological responses to handling and meat quality were similar regardless of group size. These are the main findings of S.M. Hayne, D.L. Whittington...
Pigs from large groups tended to load more quickly but the level of physical encouragement required, physiological responses to handling and meat quality were similar regardless of group size. These are the main findings of S.M. Hayne, D.L. Whittington...
Segregated Parity Structure on Breeding Farms
This paper presents the rationale for segregating sows on a farm into age-dependent sub-populations in order to take advantage of nutrition, management and health opportunities. It was presented by R. Dean Boyd (The Hanor Co) and Noel Williams (PIC USA)...
This paper presents the rationale for segregating sows on a farm into age-dependent sub-populations in order to take advantage of nutrition, management and health opportunities. It was presented by R. Dean Boyd (The Hanor Co) and Noel Williams (PIC USA)...
More on Euthanasia
Employee and equipment considerations are outlined by Dale Rozeboom (Michigan State University, MSU, Animal Science), Michelle Kopcha (MSU College of Veterinary Medicine) and Jerry May (Educator Pork AoE, Gratiot County) in the latest issue of MSU...
Employee and equipment considerations are outlined by Dale Rozeboom (Michigan State University, MSU, Animal Science), Michelle Kopcha (MSU College of Veterinary Medicine) and Jerry May (Educator Pork AoE, Gratiot County) in the latest issue of MSU...
Managing By Numbers
"You can't manage what you don't measure," said Roger Meadows at the opening of his presentation at the BPEX Knowledge Transfer Event 'Change for Success' last month. ThePigSite Editor, Jackie Linden, summarises his highlights to demonstrate the benefits...
"You can't manage what you don't measure," said Roger Meadows at the opening of his presentation at the BPEX Knowledge Transfer Event 'Change for Success' last month. ThePigSite Editor, Jackie Linden, summarises his highlights to demonstrate the benefits...
What to Look for in Gestation Systems for Group-Housed Sows
Productivity was similar in sows housed in stalls and group systems, providing sows were not mixed before implantation had occurred, and aggression at feeding time was controlled. Level of stockmanship and floor type were also important factors, according...
Productivity was similar in sows housed in stalls and group systems, providing sows were not mixed before implantation had occurred, and aggression at feeding time was controlled. Level of stockmanship and floor type were also important factors, according...
There's More to Nursery Feeding than Diet Formulation
Steve Dritz, Mike Tokach, Joel DeRouchey, Bob Goodband and Jim Nelssen of Kansas State University describe common challenges that we encounter for feeding early-weaned pigs, and how to meet those challenges.
Steve Dritz, Mike Tokach, Joel DeRouchey, Bob Goodband and Jim Nelssen of Kansas State University describe common challenges that we encounter for feeding early-weaned pigs, and how to meet those challenges.
Be Careful with Oxytocin Use in Sows
S.K. Linneen, J.M. Benz, S.S. Dritz, J.M. DeRouchey, R.D. Goodband and M.D. Tokach of Kansas State University explain how best to use oxytocin for sows in order to decrease farrowing time and birth interval as an aid to prevent stillbirths.
S.K. Linneen, J.M. Benz, S.S. Dritz, J.M. DeRouchey, R.D. Goodband and M.D. Tokach of Kansas State University explain how best to use oxytocin for sows in order to decrease farrowing time and birth interval as an aid to prevent stillbirths.
Change for Success
This article is a collection of the presentations at Change for Success, the first national Knowledge Transfer event held by BPEX at Stamford in the UK on 18 March 2009.
This article is a collection of the presentations at Change for Success, the first national Knowledge Transfer event held by BPEX at Stamford in the UK on 18 March 2009.
Annual Pig Meat Industry Survey - 2009
Overall, a survey of over one hundred pig industry stakeholders in the UK conducted by BPEX in January 2009 gave rather more optimistic views than in similar results in 2007 and 2008. The industry was generally slightly more confident than last year but...
Overall, a survey of over one hundred pig industry stakeholders in the UK conducted by BPEX in January 2009 gave rather more optimistic views than in similar results in 2007 and 2008. The industry was generally slightly more confident than last year but...
A Visit to a Modern Brazilian Swine Operation
Robert Chambers, swine and poultry structures and equipment engineer with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) describes his impressions of a visit to a new integrated pig operation in the mid-west of central Brazil.
Robert Chambers, swine and poultry structures and equipment engineer with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) describes his impressions of a visit to a new integrated pig operation in the mid-west of central Brazil.
Condition Scoring of Sows
Achieving an optimal average condition score of 3 throughout the breeding herd and minimising variation of condition scores should be the aims. Number 20 in the Action for Productivity series from BPEX is a practical guide on how to condition...
Achieving an optimal average condition score of 3 throughout the breeding herd and minimising variation of condition scores should be the aims. Number 20 in the Action for Productivity series from BPEX is a practical guide on how to condition...
Pig Health Management in a Down Market
Health management needs a radical re-think and must be even more closely monitored when the market is tough, writes Ed Barrie, sow and weaner pig specialist at the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA).
Health management needs a radical re-think and must be even more closely monitored when the market is tough, writes Ed Barrie, sow and weaner pig specialist at the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA).
Feed and Water Intake Checklist
Checklists for maximising feed intake and optimising water intake have been prepared by Katie Carr for the Prairie Swine Centre.
Checklists for maximising feed intake and optimising water intake have been prepared by Katie Carr for the Prairie Swine Centre.
Practical Application of Science Reduces Health Costs
As a result of the findings reported, strict biosecurity measures have been implemented at the entry to all pig houses to reduce the risk of porcine reproductive respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) infection, writes Janet Alsop, veterinary disease prevention...
As a result of the findings reported, strict biosecurity measures have been implemented at the entry to all pig houses to reduce the risk of porcine reproductive respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) infection, writes Janet Alsop, veterinary disease prevention...
