Economic Impact of Enterisol® Ileitis in Clinical and Subclinical Herds
By M. Adam, Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health GmbH, Ingelheim, Germany. Worldwide, ileitis is prevalent in 3 forms: acute, chronic and subclinical.

Philippine Pork Market 2008
By Pia Abuel-Ang, USDA FAS GAIN Report. The Minimum Access Volume (MAV) utilization for pork increased from five to 19 per cent last year, indicating an increase in importation of more premium pork cuts. In October 2007, the Philippine Department of...

Re-Invention for Feed Formulation
By Jane Jordan, ThePigSite Editor. Livestock producers are struggling within the green revolution, but help may be at hand through biotechnology and nutrigenomics. Feed formulation needs an overhaul now that traditional ingredients are becoming scarce,...

Intramuscular Myths: Fat has Little Influence on Eating Quality
Studies by PJ Rincker, J Killefer, M Ellis, MS Brewer and FK McKeith of the Department of Animal Science and Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois, scotch claims that intramuscular fat content governs the taste, tenderness...

Management Practices To Reduce Expensive Feed Wastage
By J. Carr - Murdoch University, Department of Production Animal Health and Medicine, Portec, P.O. Box 331, Belmont, Australia WA 6984. The Pig Journal Proceedings Supplement 1, due out April 2008.

Managing Credit and Cash Flow During Low Prices
John Bancroft - Market Strategies Program Lead/OMAFRA. With the current low prices and the poor price outlook for the next few months, developing an acceptable cash flow will be challenging.

2007 Annual Report on Danish Pig Production
By Lindhart B. Nielsen and Orla Grøn Pedersen. This article is an extract taken from the Danish Pig Production's Annual Report for 2007. The report discusses changes in the market, statictics and the economy, plus new techniques for management, health...

Canadian Hog Statistics - February 2008
By Statistics Canada. Canadian hog inventories plunged during 2007 as a strong dollar and high feed costs challenged producers.

Single Dose Therapies Can Help Control Disease
By Dr Don McDermid, Manager of Veterinary Services for Swine, Pfizer Animal Health, Canada. Producers know how quickly disease can spread in a herd, not to mention the dramatic impact it can have on their profitability. Swine respiratory disease (SRD)...

News Reports from the National Farmers Union Conference in London 18 - 19 February
This week the UK's National Farmers Union (NFU) celebrated its centenary by holding a two day conference in London. But rather than dwelling on the last one hundred years of farming practise the conference, 'Growing for Another Century', peered into the...

Field Experiment with Enterisol® Ileitis in Spain
By José Luis Lorenzo and Mª Luisa Rosas of MAPORC S.C. Segovia. Ileitis is a very common disease, and its prevalence is very high on most farms in Spain.

Public Health Risk-Based Inspection System for Processing and Slaughter
By the USDA, FSIS. The US Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is proposing a Public Health Risk-Based Inspection System (PHRBIS) for all processing and slaughter establishments.

Hog Operations Increasingly Large and More Specialized
By William D. McBride and Nigel Key. This finding is drawn from The Changing Economics of US Hog Production, by USDA Economic Research Service, December 2007. Structural change in U.S. hog production during the past two decades has had profound effects...

US Pork Outlook Report - February 2008
By U.S.D.A, Economic Research Service - This article is an extract from the February 2008: Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook Report.

Nebraska Swine Report 2008
By the University of Nebraska - This page links all of the Nebraska Swine Report 2008 articles.

Ins and Outs of Good Biosecurity
By Caroline Blaken, PIC UK. Biosecurity can be split into two main areas – external and internal. However, designing a practical routine or farm set-up that can optimise security and minimise potential risks is not often as simple as it sounds.

Catheter Considerations
This article was based on a peer reviewed paper that appeared in the Journal of Swine Health and Production 15 – Volume 16, Number 1. We have been advised that the authenticity of the aforementioned peer reviewed paper has become sub judice and as a...

Tips for Housing Gestating Sows in Group Pens
By Kathy Zurbrigg BSc. MSc. OMAFRA and Frank Kains, Waterloo, Ontario presented at the Shakespear Swine Conference in Ontario, Canada. In January 2007, Maple Leaf Foods made the decision to stop purchasing pigs in the future from farms using gestation...

Acreage Retirement May Induce Enduring Land-Use Changes
By Ruben N. Lubowski and Michael J. Roberts. A Report in Amber Waves, a publication produced five times a year by the US Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, discusses the implications of land use changes and the options now being presented...

Danish Herd Dives as High Costs Hit Sector (Feb 08)
By Chris Harris, Senior Editor, ThePigSite. Our snapshot of the ongoing global pig industry trends as reported in February 2008 Whole Hog Brief. To read the full detailed analysis including all the commentary and graphical data, subscribe to the publ...

Modified Diet May Increase Swine Birthrate
By Stacy Kish, Cooperative State Research a, Education and Extension Service, United States Department of Agriculture. For more than 20 years, intensive genetic selection has led to an increase in both litter size and birth weight in swine. However, prenatal...

Revisit Management and Gain Bottom Line Benefits
From the Prairie Swine Centre in Saskatchewan. Ideally, all farms should be using many of the following ideas, but if not, now is the time to revisit and re-evaluate them to see if there are hidden profits waiting to be discovered. The changes can be...

Three Tricks to Improve Profits in Hog Production
By Steve Dritz, Kansas State University. The following paper is taken from a presentation to the Shakespeare Swine Conference in Ontario.