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Friday, March 07, 2008
Drinker Design Does Effect in Newly Weaned PigletCANADA - During the first few days after weaning, pigs often experience body weight loss as they adapt to eating solid food. During this time period, they are also observed to drink excessively and develop...
Monday, January 07, 2008
Tips to Tap This Valuable ResourceCANADA - Water is an essential nutrient in pork production. Research reveals how we can manage this resource for best results and minimal cost. Here the Prairie Swine Centre in Saskathchewan, offers some...
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Wednesday, May 09, 2007
Water, the forgotten nutrientUK - Part of the problem with water and pigs is that they don't seem to miss what they can't have; they just grow more slowly, says environment specialist Nick Bird of Farmex.
Monday, March 12, 2007
Water Considerations Key For Intenstive Hog OperationsCANADA - Water is an important nutrient. It helps produce new tissue in growth and pregnancy and compensates for losses through respiration, evaporation and elimination of waste.
Friday, February 23, 2007
Reduced Water Use Equals Reduced CostsCANADA - A High River Alberta pork producer says water consumption in the grower barn can be slashed by an average of about 35 percent by simply switching from standard nipple water drinkers to ball bit...
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Creep feeding - the outdoor challenge!UK - For most outdoor pig producers creep feeding of piglets while on the sow is a bane. It is so impractical that most simply don't do it. So when the pigs are weaned they are faced not only with the...
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Researchers produce tail-biting guideDENMARK - Researchers in Denmark have developed a computer program that can link behavioural observations with statistics in an attempt to find the causes of tail biting in an individual herd.
Wednesday, June 22, 2005
Watch hygiene when liquid feeding pigletsUK - To achieve optimum digestion of colostrum and milk, some piglets need water. Furthermore, it is well accepted that piglets which receive inadequate milk or are scouring require liquid supplements...
Friday, March 18, 2005
Drinker Adjustments Cut Water WasteCANADA - Farm-Scape: Episode 1752. Farm-Scape is a Wonderworks Canada production and is distributed courtesy of Manitoba Pork Council and Sask Pork.
Tuesday, January 07, 2003
Wheelie useful medicatorUK - A bright idea that uses a Wheelie bin to save both money and pigs has been a huge success on northern pig units.
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