Kansas Swine Day 2009
Kansas Swine Day and Technology Trade Show was held at Kansas State University's (KSU) Alumni Center on 19 November 2009. A list of presentation titles is given, together with a link to the proceedings.
For the full proceedings, click here for the PDF, or on the links below to go to individual papers.
Herd Health Management
- Effects of Piglet Birth Weight and Litter Size on the Preweaning Growth Performance of Pigs on a Commercial Farm
- Effects of Porcine Circovirus Type 2 and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae Vaccination Strategy, Birth Weight, and Gender on Postweaning Performance of Growing-Finishing Pigs Reared in a Commercial Environment
- Effects of Porcine Circovirus Type 2 and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae Vaccines on Nursery Pig Performance
- Effects of Porcine Circovirus Type 2 Vaccination on Nursery and Finishing Pig Performance under a PRRS Challenge
- Effects of Sirrah-Bios PRRSV-RS Vaccine on Mortality Rate and Finisher Pig Performance
Sow Herd Nutrition and Management
Nursery Pig Nutrition and Management
- Effects of Creep Diet Complexity on Individual Consumption Characteristics and Growth Performance of Neonatal and Weanling Pigs
- Effects of Copper Sulfate and Zinc Oxide on Weanling Pig Growth and Plasma Mineral Levels
- Effects of Copper Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, and NeoTerramycin on Weanling Pig Growth and Antibiotic Resistance Rate for Fecal Escherichia coli
- An Evaluation of Peptone as a Specialty Protein Source in Diets for Nursery Pigs
- Evaluation of PEP2 in Nursery Pig Diets
- Effects of Experimental Design and Its Role in Interpretation of Results
- Efficacy of Different Commercial Phytase Sources and Development of a Phosphorus Release Curve
- Comparison of Different Antimicrobial Sequences on Nursery Pig Performance and Economic Return
Finishing Pig Nutrition and Management
- Effects of Feeding Varied Levels of Balanced Protein on Growth Performance and Carcass Composition of Growing and Finishing Pigs
- Effects of Increasing Standardized Ileal Digestible Lysine:Calorie Ratio on the Growth Performance of Growing-Finishing Pigs
- Effects of Porcine Circovirus Type 2 Vaccine and Increasing Standardized Ileal Digestible Lysine:Calorie Ratio on Growth Performance and Carcass Composition of Growing and Finishing Pigs
- Effects of Increasing Hominy Feed in Diets on Finishing Pig Performance
- Determination of Amino Acid Digestibility and Calculated Energy Values in High-Protein Sorghum Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles in Growing Pigs
- Effect of Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles Withdrawal Regimens on Finishing Pig Performance and Carcass Characteristics
- Effects of Adding Enzymes to Diets Containing High Levels of Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles on Growth Performance of Finishing Pigs
- Effects of Mycotoxin Binders and a Liquid Immunity Enhancer on the Growth Performance of Wean-to-Finish Pigs
- Effect of a Commercial Enzyme (Nutrase) on Growth Performance of Growing Pigs Fed Diets Containing Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles
- Effects of an Enzyme Blend (Livestock Answer) in Diets Containing Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles on Growth Performance of Nursery and Finishing Pigs
- A Meta-Analysis of Supplemental Enzyme Studies in Growing-Finishing Pigs Fed Diets Containing Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles: Effects on Growth Performance
- Effects of Feeding Ractopamine HCl (Paylean) for Various Durations on Late-Finishing Pig Performance and Carcass Characteristics
- Effect of Constant or Step-Up Ractopamine HCl (Paylean) Feeding Programs on Growth Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Late-Finishing Pigs
- Effects of Dietary Astaxanthin on the Growth Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Finishing Pigs
- Effects of Meal or Pellet Diet Form on Finishing Pig Performance and Carcass Characteristics
- Effects of Feeder Design, Gender, and Dietary Concentration of Dried Distillers Grains with Solubles on the Growth Performance and Carcass Characteristics of Growing-Finishing Pigs
- Economic Impact of Removing Pigs Before Marketing on the Remaining Pigs' Growth Performance
Meat Quality Research
- Incidence and Severity of Arcanobacterium pyogenes Injection Site Abscesses with Needle or Needle-Free Injection Methods
- Sensory Characteristics of Loins from Pigs Fed Glycerol and Ractopamine HCl During the Last 28 Days of Finishing