London Swine Conference 2009 Proceedings
The 9th London Swine Conference was held at London, Ontario, on 1 to 2 April 2009 under the banner 'Tools of the Trade'.To see the full proceedings of the meeting in PDF format, click here, or click on the titles below for individual papers.
Individual Articles
- Managing Highly Prolific Sows - Guy-Pierre Martineau and Brigitte Badouard
- Fine Tuning Nursery Management to Optimize Production Costs - Peter Wilcock
- Pork Production Versus Consumer Demands - Mario Lapierre
- Lowering Feed Costs - Kevin Stickney
- Benchmarking and Tools to Maximize Profit - Greg Bilbrey
- The USDA's National Animal Health Monitoring System - Charles Haley
- Zoonotic Diseases from Pigs - Zvonimir Poljak
Break Out Sessions
- Sow Feeding Management during Lactation - Michel Vignola
- Nursery Improvement – Practical Tips - Peter Wilcock
- Benchmarking and Feed Budgeting - Jeff Robinson
- Effective Ventilation 1 - Harry Huffman
- Effective Ventilation - Tom Sangster
- Hormonal Control of Pig Reproduction - Glen Cassar
- Practical Management of the Transition to Batch Farrowing - Dennis Aarts
- Improving Energy Use Efficiency - Reducing and Refining the Use of Energy Inputs on Farm - Ron MacDonald
- Improving Energy Use Efficiency - Robert Chambers
- Hog Price Reporting in Canada - Ken McEwan
- Reducing Feed Costs in Grower-Finisher Barns - Greg Simpson
- Reducing Grower-Finisher Feed Costs - Kevin Stickney
- Alternative Value Chains: Jones Feed Mills Case Study - Mario Lapierre
- Willowgrove Hill – An Ontario Success Story - Paul Hill
- Designing Field Trials to Compare Vaccines or Antibiotics - Cate Dewey
- Cost Benefit of Vaccines and Medication - Nickels and Dimes? - Greg Wideman