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'.![](contents/09-07-02London09.gif)
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