London Swine Conference Proceedings 2007 - Summary
This article is a collection of the scientific papers presented at the 2007 London Swine Conference.To view a PDF of the complete proceedings, please click here or view the individual articles below.
Individual Articles
- Competitiveness in the Canadian Pork Segment: A Reassessment - Kevin Grier
- New Tools to Manage Variability throughout the Pork Production Chain - Mike Tokach
- Principles of Health Management - François Cardinal
- Forgotten Diseases - Bob Friendship
- New Tools to Make Genetic Progress - Jack Dekkers
- Feeding the Pigs' Immune System and Alternatives to Antibiotics - Hans Stein
- Nutritional Management of the Gilt for Lifetime Productivity: Feeding for Fitness or Fatness? - Pinder Gill
Break Out Sessions
- Alternative Feed Ingredients for Pigs - Hans Stein and Kees de Lange
- Alternative Energy Sources: Biogas Production - Harold House
- Alternative Energy Sources: A Hog Producer's Perspective of On-Farm Anaerobic Digesters - Gilbert Vanden Heuvel
- Alternative Energy Sources: What We Learned from European Technology and a Practical Look at Possible Ontario On-Farm Applications - Martin Van Raay
- On-Farm Health Management - François Cardinal
- Best Management Practices Used in the Control of PRRS - George Charbonneau
- Key Measures of Performance in the Growing-Finishing Barn for Informed Decision Making - Mike Tokach
- Managing and Monitoring the Finishing Barn: Six Things Not to Do - Mark Yungblut
- Benchmarking... Show Me the Money! - Ken McEwan
- Benchmarking... Show Me the Money! - Bev Hill
- Managing Reproduction: Critical Control Points in Exceeding 30 Pigs Per Sow Per Year - Pinder Gill
- Managing Reproduction: Fact and Folklore - Doug Wey
- Management Practices that Optimize Productivity in the Nursery: Case Studies on What Works! - Cameron Farrell and Cathy Templeton
- Recruiting and Training Employees - Carole Gumprich
- Recruiting and Training Employees - Aime Tamba
- On-Farm Feed Inspections - John Secord
- On-Farm Medication Use: Challenges and Opportunities - John Rheaume