Prairie Swine Research Centre Annual Report 2010

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Engineering

• Controlling environmental emissions from swine barns using zinc oxide nanoparticles
• Comparative evaluation of the use of heat exchanger, ground source heat pump and conventional heating systems in grow-finish rooms
• Evaluation of methods for controlling and monitoring occupational exposure of workers in swine facilities
• Evaluation of water use and potential water conservation strategies in swine barns

Ethology

• Food court design for large group auto-sort for grow-finish pigs
• Evaluation of temperature conditions in trucks during transport of market pigs to slaughter in four seasons
• Does palatability affect the intake of peas in pigs?
• Effects of temperament and floor space allowance on sows at grouping
• Literature review and needs assessment of housing systems for gestating sows in group pens with individual feeding

Nutrition

• Dietary omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acid ratios affect colostrum, sow and piglet plasma fatty acid profiles
• Dietary omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acid ratios affect sow reproduction and piglet performance
• Effects of altering the omega-6 to omega-3 fatty acid ratio in sow diets on the immune responses of their offspring post-weaning
• Weaning at 28 days. Is creep feeding beneficial?
• Development of diets for low birth-weight piglets to improve post-weaning growth performance and optimise net returns to the producer

Further Reading

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