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Jackie Linden

Another Year Pig Producers Would Prefer to Forget?

Husbandry Markets Industry and legislation

18 February 2016

5 minute read

Feed Grains Markets Grow in a Shrinking World

Husbandry Markets Industry and legislation

29 October 2015

7 minute read

Role of Dietary Fibre in Diets for Growing Pigs - Part 2

Disease Husbandry Herd management

11 September 2015

7 minute read

Optimising nutritional efficiency has become more of a challenge as modern feed formulations contain more sources of fibre, so Zhimin Huang and colleagues from the University of Minnesota produced this report looking at improvements in artificial feed digestibility measurements.

Field Testing a Filter for Disease Control on Pig Transport Trailers

Disease Managing disease Husbandry

28 August 2015

6 minute read

Evaluation of a prototype air filtration system installed on a transport trailer showed that the use of selected microbial filters can effectively capture bioaerosols and prevent entry into the interior or the trailer, report Bernardo Predicala, Alvin Alvarado and Samantha Ekanayake of the Prairie Swine Centre in Canada in the Centre's latest Annual Report.

New Advances in Co-products in Animal Feed

Disease Husbandry Herd management

21 August 2015

4 minute read

Wheat distillers dried grains with solubles (wDDGS) is a promising type of crop co-product which can be used in animal feed.

July 2014

Jeffries Joins Moredun Scientific Board

16 July 2014

2 minute read

Chinese Herbs as Alternatives to Antibiotics in Feed for Pig and Poultry Production

Disease Husbandry Herd management

16 July 2014

3 minute read

The potential of Chinese herbs and challenges in their application are explored in this review from a Sino-Canadian research group.

Impact of Methods of Synchronising Gilt Breeding on Sow Longevity

Genetics and reproduction

16 July 2014

2 minute read

Gilts that had had their oestrus synchronised farrowed more piglets but reared the same number in the first farrowing as the control group in a study at the University of Guelph in Canada; productive life was not affected by the treatment.

EU Set to Tighten up Organic Farming Regulation

Industry and legislation Policy and regulation Government and regulatory

15 July 2014

4 minute read

Pig Farming App Wins Top Prize

Husbandry People Herd management

15 July 2014

2 minute read

Return to US by Absolute Swine for Key Manufacturing

SPONSOR Genetics and reproduction Research and innovation Feed and nutrition

15 July 2014

2 minute read

Global Pig Health Events Head for Dublin in 2016

Industry and legislation Conferences & Events

15 July 2014

2 minute read

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