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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.

April - May 2014

Researchers Study Myelin to Help Improve Piglet Survival

Genetics and reproduction

1 May 2014

3 minute read

About 10 to 20 per cent of piglets do not survive to weaning, and five to 10 per cent are stillborn. Unlocking the effects of myelin production, an important aspect of brain development, in piglets may be one of the keys to their survival.

Farrowing Alternatives for Small Farms: Insulated Tents for Sows and Pigs, Year One

Genetics and reproduction Husbandry Feed and nutrition

1 May 2014

8 minute read

Insulated yurts (tents) have been tested by Iowa State University as a bedded, crate-free farrowing environment for family farms in Iowa. Pre-weaning piglet mortality was higher than in commercial systems with farrowing crates, particularly during the warmer summer months in this initial study.

Salt Poisoning or Water Deprivation in Pigs

Disease Pig Welfare Husbandry

1 May 2014

3 minute read

Pigs suffering from salt poisoning or water deprivation can be severely affected and in some cases it can become fatal, according to the Department of Agriculture and Food for Western Australia.

High-dose Dietary Zinc Oxide Mitigates Infection with Transmissible Gastroenteritis Virus in Piglets

Disease Husbandry Herd management

30 April 2014

3 minute read

Researchers based in Berlin have found that a high level of zinc in the diet can mitigate the effects of transmissible gastroenteritis (TGE) infection in weaned pigs and identified the mechanisms underlying the response.

Risk-based Surveillance of Antimicrobial Residues in Pigs

Disease Husbandry Industry and legislation

30 April 2014

3 minute read

Chronic pleuritis on the farm might be considered a risk indicator for use in surveillance of antibiotic residues in pig meat, according to the authors of this Danish study.

Recent Advances in Understanding the Pathogenesis of Lawsonia intracellularis Infections

Disease

30 April 2014

2 minute read

A review of recent research on the pathogen causing proliferative enteropathy (ileitis) by scientists at the University of Minnesota.

Canada Notifies OIE of 58 PED Outbreaks

Disease Notifiable diseases PRRS

29 April 2014

3 minute read

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