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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.

February 2014

New Pig Enterprise in Kursk Region

SPONSOR Husbandry Research and innovation Herd management

6 February 2014

2 minute read

Veterinary Pharmaceutical Industry Event Planned for June

Industry and legislation Conferences & Events

6 February 2014

2 minute read

Study Provides Nutritional Value for Food By-products for Use in Pig Feed

Disease Husbandry Herd management

6 February 2014

4 minute read

The energy content of maize by-products for pigs was found in two studies at the University of Illinois to be inversely related to their fibre content. While phosphorus digestibility varied in the feed ingredients tested, it was not increased by the addition of phytase in all cases.

How Can I Keep the Livestock Watering System from Freezing in Winter?

Husbandry Herd management Feed and nutrition

6 February 2014

3 minute read

Tips for keeping vital water supplies to farm livestock in winter from the US National Sustainable Agriculture Information Service.

Evaluation of Antibiotics and Benzoic Acid on Growth Performance of Nursery Pigs

Husbandry Industry and legislation Conferences & Events

6 February 2014

3 minute read

Feeding an antibiotic to weaned pigs increased growth rate and feed intake but no effects were seen with benzoic acid in the diets, according to a study carried out at Kansas State University and reported to the 2013 Swine Industry Day.

Europe Steps up Preparedness for African Swine Fever

Disease Notifiable diseases African swine fever

5 February 2014

3 minute read

Tips on Equipment Design to Cut Listeria in RTE Foods

Processing Processing Industry and legislation

5 February 2014

3 minute read

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