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    Another Year Pig Producers Would Prefer to Forget?

    Husbandry Markets Industry and legislation
    calendar icon 18 February 2016
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    Feed Grains Markets Grow in a Shrinking World

    Husbandry Markets Industry and legislation
    calendar icon 29 October 2015
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    Role of Dietary Fibre in Diets for Growing Pigs - Part 2

    Disease Husbandry Herd management
    calendar icon 11 September 2015
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    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
    calendar icon 28 August 2015
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    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
    calendar icon 21 August 2015
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    Wheat distillers dried grains with solubles (wDDGS) is a promising type of crop co-product which can be used in animal feed.

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    January 2014

    Feasibility Study of Veterinary Antibiotic Consumption in Germany

    Disease Husbandry Market Trends
    calendar icon 22 January 2014
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    Comparing two methods of measuring antibiotic use in cattle and pigs, researchers in Germany report that over- or under-estimation of the animal's liveweight may lead to incorrect dosing and increase the risk of the development of antibiotic resistance.

    Case of Exudative Epidermitis in a Young Wild Boar from a Spanish Game Estate

    Disease
    calendar icon 22 January 2014
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    A case report about exudative epidermitis in a young wild boar in Spain, which presented with signs of respiratory infection in addition to the greasy brown exudate on the skin found in domestic pigs with the condition.

    Effects of Immunological Castration on Changes in Dressing Percentage and Carcass Characteristics of Finishing Pigs

    Disease Pig Welfare Markets
    calendar icon 22 January 2014
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    Immunologically castrated male pigs lost more liveweight during transport and lairage than physically castrated males, intact males or gilts, according to new research from the University of Illinois. The immunologically castrated animals has a one percentage point higher lean cutting yield than those that had been physically castrated.

    Biosecurity, Gentle Pig Handling Cut Contamination Risk

    Disease Managing disease Pig Welfare
    calendar icon 21 January 2014
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    Nanotechnology in the Agri-food Industry

    Industry and legislation Conferences & Events Product quality and safety
    calendar icon 21 January 2014
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    Proceedings of a conference entitled 'Nanotechnology in the agri-food industry: Applications, opportunities and challenges', which was held on 9 January 2014 at the Teagasc Food Research Centre at Ashtown, Dublin, Ireland.

    Weekly Overview: Sow Stall Ban in Australia to Cause Exodus; US Herd Set to Expand Again

    Industry and legislation Policy and regulation Government and regulatory
    calendar icon 20 January 2014
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    PED-Positive Submissions: New Cases Breaks Record Again

    Disease Notifiable diseases PRRS
    calendar icon 20 January 2014
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