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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

    Cargill Sells French Animal Health Brand

    Husbandry Research and innovation Herd management
    calendar icon 8 January 2014
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    Epidemiological Investigation into Associations between Biomarkers and Growth in Nursery Pigs

    Genetics and reproduction Husbandry Herd management
    calendar icon 8 January 2014
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    Weaning age and weight are important determinants of weaned pig performance in the nursery, according to new research from the University of Guelph, which also identified a number of biomarkers for monitoring the pigs' growth.

    Water Sprinkling Market Pigs in a Stationary Trailer. 1. Effects on Pig Behaviour, Body Temperature and Trailer Micro-climate

    Disease Pig Welfare Husbandry
    calendar icon 8 January 2014
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    A study at the University of Guelph indicates that sprinkling pigs in a stationary vehicle when the environmental temperature is above 23°C was effective in preventing an increase in body temperature during transportation. The treatment had no adverse effects on ammonia levels or pig behaviour during unloading.

    Evaluation of the Effects of Added Vitamin D3 in Maternal Diets on Sow and Pig Performance

    Disease Genetics and reproduction Husbandry
    calendar icon 8 January 2014
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    Increasing dietary vitamin D3 levels did not affect sow or pig performance or piglet bone mineralisation, Josh Flohr of Kansas State University reported to the 2013 Kansas Swine Day.

    Impact of Pig Insemination Technique and Semen Preparation on Profitability

    Genetics and reproduction Breeding Artificial insemination
    calendar icon 8 January 2014
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    Both insemination technique and semen preparation had a non-linear effect on profit in this work at the University of Guelph. The difference between fresh and frozen semen amounted to less than three per cent in profitability.

    OFC: Red Tape Cuts to Save Farmers, Taxpayers 370 Million

    Industry and legislation Conferences & Events Policy and regulation
    calendar icon 7 January 2014
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    Tax Cut on Pig Meat in Hungary to Close Legal Loopholes

    Markets Industry and legislation Policy and regulation
    calendar icon 7 January 2014
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