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Jackie Linden

Another Year Pig Producers Would Prefer to Forget?

Husbandry Markets Industry and legislation

18 February 2016

4 minute read

Feed Grains Markets Grow in a Shrinking World

Husbandry Markets Industry and legislation

29 October 2015

6 minute read

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

Disease Husbandry Herd management

11 September 2015

6 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

5 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

3 minute read

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

November 2013

PED-Positive Submissions: Rate of Increase in Positive Cases Accelerates

28 November 2013

2 minute read

Optimising Output Per Sow (OPTIPIG)

Genetics and reproduction Industry and legislation Conferences & Events

28 November 2013

5 minute read

Speaking at the Teagasc Pig Farmers Conference in October 2013, Dr Keelin O'Driscoll and Dr Peadar Lawlor of Moorepark explained how their new research project could help Irish farmers to achieve an additional net profit of around €70 per sow and year.

Mathematical Modelling of the Dynamics and Control of Salmonella

Disease Managing disease Husbandry

28 November 2013

4 minute read

Among the conclusions from new research reported by BPEX in no. 21 of its 'Research into Action' series was that pen floor type had a greater effect on Salmonella infections in finishing pigs than the standard of cleaning.

Development of Integrated Livestock Breeding and Management Strategies

Genetics and reproduction Husbandry Markets

27 November 2013

5 minute read

Among the projects described in 'A Decade of EU-funded Animal Production Research' from the European Commission is one on the development of integrated livestock breeding and management strategies to improve animal health, product quality and performance in European organic and 'low input' milk, meat and egg production.

Survey Shows Europeans Need Better Information on Antibiotics

Husbandry Market Trends Sustainability

26 November 2013

2 minute read

Regeneration of Toxigenic Pasteurella Multocida-induced Severe Turbinate Atrophy in Pigs Detected by Computed Tomography

Disease

26 November 2013

1 minute read

Using the technique, computer tomography, researchers in Hungary have found that even quite severe damage to the turbinate bones in the nose of pigs with atrophic rhinitis may be repaired by the time the pigs are slaughtered.

Life Cycle Assessment of Pork Production: A Data Inventory for Germany

Husbandry Environmental management Market Trends

26 November 2013

1 minute read

Per kg pork produced, the global warming potential, eutrophication and acidification values in Germany were calculated to be 3.22kg carbon dioxide equivalents, 23.3g phosphate equivalents and 57.1g sulphur dioxide equivalents, respectively.

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