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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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    November 2013

    UK Antibiotic Use in Animals Stable

    Husbandry Market Trends Sustainability
    calendar icon 20 November 2013
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    The Use of In-feed Antibiotics in Quebec Pigs

    Disease Husbandry Research and innovation
    calendar icon 20 November 2013
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    At the 2013 London Swine Conference, Robert Desrosiers of Boehringer-Ingelheim Canada described the use of in-feed antibiotics in Quebec pigs, the provincial legislation and the local efforts made to address the issue of antibiotic usage and resistance.

    Swine Influenza Virus

    Disease Notifiable diseases H1N1 swine influenza
    calendar icon 20 November 2013
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    Madonna Gemus, extension swine vet with Michigan State University, explains that the best means to control influenza disease are reducing the incidence of flu transmission, vaccination and best management biosecurity practices in 'MSU Pork Quarterly'.

    Risk Factors of Lameness in Sows in England

    Disease Genetics and reproduction Pig Welfare
    calendar icon 20 November 2013
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    The prevalence of lameness in sows in England was 4.5 per cent, according to a survey as part of a new study by the Royal Veterinary College. Lameness was less prevalent in high-producing sows and in herds with fewer sows per stockperson.

    Heat Stress and Reduced Plane of Nutrition Decrease Intestinal Integrity and Function in Pigs

    Disease Pig Welfare Husbandry
    calendar icon 20 November 2013
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    Reduced pig performance during the warm summer months has been linked in a US study to intestinal inflammation resulting from a combination of heat stress and lower feed intake when temperatures are high.

    European Parliament's Approval of Budget

    Industry and legislation Policy and regulation Government and regulatory
    calendar icon 19 November 2013
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    Building Animal Welfare into Business Sustainability

    Disease Pig Welfare Husbandry
    calendar icon 19 November 2013
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