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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

All-change Ahead for UK Pig Industry, Says Award Winner

Research and innovation Feed and nutrition Company/Products

6 November 2013

2 minute read

British Sausage Week Report, Day 2

Markets Market Trends Marketing pork

6 November 2013

2 minute read

Pop-up Success for British Sausage Week

Markets Market Trends Marketing pork

6 November 2013

1 minute read

Emerging Threats Quarterly Report – Pig Diseases - April-June 2013

Disease

6 November 2013

7 minute read

Among the highlights of the latest quarterly surveillance report for the second quarter of 2013 from AHVLA are that Klebsiella septicaemia has been diagnosed for the third consecutive summer and swine influenza remains prevalent in England and Wales. The report also covers the outbreak of porcine epidemic diarrhoea in the US.

Differences in Haemophilus parasuis Adherence to and Invasion of Porcine Aorta Endothelial Cells

Disease

6 November 2013

1 minute read

Research results from Spain show that different serovars of the bacterium vary in their level of adhesion to the cells of a pig's heart in vitro. The findings help explain the pathogenesis of Glasser's disease.

US Swine Industry Productivity Analysis, 2005 to 2010

Markets

6 November 2013

1 minute read

Changes were observed in pig industry trends in the US between 2005 and 2010 in terms of both direction and magnitude, according to a new study. Breeding performance measures generally improved, as did mortality in the breeding and feeding sectors although no progress was made in feed conversion over the period studied.

Nutritional Value of Fermented Soybean Meal in Pig Diets

Disease Husbandry Herd management

6 November 2013

2 minute read

New research at the University of Illinois sheds light on the nutritional value of fermented soybean meal in pig diets, which was found to be a suitable substitute for fish meal in starter diets without adversely affecting the energy or digestible amino acid content of the diet.

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