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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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    July 2013

    Raising Weanling Pigs Without Antibiotic Growth Promoters

    Husbandry Herd management Production Management
    calendar icon 17 July 2013
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    Managing young animals without antibiotic growth promoters (AGPs) can be a challenge, according to Dr Hans Stein of the University of Illinois. Wayne Du, Pork Quality Assurance Program Lead at the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) summarises the latest thinking in 'Pork News & Views'.

    Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea

    Disease Notifiable diseases PRRS
    calendar icon 16 July 2013
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    Key facts on Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea (PED) aimed at keeping the disease out of the UK from BPEX.

    Effects of Day of Farrowing Induction and Spontaneous Versus Induced Farrowing on Sow and Suckling Piglet Performance

    Genetics and reproduction
    calendar icon 16 July 2013
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    New research from the University of Missouri indicates that farrowing induction is a valuable tool when properly applied and that parity-specific farrowing induction protocols merit consideration.

    Top Profit Robbers in a Sow Farm

    Genetics and reproduction Research and innovation Industry and legislation
    calendar icon 12 July 2013
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    Factors identified by Mark Chambers (Sunterra Farms) and Catherine Templeton (South West Vets) as most adversely impacting the profitability of the breeding herd are incorrect sow feeding levels, poor semen management, excessive herd replacement rates and insufficient focus on weekly pig flow rates. They were addressing the 2013 London Swine Conference.

    Sow Culling

    Disease Genetics and reproduction Pig Welfare
    calendar icon 11 July 2013
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    In no. 40 in its 'Action for Productivity' series, BPEX outlines the main reasons for culling sows and offers management guidelines on making those all-important decisions.

    Simultaneous PCV2 and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae Co-inoculation

    Disease
    calendar icon 11 July 2013
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    A study carried out by researchers of CReSA in Spain shows that simultaneous porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (Mhyo) co-inoculation does not potentiate disease in pigs seropositive for both pathogens.

    LED Lighting in Swine Barns, Potential vs. the Present Reality

    Husbandry Herd management Production Management
    calendar icon 10 July 2013
    clock icon 5 minute read
    Robert Chambers, Engineer Swine and Sheep Housing and Equipment with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) explains the advantages and disadvantages of LED lighting for pig farms.
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