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Jackie Linden

Another Year Pig Producers Would Prefer to Forget?

Husbandry Markets Industry and legislation

18 February 2016

5 minute read

Feed Grains Markets Grow in a Shrinking World

Husbandry Markets Industry and legislation

29 October 2015

7 minute read

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

Disease Husbandry Herd management

11 September 2015

7 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

6 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

4 minute read

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

July 2013

EC Approves State Aid for German Flood-affected Farmers

Industry and legislation Policy and regulation Government and regulatory

4 July 2013

2 minute read

Bloody Scours (Swine Dysentery): a Costly Re-emerging Disease That is Preventable

Disease Managing disease Treatments and prevention

4 July 2013

13 minute read

Clinical signs and control of swine dysentery are described by Dr Jim McKean, Dr Eric Burrough and Dr Ken Schwartz of Iowa State University. In this factsheet for Pork Information Gateway, they estimate the annual cost of this disease to the US pig industry to be around $200 million.

A Genomic Future

Genetics and reproduction Research and innovation Industry and legislation

4 July 2013

10 minute read

Genomic selection has brought a revolution to the animal breeding world and a great deal more genetic progress can be expected due the implementation of genomic selection for traits that are measured late in life or are difficult to measure, according to Abe Huisman (Hendrix Genetics in the Netherlands) and Patrick Charagu (Hypor Inc., Canada). They presented their visions on genomic selection at the 2013 London Swine Conference.

Management Practices Associated with the Carriage of Yersinia enterocolitica in Pigs

Disease Managing disease Pig Welfare

4 July 2013

2 minute read

A survey of Finnish pig farms reveals that the prevalence of the foodborne pathogen, Yersinia enterocolitica, on pig farms is reduced where there is an all-in, all-out housing system and where water is supplied from the municipal system.

Short Term Outlook for EU Arable Crops, Meat and Dairy Markets: Pigmeat

Markets

4 July 2013

4 minute read

Pig meat production in the EU is likely to be down for a second consecutive year, according to the latest 'Short Term Outlook for EU Arable Crops, Meat and Dairy Markets' from the European Commission.

Heat Stress in Boars

Disease Genetics and reproduction Pig Welfare

3 July 2013

5 minute read

No. 39 in the 'Action for Productivity' series from BPEX explains the impact high summer temperatures can have on fertility and offers advice on keeping boars cool.

Weekly Overview: Bulls, Bears and the US Pig Industry

Markets

1 July 2013

4 minute read

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