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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.

May 2013

ESPHM: European Pig Health Meeting Opens in Edinburgh, New Book Launched

Industry and legislation Conferences & Events

22 May 2013

2 minute read

Family Conversations on Succession: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Husbandry Industry and legislation Conferences & Events

22 May 2013

14 minute read

It is important for farm families to begin communicating early - before a crisis occurs; communicate effectively with active listening skills, and communicate often, to avoid misunderstanding. That is the top tip offered by JoAnn Alumbaugh (Alumbaugh Communications, Linden, Iowa) to the 2013 Kansas Swine Profitability Conference.

Effect of Oral Vitamin D3 Supplementation on Growth and Serum 25-hydroxy Vitamin D Levels of Pigs

Disease Husbandry Herd management

22 May 2013

3 minute read

Piglets given vitamin D3 orally at two days of age were heavier at weaning and seven days post-weaning and suffered less of a post-weaning check than those receiving no supplement, according to new research from the US.

Gas Alternatives to Carbon Dioxide for Euthanasia: A Piglet Perspective

Disease Pig Welfare Husbandry

22 May 2013

4 minute read

A two-step procedure in which pigs are anaesthetised with a mixture of nitrous oxide and oxygen before being euthanised by immersion in carbon dioxide appeared to be more humane than carbon dioxide alone, according to new research from West Lafayette, Indiana, US.

Fly Monitoring

Disease Managing disease Treatments and prevention

22 May 2013

11 minute read

Guidance of monitoring flies around farms and other facilities from the UK's Environment Agency from its publication 'Fly management: how to comply with your environmental permit'.

Prevalence of Tuberculosis in Pigs Slaughtered at Two Abattoirs in Ethiopia

Disease People Health and safety

22 May 2013

3 minute read

Researchers have found that six per cent of pigs at two abattoirs in Ethiopia were positive for Mycobacterium tuberculosis and therefore that pigs may be a source of infection in humans.

Planning Procedure Continues for Foston Farm

Husbandry Environmental management Research and innovation

21 May 2013

4 minute read

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