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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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    April 2013

    A Revolution in Feed Management is Coming to Your Operations

    Disease Husbandry Herd management
    calendar icon 11 April 2013
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    Precision feeding is an innovative approach to the feeding of growing pigs, enabling pigs to be fed daily on an individual basis, explains the Prairie Swine Centre in Canada.

    Irish Farmers Warned to Look out for PRRS Signs

    Disease Managing disease Industry and legislation
    calendar icon 10 April 2013
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    Genetic Variation and Distribution of PRRS Virus on Infectivity and Pig Growth

    Disease Genetics and reproduction Genetics and traits
    calendar icon 10 April 2013
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    Research from Italy shows the genetic variability of the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) virus is affected by time and region, which may have an impact on future vaccine development. Landrace animals seemed more susceptible to the virus that other breeds studied.

    Genetic Parameters for Androstenone and Skatole as Indicators of Boar Taint

    Genetics and reproduction Markets Product quality and safety
    calendar icon 10 April 2013
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    Danish research shows that skatole and androstenone can be reduced by genetic selection without adverse effects on economic parameters (production and litter size traits). The scientists suggest breeding is a better alternative to the castration of male pigs.

    Summit Provides Insight on Food Safety, Ag-Gag Law

    Disease Pig Welfare Markets
    calendar icon 9 April 2013
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    The True Risk of Fumonisins in Swine Production

    Disease Husbandry Research and innovation
    calendar icon 9 April 2013
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    Karin Naehrer, Product Manager for Biomin, explains the effects of the mycotoxin group, fumonisins, on pigs and how FUMzyme can help piglets overcome the challenge.

    Weekly Overview: PRRS Continues to Challenge US Producers

    calendar icon 8 April 2013
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