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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.

October - November 2012

MAX'ing Weaning Capacity with Key Success Factor: Solid Sow Performance - 3

SPONSOR Genetics and reproduction Research and innovation Genetics and traits

7 November 2012

7 minute read

Solid Sow Performance is influenced by three main factors: Retention Rate, Sow Productive Lifetime and Stayability. In this article you will read Egidijus Mickevicius's expert vision on increasing profitability with focus on Retention Rate.

Reduction of PCV2 Viraemia by a Reformulated Inactivated Chimeric PCV1-2 Vaccine

Disease

7 November 2012

3 minute read

A reformulated inactivated chimeric porcine circovirus PCV1-2 vaccine induced protective immunity in pigs challenged experimentally with only porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2), as well as reducing PCV2 viraemia, according to researchers based in Seoul.

Weekly Overview: Chinese Sow Herd Still on the Rise; US Numbers Fall More Slowly than Forecast

Markets

5 November 2012

4 minute read

Effects of Low Protein Diets on Lean Genotype Pigs: Growth, Feed and Nitrogen Intake and Fat Indicators

Disease Genetics and reproduction Husbandry

2 November 2012

3 minute read

Feeding a low-protein diet supplemented with lysine to pigs from 40 to 115kg resulted in growth similar to the normal protein control diet but with more intramuscular fat, according to researchers based in the UK and Italy. However, six per cent more feed was needed to produce 1kg of liveweight gain over the period for the lysine-supplemented pigs than for the controls, which the authors attributed to deficiencies of other amino acids.

Occurrence of Pathogens in Wild Rodents Caught on Swedish Farms

Disease Managing disease Industry and legislation

2 November 2012

3 minute read

Lawsonia and pathogenic Yersinia are more likely to be transmitted to rodents from pigs or the environment on infected farms, according to new research from Sweden examining the occurrence of a range of pathogens in wild rodents caught on pig and chicken farms.

Risk Factors for PRRS Virus Infection and Resulting Challenges for Effective Disease Surveillance

Disease Managing disease Treatments and prevention

1 November 2012

3 minute read

Evidence of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) circulation was confirmed on 35 per cent of the farms in this UK study. Active PRRSV infection was more likely on farms that used a live virus vaccine, were located in areas with many other pigs or had mortalities collected from the farm.

EPP Invitation to EuroTier Pig Event

Industry and legislation Conferences & Events

31 October 2012

2 minute read

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