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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 2012

Rabobank Expects Pork Production Cutbacks to Support Strong Prices

Markets

22 October 2012

4 minute read

Home-Grown Peas and Faba Beans Can Replace Soybean Meal in Commercial Pig Diets

Disease Husbandry Herd management

19 October 2012

3 minute read

The results showed that both bean and pea diets resulted in similar body weight gain and feed conversion ratio to that seen in animals offered the control diet, according to a report from SAC in the QMS Research and Development Report for 2011-12.

Comparison of the Efficacy of Autogenous Inactivated PRRSV Vaccines with Commercial Vaccines

Disease

18 October 2012

4 minute read

Experimental homologous inactivated vaccines and commercial attenuated vaccines shortened the viraemic phase following challenge with two field isolates of the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV), according to researchers based in Belgium. Experimental heterologous inactivated vaccines and the commercial inactivated vaccine, however, had little impact on the period of virus shedding.

Antibiotic Susceptibility of Salmonella, Campylobacter coli and Campylobacter jejuni Isolated from Northern German Fattening Pigs

Disease Industry and legislation Product quality and safety

17 October 2012

3 minute read

According to new research from Germany, the percentage of bacteria resistant to at least one of the tested antibiotics was 94 per cent for Salmonella Typhimurium, 76 per cent for C. coli and 55 per cent for C. jejuni isolates. Resistance to three antibiotics was observed in 75 per cent of the Salmonella Typhimurium isolates.

Stakeholders Discuss Sow Stall Ban

Disease Pig Welfare Industry and legislation

16 October 2012

2 minute read

VIV, Rabobank Map out Russia's Position in Global Market

SPONSOR Markets Research and innovation Industry and legislation

16 October 2012

3 minute read

MAX'ing Weaning Capacity with Key Success Factor: Solid Sow Performance - 2

SPONSOR Genetics and reproduction Research and innovation Genetics and traits

16 October 2012

8 minute read

Solid Sow Performance is influenced by three main factors: retention rate, sow productive lifetime and 'stayability'. In this article, you can read Lanny Ziola's expert vision on increasing profitability with focus on sow productive lifetime.

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