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    Jackie Linden

    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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    EC Authorises Changes to Pig Carcass Grading in Spain

    Disease Pig Welfare Processing
    calendar icon 18 July 2012
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    Effects of Xylanase in Growing-Finishing Diets Varying in Dietary Energy and Fibre

    Disease Husbandry Research and innovation
    calendar icon 17 July 2012
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    Pigs fed diets higher in energy had better performance than those fed lower-energy diets, according to Kansas State University researchers. Acid detergent fibre digestibility was increased with xylanase supplementation.

    Cerebral Abscesses in a Pig: Atypical Manifestations of Streptococcus suis Serotype 2-induced Meningoencephalitis

    Disease
    calendar icon 17 July 2012
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    Researchers in Brazil describe what they believe may be the first case of S. suis serotype 2-induced cerebral abscesses in a pig.

    This Week's Pig Industry News

    Markets Industry and legislation Product quality and safety
    calendar icon 16 July 2012
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    Culling Practices in Japanese Commercial Swine Herds

    Genetics and reproduction
    calendar icon 12 July 2012
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    Based on a survey of 115 breeding herds in Japan, researchers at Meiji University found that culling guidelines for mated sows differed between high–,intermediate– and low–performing herds, and that culling guidelines for mated gilts and sows were not strictly followed in commercial herds.

    Use of Ractopamine in Pigs Explored at Kansas Conference

    Husbandry Markets Herd management
    calendar icon 6 July 2012
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    Three experiments investigating the use of the non-antibiotic growth promoter, ractopamine hydrochloride (trade name: Paylean), were reported at the Kansas Swine Day conference last year and are summarised here by senior editor, Jackie Linden.

    Nitrogen Excretion at Different Stages of Growth and its Association with Production Traits in Growing Pigs

    Disease Husbandry Herd management
    calendar icon 5 July 2012
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    Nitrogen excretion changes substantially during growth, according to new research from a multinational group in Europe. Improvement of feed efficiency was the most effective wy to reduce nitrogen excretion in this trial.
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