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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.

January 2012

This Week’s Pig News Round-Up

Markets

30 January 2012

4 minute read

Innovators Celebrated at Banff Pork Seminar

Research and innovation Industry and legislation Conferences & Events

30 January 2012

4 minute read

One-Night Downtime Period Prevents Spread of PRRS Virus and M hyo by Personnel and Fomites

Disease Managing disease Treatments and prevention

25 January 2012

3 minute read

Basic biosecurity measures prevented the spread of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M hyo) between pig herds by workers and fomites such as tools, according to researchers based in Minnesota, US. Extended downtimes did not reduce the spread of infection in their study, however.

Exploring Breeding Opportunities for Reduced Thermal Sensitivity of Feed Intake in the Lactating Sow

Disease Genetics and reproduction Husbandry

25 January 2012

4 minute read

Despite carrying out their research on sows in climate-controlled houses, scientists in the Netherlands and Australia found variable effects of temperature on lactation feed intake, and there was an interaction between temperature and humidity. Average heritability for feed intake during lactation was 0.29.

<em>Yersinia enterocolitica</em>: a Brief Review of the Issues

Disease Industry and legislation Product quality and safety

19 January 2012

2 minute read

Information on the reservoirs, prevalence, virulence and the ability of this foodborne pathogen to survive in different environments needs to be investigated to provide rational measures to prevent or decrease associated disease risks, according to researchers in Ireland.

Clinical Presentation, Case Definition and Diagnostic Guidelines for Porcine Periweaning Failure to Thrive Syndrome

Disease

19 January 2012

4 minute read

Although the aetiology and pathogenesis remain elusive, veterinary researchers in Canada and the US have shed some light on porcine periweaning failure to thrive syndrome (PFTS) in a new review paper.

BPEX Pig Health Scheme: a Useful Monitoring System for Respiratory Disease Control on Pig Farms?

Disease

19 January 2012

4 minute read

Lesion scores reported by the BPEX Pig Health Scheme (BPHS) may reflect the presence of respiratory pathogens and these lesions may be indicative of reduced productivity, according to researchers at the UK's Royal Veterinary College in an initial assessment of the scheme.

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