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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.

September 2014

Taiwan's Farmers Urged to Watch out for PED

Disease Notifiable diseases PRRS

12 September 2014

2 minute read

PED Case Study from Ontario

Disease Notifiable diseases PRRS

12 September 2014

7 minute read

A case study of one of the first Porcine Epidemic Diarrhoea (PED) outbreaks in Ontario, Canada, in January 2014, published by Ontario Pork. Strong communications and a multi-faceted support system are identified as crucial for success in mitigating the negative impacts of the virus on the pig industry.

Lactation Success

Genetics and reproduction Husbandry Industry and legislation

11 September 2014

9 minute read

A review of recent research on mammary gland development in the sow and gilt was presented by Chantal Farmer of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada's Dairy and Swine R&D Centre at the London Swine Conference 2014.

Parasite Control in Youth Market Hog Projects

Disease Husbandry Herd management

11 September 2014

10 minute read

Advice on the control of external and internal parasites aimed at show pigs from Dr Susan Kerr, DVM, Livestock and Dairy Extension Specialist with Washington State University for Pork Information Gateway.

UK Feed Prices on the Way Up Again?

Husbandry Herd management Feed and nutrition

10 September 2014

3 minute read

Less French Pig Meat to China, More to Philippines

Markets

9 September 2014

3 minute read

Production Region Model Evaluation to Determine Risk of PRRSV and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae Spread between Farms

Disease Husbandry Environmental management

9 September 2014

3 minute read

Air filtration has been shown as an effective method to reduce the risk of the airborne spread of the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) and Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M.hyo), reports Scott Dee of the University of Minnesota in a report for Pork Checkoff.

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