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    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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    November 2011

    JSR Evaluates 2011 as Year of Agricultural Revolution

    Genetics and reproduction Research and innovation Industry and legislation
    calendar icon 25 November 2011
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    This year's Annual JSR Technical Conference proposed that this year was one of revolution in the agricultural industry. Jackie Linden, senior editor of ThePigSite, reports on the event.

    US Producers Join Regional Groups to Control PRRS

    Disease Industry and legislation Conferences & Events
    calendar icon 24 November 2011
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    The long-term vision of the American Association of Swine Veterinarians (AASV) is to eliminate porcine reproductive respiratory syndrome (PRRS). As traditional methods have not been effective in all cases, regional, voluntary programmes have been developed to control PRRS, writes Carla Wright for ThePigSite.

    Effects of Dietary Seaweed Extract Supplementation to Sows and Weaned Pigs

    Disease Husbandry Herd management
    calendar icon 23 November 2011
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    Seaweed extract (SWE) supplementation after weaning improved gut health and enhanced the performance of starter pigs and increased growth rate during the grower-finisher phases, according to researchers in the Irish Republic. There was no response to SWE inclusion in grower-finisher pigs born from sows that had received SWE in late pregnancy.

    Effects on Boar Sperm Quality of Dietary Supplementation with Omega-3 PUFAs Differ Between Breeds

    Disease Genetics and reproduction Husbandry
    calendar icon 23 November 2011
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    Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) improved the sperm quality of Large White and Pietrain boars, according to researchers in Girona, Spain, but not for those of the Duroc breed.

    Prevalence and Risk Factors for Swine Influenza Virus Infection in the English Pig Population

    Disease
    calendar icon 17 November 2011
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    There was evidence of the swine flu virus on half of the farms tested by a UK research group, and the likelihood of finding this evidence was lower for pigs kept in straw yards, during the summer and where there were fewer pigs per drinker.

    Effect of Sow History on the Performance of Growing-Finishing Pigs

    Genetics and reproduction
    calendar icon 17 November 2011
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    Some aspects of a sow's early life affect the performance of her litter during the growing and finishing phases, according to researchers based in the Netherlands, but the effects are small.

    US Pork Outlook – November 2011

    Markets
    calendar icon 17 November 2011
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    Strong overseas demand for US pork products will support hog prices for the balance of the fourth quarter and keep retail pork prices at unusually high levels well into 2012, according to the latest Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook from the USDA's Economic Research Service.
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