Date: January 9th 2012
Length: 6:20
Speakers: Dr. Lisa Becton, Director Swine Health Information and Research, National Pork Board
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Date: January 3rd 2011
Length: 7:40
Speakers: Speaker: John McGlone, Swine Researcher, Texas A&M
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Date: December 23rd 2011
Length: 14:27
Speakers:Victor Aideyan, Senior Risk Management Consultant, HISGRAIIN Commodities Inc., Ron Plain, Professor of Ag Economics, University of Missouri, Bob Brown, Independent Meat Market Analyst,Steve Meyer, President, Paragon Economics
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Mycoplasmal pneumonia and porcine circovirus are two of the costliest diseases affecting pork producers.1 Helping provide protection before disease exposure is critical to the success of any vaccination program. “It’s critical to remember that with mycoplasmal pneumonia, it’s always a... (Continue reading)
Author(s): B. Predicala, E. Navia Publication Date: January 1, 2008 Reference: Centred on Swine 15-1 Country: Canada Summary: Energy usage in swine barns and potential energy conservation measures were evaluated in this study. A survey of 28 swine facilities showed... (Continue reading)
Current progress of the PRRS host genetics consortium Joan K Lunney1 , Juan Pedro Steibel2 , James M Reecy3 , Eric Fritz3 , Max F Rothschild3 , Maureen Kerrigan4 , B Trible4 and Raymond RR Rowland4 1 Animal Parasitic Diseases... (Continue reading)
The impact of diet deprivation and subsequent over-allowance on the metabolite status, mammary development, and mammary gene expression in prepubertal gilts was determined. Forty-seven gilts were reared under a conventional (control, CTL; n = 23) or an experimental (treatment, TRT;... (Continue reading)
Author(s): Denise Beaulieu, Janice Shea and Doug Gillis Publication Date: October 5, 2011 Reference: Centred on Swine 17-1 Summary: Providing supplemental feed to the piglets in the farrowing room, or creep feeding, is practised to ensure a smooth transition onto... (Continue reading)
Plum Island Animal Disease Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, NAA, P.O. Box 848, Greenport, NY 11944, United States; Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States. Abstract We previously demonstrated that an... (Continue reading)
Larry D. Stearns, Research Associate, Agricultural Economics Timothy A. Petry, Associate Professor, Agricultural Economics Future Cycles The U.S. hog industry has historically been characterized by cyclical variations in hog inventories, pork production, and hog and pork prices. A cycle is... (Continue reading)
To understand the science of swine nutrition, it is first necessary to understand how major nutritional components are utilized by swine to meet their nutrient needs. Proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, minerals, and water comprise the major nutritional components required by... (Continue reading)
FACILITIES Fifty-six units housing 28,000 sows and 72,000 nursery pigs in northwest Arkansas. These facilities had three to four foot partial pits in the gestation barns that flowed to full-pitted breeding rooms. Manure was pumped from the breeding rooms to... (Continue reading)
Chemaphor Inc. (TSXV:CFR) today announced that a presentation on Avivagen Animal Health’s OxC-beta animal health product platform was made by Dr. Graham Burton at the Banff Venture Forum held 6-7 October in Banff, Alberta. There were approximately 350 attendees at... (Continue reading)
Introduction It has been over three years now since we installed air filtration into the first farms in our practice. We now have 25 farms with air filtration. Six farms implemented filtration in 2005, five in 2006, eight in 2007,... (Continue reading)
Direct feeding of microencapsulated phages is a practical and effective means of reducing Salmonella colonisation and shedding in pigs, according to new research from Purdue University. Salmonella shedding often increases in pigs after transportation and/or lairage. In a paper to... (Continue reading)
Robert M. Corwin Department of Veterinary Microbiology College of Veterinary Medicine Roderick C. Tubbs Swine veterinarian Commercial Agriculture Program Swine performance is influenced by internal parasites, most dramatically in the young, growing pig. Parasites reside in the stomach and intestinal... (Continue reading)
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