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Controlling disease in young pigs

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Controlling disease in young pigs

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)

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Evaluating Energy Usage and Various Energy Conservation Strategies for Swine Barns

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Evaluating Energy Usage and Various Energy Conservation Strategies for Swine Barns

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)

Probing genetic control of swine responses to PRRSV infection

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Probing genetic control of swine responses to PRRSV infection

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)

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Impact of Diet Deprivation and Subsequent Over-Allowance during Prepuberty on Growth Performance, Metabolite Status and Mammary Gland Development in Gilts

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Impact of Diet Deprivation and Subsequent Over-Allowance during Prepuberty on Growth Performance, Metabolite Status and Mammary Gland Development in Gilts

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)

Weaning at 28 days. Is creep feeding beneficial?

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Weaning at 28 days. Is creep feeding beneficial?

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)

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Increased efficacy of an adenovirus-vectored foot-and-mouth disease capsid subunit vaccine expressing nonstructural protein 2B is associated with a specific T cell response.

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Increased efficacy of an adenovirus-vectored foot-and-mouth disease capsid subunit vaccine expressing nonstructural protein 2B is associated with a specific T cell response.

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)

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Hog Market Cycles

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Hog Market Cycles

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)

Understanding Nutrient Utilization in Swine

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Understanding Nutrient Utilization in Swine

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)

Pit Digester Case Study, Direct Biologicals on a Tyson Farm

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Pit Digester Case Study, Direct Biologicals on a Tyson Farm

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)

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Avivagen Animal Health presents OxC-beta animal health benefits for companion animal market and opportunity as a compelling, cost-competitive alternative to low-dose antibiotics in meat production.

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Avivagen Animal Health presents OxC-beta animal health benefits for companion animal market and opportunity as a compelling, cost-competitive alternative to low-dose antibiotics in meat production.

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)

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FIELD EXPERIENCES WITH AIR FILTRATION: RESULTS AND COSTS

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FIELD EXPERIENCES WITH AIR FILTRATION: RESULTS AND COSTS

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)

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Direct Feeding of Microencapsulated Bacteriophages to Reduce Salmonella Colonisation in Pigs

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Direct Feeding of Microencapsulated Bacteriophages to Reduce Salmonella Colonisation in Pigs

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)

Common Internal Parasites of Swine

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Common Internal Parasites of Swine

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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