Farmscape for January 17, 2024
Full Interview 5:26
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A Technical Services Manager with PIC says the importance of providing the newly born piglet with colostrum, mom's first milk, as quickly as possible after birth cannot be over stated....
A recent study led by MycoLab researchers takes new steps to eliminating Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M. hyopneumoniae), a bacterium that causes respiratory illness in pigs. M. hyopneumoniae is one of the most significant bacterial swine pathogens worldwide, impacting animal welfare and causing significant economic...
Farmscape for January 12, 2024
Full Interview 5:21
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An animal care specialist with J Woods Livestock Services says one of the most difficult concepts to for people to get their heads around when moving pigs is "the fewer...
Farmscape for January 10, 2024
Full Interview 9:35
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Research conducted by the Western College of Veterinary Medicine shows the opportunity to engage in play enhances the physiological and psychological robustness of grow-finish pigs and boosts their ability to...
Animal Nutrition Expert Integral to Team Intent on Reducing Antibiotics Use
Yanhong Liu, an associate professor of animal nutrition and a member of the CLEAR Center at University of California, Davis (UC Davis), is bolstering the work of the five-year-long...
Water medications increase efficiencies in labor, pig health, investment and antibiotic use.
When administering swine medications, there can be a lot of questions. Which medications are most effective? How much time will it take to treat the pigs? What is...
Farmscape for January 8, 2024
Full Interview 12:48
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Researchers with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine are using serotyping to categorise the virulence of Streptococcus suis.
Researchers with the Western College of Veterinary Medicine have been investigating the implications...
Farmscape for January 5, 2024
Full Interview 11:34
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The Western College of Veterinary Medicine's three year Foreign-Trained Veterinarian Swine Medicine Residency Certification program is allowing foreign trained veterinarians to quality for veterinary certification in western Canada. The Foreign-Trained...
John W. Massey and Dale W. Vogt
Department of Animal Sciences
How much advantage for a particular trait do superior animals transmit to their offspring? Heritability estimates help us answer this important question. This publication explains the meaning of heritability estimates,...
Farmscape for January 3, 2023
Full Interview 11:35
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A recombinant African Swine Fever virus designed to fluoresce when it replicates is helping researchers evaluate the effectiveness of antiviral compounds for use in developing new drugs to help control...