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Introduction
Evaporative cooling systems are used to reduce the indoor air temperature within animal housing during periods of warm weather.
An evaporative cooling system works by pumping water from a reservoir tank to a feed pipe situated...
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The objectives were to determine the sensitivity, specificity, and cutoff values of a visual-based precision livestock technology (NUtrack), and determine the sensitivity and specificity of sickness score data collected with the live observation by trained human observers. At...
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Two strategies were evaluated for Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae gilt acclimation.
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M. hyopneumoniae detection and seroconversion were assessed in gilts over time.
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Similar M. hyopneumoniae detection pattern was observed regardless of gilt flow.
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M. hyopneumoniae seroconversion was similar regardless of gilt flow.
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Source: ZME Science
New research is bringing us closer to a very worthy goal: understanding what pigs are feeling.
An international team of European researchers has developed an automated system that can interpret the emotions encoded inside the various grunts that...
Abstract: Characterization of Two Porcine Parainfluenza Virus 1 Isolates and Human Parainfluenza Virus 1 Infection in Weaned Nursery Pigs
Porcine parainfluenza virus 1 (PPIV1) is a newly characterized porcine respiratory virus. Recent experimental challenge studies in three-week-old nursery pigs failed...
Today, we are sharing a recent publication from the MycoLab investigating how two different gilt flow managements during acclimation impact Mycoplasma detection. The full publication is available on the journal’s website.
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Two strategies were evaluated for Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae gilt acclimation.
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Simon Grey General Manager European Region
If you do an internet search on this topic you will see many reasons for people to choose a food; taste, appearance, price, is it healthy, convenience, is it ethical or environmentally sustainable. If...
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Background
Sow mortality has become a growing concern in the pig production industry over the past decade. Therefore, we aimed to describe sow mortality and associated factors in a production system in the midwestern USA.
Methods
Mortality records from 2009 to...
Abstract
A total of 4,318 pigs (337 × 1,050, PIC; initially 6.5 ± 0.08 kg) were used in a 35-day study to evaluate dietary mycotoxin control strategies on nursery pig performance and blood measures. Pigs were weaned at approximately 21...
Highlights
•A xylanase-glucanase mixture increased digestibility of energy in diets for pigs.
•The response to enzymes was greater in sorghum based diets than in corn based diets.
•Wheat middlings and distillers dried grains with solubles reduced energy digestibility.
Abstract
An...