Reprinted as posted on Swine in Minnesota blog. Adopted from November 12, 2021 Bob Morrison’s Swine Health Monitoring Project Friday rubric
Key Points
The vertically integrated structure of swine production and the network among swine facilities allow important swine pathogens...
• 22% Better water intake on day 1 post-weaning and 9% better water intake over 5 days post-weaning
• 0.65 lb/300 g heavier pig 42 days post-weaning
• 65% Fewer fall behinds in nursery
• 17% Lower nursery mortality
Study Feeding Plan
• The...
Segregated early weaning (SEW) may be a management tool Mississippi swine producers can utilize to increase production efficiency of their operations and increase profits. This term is not new to most swine producers. It has been a popular topic...
Abstract
A total of 300 pigs (DNA 400 × 200, Columbus, NE), initially 11.1 kg, were used in a study to evaluate the effects of increasing amounts of high-protein distillers dried grains (HP DDG) on growth performance and to estimate...
An independent study, conducted on a commercial pig unit in Greece from weaning for 21 days, has shown that Orego-Stim, natural oregano essential oil, supports piglet health and alleviates the impact of post-weaning scour. Thus, reducing the need for...
Chad Bierman, PhD, Geneticist, Genesus Inc.
Profitability is driven by many different components of swine production. It has been suggested that the number of full value pigs sold out of pig operations may be the largest factor affecting profitability (Boyd,...
Vaccination as early as 1 day of age with Fostera® PRRS coupled with the vaccine’s long duration of immunity (DOI) can help pork producers stem the significant economic losses in growing pigs caused by porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome...
Effect of stall size, number of heat lamps during farrowing: Part 3
Suzanne M. Leonard, Brett C. Ramirez, North Carolina State University, Iowa State University | October 01, 2021
In this large-scale field study comparing three farrowing stall layouts (TSL –...
Source: PigHealthToday.com
A new study shows that a modified-live virus (MLV) vaccine for porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) provides protection against the highly pathogenic European field isolate AUT15-331 (PRRSV-1, subtype 1) — with a single dose given to...
Neospora caninum is a protozoan parasite, reported as a leading cause of cattle abortions and reproductive failure worldwide, costing the cattle industry approximately $1.3 billion annually. With wild pig (Sus scrofa) populations estimated at over six million in the...