Dr. Joe Loughmiller Phileo by Lesaffre Swine Technical Services
What are nucleotides and when are they needed?
Nucleotides are the components of DNA and RNA in cells. They are typically supplied by the digestion of nucleoproteins in feed. During the stress-filled...
Most diets for weanling pigs contain highly digestible plant and animal proteins, but there is an increasing trend to include more fibrous co-products in diets for pigs due to reduced diet costs. However, feeding diets to nursery pigs with...
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This trial was conducted to determine the effects of an encapsulated butyric acid (ButiPEARL™) in the nursery phase of pig production in a large scale wean to finish barn setting. The results indicate that ButiPEARL is...
Breed-specific weight adjustments
for growth, backfat and loin muscle depth
Everestus Akanno, PhD, Geneticist, Genesus Inc.
Selection of parents of the next generation of pigs in nucleus breeding programs requires accurate estimation of breeding values for several traits. Among the traits...
Quick facts
Grouping sows by parity can improve performance and well-being of young sows in group-gestation housing systems. Improving young sow performance can help improve lifetime output of these sows. Ultimately, it can help improve production efficiency of sow herds...
Influential technology is becoming more accessible and being utilized in new ways for pig health and welfare.
September 11, 2019 - Author: Madonna Benjamin, Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine and Marlo Macai Schneider, University of Western States
Livestock producers...
Pigs are intelligent and curious from birth, and the lactation and nursery periods are critical for their mental and physical development. Despite this, research on suitable enrichments for piglets is lacking. Research that has been done found that piglets given enrichment...
Enteric bacterial infections, like swine dysentery, salmonellosis, and ileitis can be isolated from most swine herds. In fact, a pork producer can find such bacteria almost anywhere in a pig barn by collecting a fecal sample and having it...
Digestibility experiments have been conducted to determine the nutritional value of an enhanced torula yeast derived from forestry by-products. Results of these experiments indicated that enhanced torula yeast has a greater digestibility of amino acids and P than fish...
Marcia Carlson
State extension swine nutrition specialist
Heather Wilt Graduate research assistant in animal sciences
The trend toward intensive swine production has raised concerns about concentrated production of manure. These concerns are challenging pork producers to adopt not only improved manure management...