Pig Industry Technical Articles
Article published the May 14, 2013:
It is no secret to hog producers that piglet survival is one of the keys to profitability. When I was a “First-Week Farrowing Supervisor” for Agri-Vest, I was very fast to pull pigs to try and...
Article published the May 10, 2013:
INTRODUCTION
Lameness in swine, poultry, horses, and cattle have a large negative economical impact to livestock producers (Corr et al., 2003). Multiple definitions of lameness are used. Merriam-Webster (2008)...
Article published the May 6, 2013:
Is there a chance that “Sow Longevity” is a missing element in today’s modern pork industry? Let’s see if keeping a sow for a longer period of time makes sense? Also, could it be po...
Article published the April 30, 2013:
INTRODUCTION
Currently, a method to increase growth, improve feed efficiency, and increase leanness is incorporation of ractopamine hydrochloride (RAC; Paylean, Elanco Animal Health, Greenfield,...
Article published the April 23, 2013:
1. Introduction
This paper summarises some key findings fromrecent research into animal welfare during the preslaughter and slaughter periods. It focuses on injuries and ease of handling, stress effe...
Article published the April 10, 2013:
Introduction
Traditionally, pig production in Spain has been based on crossing Landrace × Large White dams with lean sire lines, such as Pietrain and then slaughtering gilts and intact mal...
Article published the April 9, 2013:
Introduction
Slaughter weights (SLW) for swine in the United States have been increasing steadily over recent years and currently average approximately 112 kg for slaughter barrows and gilts (Mo...
Article published the April 8, 2013:
Fumonisins—mycotoxins produced by several Fusarium species, especially Fusarium verticillioides (F. moniliforme) and proliferatum—have been reported in animal foods and corn-based hum...
Article published the April 3, 2013:
With costs of pig production under mounting pressure, the nutrition of pigs is of increasing interest, as this is critical to their subsequent performance through to market. Sustaining growth rate and...
Article published the March 27, 2013:
Boar taint is one of those pork industry issues that seems to be discussed at length, everyone has an opinion about it and certainly polarises industry when it comes to eliminating it. The consumer has a number...