Pig Industry Technical Articles
Article published the November 28, 2012:
1Harrisvaccines Inc., Ames, IA 50010, USA2Immunobiology Program, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, USA3Department of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Io...
Article published the November 28, 2012:
Swine Dysentery (SD), commonly known as bloody scours, is a troublesome disease which had been virtually eliminated through scientific breakthroughs in the 1970s and 1980s.
But today, likely due to changes in ...
Article published the November 28, 2012:
*Harrisvaccines, Inc.;†AlphaVax, Inc;‡Harrisvaccines Inc., Ames, IA;§University of Kentucky, Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center;
Article published the November 22, 2012:
INTRODUCTION
In view of organic livestock farming, Greece has many advantages in comparison to the other European countries, the temperate climate and the wide and rich ecosystems in countryside. For thousand...
Article published the November 21, 2012:
INTRODUCTION
Antibiotics have been successfully used in animal production since their discovery for maintaining health and improving performance. However, the risk of bacteria acquiring resistance to specific...
Article published the October 25, 2012:
1. Introduction
In recent decades, acidifiers have emerged as viable alternatives to antibiotics in swine diets, in order to stimulate optimal growth performance and prevent various enteric diseases. Antimicro...
Article published the October 25, 2012:
Introduction
During the past few years, there has been growing concern expressed by the public over the continued use of individual stalls in gestation or pregnant sow housing systems. In the United States, th...
Article published the October 22, 2012:
Sustainable pork production is a generic term and has different meanings for pork industries across the world and for producers within an industry.
For all pork producers sustainability means staying in busine...
Article published the October 22, 2012:
Based on original publication by Bob Thaler and Hans Stein
Due to changes in crop rotations, field peas are now more commonly grown in central South Dakota. Depending on variety, they can either be sold for hu...
Article published the October 22, 2012:
INTRODUCTION
Currently the potential impact of manure on the environment represents one of the world agriculture's major challenges. Once dominated by many small operations as part of traditional crop-livestoc...