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Bridging the gap between genetic potential and on-farm performance in commercial pigs
Commercial hybrid pigs as found on farms throughout the world today have a much improved potential for growth and a much better ability to convert feed to liveweight gain than their counterparts in the late 195...
Author: EDMUND J. MCCLURE (Courtesy of Alltech Inc.)
Publication date: 12/11/2007    Rating:    Views: 412

More Accurate Breeding for Conformation
Introduction of conformation index makes breeding more accurateAn important trait for breeding animals is physical soundness. Animals need to be structurally sound to carry out their normal functions and to max...
Author: Abe Huisman, Hypor R&D
Publication date: 10/29/2007    Rating:    Views: 661

Sports supplements to facilitate parturition and reduce perinatal mortality
Our thanks to the author and Conference Organisers, a Committee consisting of both University and Industry colleagues. The full paper will appear in the Conference Proceedings ('Recent Advances in Animal Nut...
Author: Theo van Kempen
Publication date: 10/11/2007    Rating:    Views: 565

Effects of feed-borne Fusarium mycotoxins on metabolism and reproduction in gestating and lactating sows: response to Mycosorb®
There are numerous reports indicating that weanling piglets (Friend et al., 1982, Döll et al., 2003) and growing and finishing pigs (House et al., 2002; Dänike et al., 2004) are particularly sensitive to feed-b...
Author: TREVOR K. SMITH and GABRIEL DÍAZ-LLANO - University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada (Courte...
Publication date: 08/23/2007    Rating:    Views: 1036

The effect of feed-borne Fusarium mycotoxins on reproductive efficiency in dairy cows, sows and broiler breeders
Mycotoxins are fungal metabolites that can reduce performance and alter metabolism of livestock and poultry (Wannemacher et al., 1991). The pathological states arising from the consumption of feeds contaminated...
Author: TREVOR K. SMITH, GABRIEL DIAZ-LLANO, SOFYA N. KOROSTELEVA and MOJTABA YEGANI - Department of A...
Publication date: 07/30/2007    Rating:    Views: 1297

Chromium and its Role in Pig Production
Interest in chromium as an essential nutrient for pigs and as a possible means of manipulating growth performance and carcass composition was raised initially by reports in the 1960s of growth promotion in rats...
Author: ROGER G. CAMPBELL (Courtesy of Alltech Inc.)
Publication date: 07/20/2007    Rating:    Views: 680

Nutritional approaches to maximize fertility in modern pig genotypes
Advances in swine productivity through genetic selection, management, health and nutritional strategies have resulted in reproductive performance once unimaginable. Feed efficiencies during the growing and fini...
Author: PAUL GROENEWEGEN - Alltech Canada, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Publication date: 07/04/2007    Rating:    Views: 660

Dietary organic and inorganic selenium for hyperovulatory firstparity sows: antioxidant status, hormonal response, embryo development and reproductive performance
Prolificacy, in pigs, has increased substantially during the last 10 years after several decades of stagnation. Two main approaches have been followed in order to develop the so-called ‘hyperprolific’ lines of ...
Author: MARIE-ÈVE FORTIER and J. JACQUES MATTE - Université Laval/Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (Co...
Publication date: 02/23/2007    Rating:    Views: 418

The effect of the addition of organic trace elements on the performance of a hyper-prolific sow herd
For sows to remain hyper-prolific throughout their lives and to maintain a high level of production it is important that their nutritional and metabolic needs are met at all stages of reproduction. It is known ...
Author: ROBERT FEHSE and WILLIAM H. CLOSE - Fehse Consultancy/Close Consultancy (Courtesy of Alltech I...
Publication date: 12/18/2006    Rating:    Views: 383

Optimum Strategies in Artificial Insemination, With Emphasis on the Timing Relative to Ovulation and the Role of the Boar
Introduction Optimised insemination strategies on pig farms aim at reducing the number of inseminations, without reducing reproductive performance. At the moment, one insemination with good quality s...
Author: N.M. Soede, P. Langendijk and B. Kemp
Publication date: 0/0/    Rating:    Views: 2178