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Fiber Content of Diet Affects Perceived Odor of Swine Manure
Ammonia and volatile organic compounds are major contributors to air quality problems associated with swine production. Odorants result from the fermentative degradation of carbohydrates, fats, and proteins in ...
Author: Eric van Heugten - North Carolina State University Extension Swine Husbandry - Swine News (Vol...
Publication date: 03/16/2009    Rating:    Views: 635

Maximizing Water Utilization
Water conservation is a growing concern in intensive swine operations (ISOs) for both financial and environmental reasons. The water usage of a grower-finisher room in an ISO was measured using dry and wet/dry ...
Author: Shala K. Christianson, Stéphane P. Lemay, C. Laguë, John F. Patience and Harold W. Gonyou (Pra...
Publication date: 02/23/2009    Rating:    Views: 499

Growing-Finishing Swine In Outdoor Lots
Feeding growing-finishing pigs in a low investment system is usually done in outdoor lots with little or no permanent vegetation. Growing-finishing swine, unlike breeding stock, make poor use of pasture; thus p...
Author: By William G. Luce (Extension Swine Specialist), Joseph E. Williams (Professor of Agricultural...
Publication date: 12/11/2008    Rating:    Views: 786

Freezing Process Benefits Hog Manure Treatment
Snowfluent is a Canadian technology which atomizes wastewater effluent and sprays it into the air at cold temperatures. It has been found effective in treating municipal sewage and food processing wastes. To te...
Author: Jamie Wuite - Published on the Government of Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development w...
Publication date: 08/13/2008    Rating:    Views: 1160

Evaluation of Topical Antioxidants and Packaging Materials to Decrease the Incidence of Bone Discoloration in Pork Retail Cuts
Color characteristics were evaluated on 48 pork backbones. After 6 d postmortem, six 1- inch-thick sections of lumbar vertebrae were cut from each backbone. Lumbar vertebrae were treated with different concentr...
Author: C. R. Raines and M .E. Dikeman - Swine Day publication, Kansas State University Research and E...
Publication date: 07/28/2008    Rating:    Views: 1051

Measuring Emission Rates of Particulate Matter From Fan Ventilated Swine Barns
Methods for measuring concentrations and emission rates of particulate matter (PM) from mechanically ventilated livestock buildings were evaluated in a laboratory facility and in a swine-finishing barn. Concent...
Author: B. Z. Predicala, and R. G. Maghirang - Swine Day publication, Kansas State University Animal S...
Publication date: 07/22/2008    Rating:    Views: 558

Effect of Mixing Pigs or Maintaining Pen Integrity on the Response to Growing-Finishing Space Allocation
A cooperative study using 906 pigs was conducted to evaluate either mixing pigs or maintaining pen integrity during the move from nursery to finishing, and its effect on finishing space allowance. Treatments we...
Author: R. D. Goodband, M. C. Brumm, L. J. Johnston, K. Stalder, and the NCERA-89 Committee on Swine M...
Publication date: 06/09/2008    Rating:    Views: 705

Treating Swine Manure with Aluminum Chloride
Liquid aluminum chloride can be added to swine manure at most types of production facilities. This may occur in the pit inside the production facility or in a retention pond or lagoon. This may occur on a regul...
Author: Doug Smith, USDA-ARS, West Lafayette, Indiana - University of Tennessee Extension
Publication date: 05/15/2008    Rating:    Views: 934

Aflatoxin: An Occasional Contaminant of Feed Grains
Aflatoxins are toxic by-products produced by the fungi Aspergillus flavus and Aspergillus parasiticus. The Aspergillus fungus can germinate and grow on feed grains at moisture levels of 15 % or greater in the p...
Author: Allen Harper, Extension Animal Scientist and Swine and Junmei Zhao, Graduate Student - Animal ...
Publication date: 05/12/2008    Rating:    Views: 1073

Castration of Pigs
Castration of male livestock intended for meat production is a long standing management practice. In North American swine production, castration is essentially universal and only a select few male pigs are left...
Author: Dr. Allen Harper, Extension Animal Scientist – Swine, Tidewater AREC (Virginia Tech Cooperativ...
Publication date: 05/08/2008    Rating:    Views: 1487