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 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 February 22, 2013:
INTRODUCTION
Ractopamine hydrochloride (RAC) is an orally active β-adrenergic agonist that is incorporated into feed rations of finishing swine. Numerous studies have demonstrated the ...
Article published the November 30, 2012:
Introduction
Immunological castration of male pigs with Improvest® (Pfizer Animal Health) allows the production benefits of intact males to be exploited while eliminating the risk of producing pork with bo...
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:
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...
Article published the October 19, 2012:
As a homeothermic species, the pig maintains a relatively constant core body temperature. When raised in pens with outside access, it aggressively modifies its behavior in response to changing climatic conditio...
Article published the October 19, 2012:
Introduction
Growing pigs produce tremendous amounts of heat (Brown-Brandl, et al. 2004) and when raised in confinement facilities this heat must be removed by the barn's environmental control system (Brumm, ...
Article published the September 28, 2012:
IN THE MORE DEVELOPED MARKETS PIG-BREEDING HAS BEEN CHARACTERISED BY STAGNATION OF PRODUCTION AND COMMERCIAL BUSINESS OVER THE EXTENDED PERIOD WHICH IS CONNECTED WITH HIGH PRICES FOR EATABLES.
Among the major ...