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Sociable pigs can now be bred thanks to a method developed jointly by the Institute for Pig Genetics (IPG) and the Animal Breeding and Genomics Centre of Wageningen University. Researchers have developed a mathematical model that allows the social behaviour between pigs in a pen to be included in se...
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TOPIGS
Date of publication :
04/07/2008
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502
Sidedressing pre-emergent corn in the spring with swine manure produces yields comparable to applying commercial fertilizer, according to Ohio State University Extension research. Coming off of several years of research that showed that applying swine manure to post-emergent corn produced comparable...
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Ohio State University Extension
Date of publication :
04/04/2008
Views:
174
Hypor has signed an agreement with Farmers Sp. z.o.o., a Polish agricultural company, for the production and distribution of breeding pigs in the Polish market. Farmers Sp. z.o.o. is owned by the Kowalewski family and is located in Goldap in the North East of Poland. A new farm was built with a capa...
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Hypor
Date of publication :
04/04/2008
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360
Pig producers looking to reduce feed costs by including DDGS in the feed formulation can use the latest developments in enzyme technology to improve nutrient digestibility, according to recent research from Danisco Animal Nutrition.DDGS are highly fibrous and can be highly variable in nutrient avail...
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Danisco Animal Nutrition
Date of publication :
04/03/2008
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598
At the 2nd Annual London Swine Conference, Dr. Gary Dial spoke eloquently about the costs, consequences and control of endemic diseases in the swine industry. He believes that "we have entered a stage in the competitive evolution of the pork industry when we are being forced to consider any technolo...
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Ontario M. of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs
Date of publication :
04/01/2008
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370
Easy Bio chooses Hypor for its expertise in adapting to local requirementsHypor is proud to announce the arrival of its first breeding pigs into South Korea. The shipment of 197 GGPs arrived on February 3, 2008. A second shipment is currently in quarantine and is expected to be delivered early April...
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Hypor
Date of publication :
03/31/2008
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313
On March 4-6, INVE Nutri-Ad contributed to the Pig and Poultry Focus Conference in Bangkok, Thailand.Koen SCHWARZER showed the latest developments on the use of target release concepts to enhance intestinal health in piglets.Intestinal health in poultry was addressed in the paper that was presented ...
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INVE Nutri-AD
Date of publication :
03/31/2008
Views:
308
This fast, accurate Web-based method allows practices to efficiently order diagnostic tests from IDEXX Reference LaboratoriesIDEXX Reference Laboratories, a division of IDEXX Laboratories, Inc., announced the availability of LabREXX® on IDEXX VetConnect®. This free service, available at vetconnect.c...
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IDEXX Laboratories
Date of publication :
03/31/2008
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584
Three of the world’s top agricultural policy makers will come together to address feed, food and fuel issues as part of Alltech’s 24th International Animal Health and Nutrition Symposium to be held April 20-23, 2008 in Lexington, Kentucky USA.Mike Johanns, former secretary of the U.S. Department of ...
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Alltech Inc.
Date of publication :
03/29/2008
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310
The slaughterhouse’s holding pen – known also as lairage – is the end of the line for hogs on their way through the food chain. It can also be the beginning of the line for the spread of pathogenic Salmonella if processors don’t take note of whether incoming hogs are bringing the bacteria with them ...
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Newswise Science News
Date of publication :
03/26/2008
Views:
207