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Introduction Since the mid-20th century, the livestock and poultry industries have seen advances in several areas including nutrition, genetics, engineering, veterinary medicine, and management, all of which have enhanced feed efficiency, growth performance, and meat yield. Recently, there has been a clamor of calls from industries to focus more on how animal agriculture affects the environment an ...
Discussion created on July 13, 2015
In some litters, esp. those whom the sow was not given pre-farrow strep shield, we have encountered incidences of erratic head shaking affecting coordination and ability to function and nurse normally. Is there any known action or treatment which can reverse these symptoms in new born piglets????
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The reporting and tracking is going to be an enormous SNAFU. PEDv and its variants have been here since May of 2013. It of course has spread across the country without much resistance and has affected herds whose niche market is the showpig industry. Showpigs from affected herds are now scattered from Ohio to California, Georgia to Oregon. It will become a paperwork nightmare too track every 4-H a ...
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