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[Management]

Carles Casanovas

On many farms the arrival of nulliparous sows is not homogenous. However, it has been noted that it would be ideal to introduce a similar number of sows to each productive batch. How can we do this?

Fattening: Cleanliness and feed

[pig welfare]

Paolo Candotti

This new test has to do with the correct feed and levels of hygiene in the pens.

Playing and fighting by piglets around weaning on farms, employing individual or group housing of lactating sows

We assessed how piglets play, fighting and biting behaviour before and after weaning were affected by the housing system and weaning age as well as how the three behaviours are related to each other and piglet post-weaning weight gain.

Artificial Insemination

[Videos]

Uncle Sam Farm #2, Paradise Farms, San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan, where the students of CLSU conducted an Artificial Insemination for the student's Field Training.

Climate change and animal diseases (II)

[What the experts say ]

Montserrat Torremorell

As better information systems capable to measure change in disease patterns, vector distribution and environmental conditions are put in place, we may be surprised about the range of diseases directly or indirectly already affected by climate change.

Simultaneous detection of porcine circovirus type 2, classical swine fever virus, porcine parvovirus and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus in pigs by multiplex polymerase chain reaction

[swine abstracts]

A multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was designed for the simultaneous detection of four viruses involved in reproductive and respiratory failure in pigs: porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV-2), porcine parvovirus (PPV), classical swine fever virus (CSFV) and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV).