Bellies save their Bacon
There was a time when pig price was determined by seasonal patterns and total production… Now the belly price is driving the carcass price in the United States.
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Optimal on-farm semen doses management: key points to control
Occasionally, breeders end up using semen with a suboptimal fertilizing ability due to inadequate storage conditions.
Pig health
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Oral fluids
Innovation in the collection of oral fluids.
IPVS 2018
The 25th International Pig Veterinary Society Congress (IPVS 2018) and 2018 International PRRS Symposium, has been held in Chongqing, China from June 11 to June 14, 2018.
Relevant measures to prevent the spread of ASF in the European Union domestic pig sector
This study systematically reviewed available measures to prevent the spread of ASF in the EU domestic pig sector distinguishing between commercial, non-commercial, and outdoor farms.
Relevant measures to prevent the spread of ASF in the European UnionComparison of pathogenic Salmonella spp. detection from porcine oral fluids, over-the-shoe booties, and fecal samples
The goal of this project was to compare the accuracy of oral-fluids and over-the-shoe booties to the current gold standard of fecal sampling for identification of Salmonella in pigs.
Comparison of pathogenic Salmonella spp. detection from porcine oral fEconomy
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Bellies save their Bacon
There was a time when pig price was determined by seasonal patterns and total production… Now the belly price is driving the carcass price in the United States.
Spanish pig price: Unstable balance or recurring shivers
Every week a new price is set that reflects a momentary and unstable but necessary and essential balance.
Nutrition
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Impact of environment temperature and food consumption on a pig's body temperature
The effect of environment temperature on the body temperature is greater than that of ingestion and digestion of food.
Impact of feeding corn distillers dried grains with solubles on pork fat quality
Feeding corn DDGS diets to growing-finishing pigs can substantially reduce feed cost while maintaining growth performance, but it reduces carcass pork fat firmness. How to solve it?
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Effect of lower-energy, higher-fiber diets on pigs divergently selected for residual feed intake when fed higher-energy, lower-fiber diets
Interaction between genetics and diet may be taken into account to feed the animals for a maximum growth potential.
Effect of lower-energy, higher-fiber diets on pigs divergently selecteComposition and digestibility of energy in wheat middlings and red dog
Red dog has higher nutritional value than wheat middlings for growing pigs.
Composition and digestibility of energy in wheat middlings and red dogOptimal on-farm semen doses management: key points to control
Occasionally, breeders end up using semen with a suboptimal fertilizing ability due to inadequate storage conditions.
Preparing the gilts: production
We talk about weight and age at mating, stall adaptation, flushing, how to perform heat detection and insemination, the convenience or inconvenience of segregating the gilts
Increase of returns: Management or PRRS?
Returns increase in a PRRS-positive farm in the middle of a census increase plus a change of management in the batch farrowing system, from 3 weeks to 1.
Effects of the different levels of dietary vitamin D on boar performance and semen quality
The possible mechanism of vitamin D action on boar performance was explored.
Effects of the different levels of dietary vitamin D on boar performanGenome-wide association study for sow lifetime productivity related traits in a Landrace purebred population
A genome-wide association study was performed to identify quantitative trait loci for SLP-related traits. A total of five genome-wide suggestive significant single nucleotide polymorphisms were identified.
Genome-wide association study for sow lifetime productivity related tr
Management
HideOptimal on-farm semen doses management: key points to control
Occasionally, breeders end up using semen with a suboptimal fertilizing ability due to inadequate storage conditions.
Use of a production planning chart with a metallic support
By writing down the sow’s number directly onto a piece of paper or a card we do not lose information
Portable and economic toys for pigs
More attractive for the pigs, more comfortable for farmers.
Pest control
A new plague threatens the farm...
The ideal mating/early gestation barn: stalls, feeders, floor, light (2/2)
The views of experienced experts on what the ideal mating /early gestation barn should look like.
Use of the space in the farrowing pens to avoid crushings
This trick tries to reduce the number of deaths by providing the piglets more resting space by using the corridor.
The ideal mating area: general design (1/2)
Joan Wennberg discusses with different experts how do they think that the ideal mating area design should be.
How to move piglets quickly and without getting tired
30 years ago, the idea of setting up a conveyor belt like the ones that are (or were) used in poultry farming appeared.
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