PRRSV surveillance. How we could track the progress towards PRRS control in our farms?
How can we monitor our program? Which pigs should be sampled? How many? How often should we sequence the virus/es present in our farms?
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Vaccination against Salmonella in pigs. What can we expect?
Could the vaccination against Salmonella in pigs be as crucial as it has been in poultry?
Influenza type A outbreak in a minimal disease farm
The farmer contacted the veterinary surgeon concerning an increase of respiratory distress and mortality in the finishing pigs during the previous 3 days.
Pig health
HideVaccination against Salmonella in pigs. What can we expect?
Could the vaccination against Salmonella in pigs be as crucial as it has been in poultry?
PRRSV surveillance. How we could track the progress towards PRRS control in our farms?
How can we monitor our program? Which pigs should be sampled? How many? How often should we sequence the virus/es present in our farms?
Influenza type A outbreak in a minimal disease farm
The farmer contacted the veterinary surgeon concerning an increase of respiratory distress and mortality in the finishing pigs during the previous 3 days.
Economy
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The end of mimicry: the floor price is near
The almost mimetic similarity between the Spanish price curve in 2015 and 2018 ends here and now. We think that it is completely impossible that the decrease in price reaches €0.95, like then.
ASF: Slow-motion train wreck or approaching tsunami?
There is no doubt if the disease is discovered in a major piglet or pork producing/exporting country such as Denmark, Germany, Spain or the USA, the mortality it causes would be only the beginning of the woes.
Nutrition
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Improving performance and homogeneity in the fattening stage: feeder space and feed management
The two measures studied would allow to reduce liveweight variability at slaughter by 10-15%.
Soybean meal (44-48% CP)
Nutritional value (table comparison), production, trade and the most recent studies on soybean meal.
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Protected organic acids impact on performance and fecal microbiota in weanling
Dietary inclusion of protected organic acids may be useful as a suitable alternative to antibiotics.
Protected organic acids impact on performance and fecal microbiota inAssessing the performance of lactating sows fed with two different organic diets
Low-protein organic diets can achieve performance standards in lactating sows with small litters but not in large litter.
Assessing the performance of lactating sows fed with two different org
Piglets weaned per sow lifetime, the hidden index
One of the indices that is generating much interest is the one referred to the number of weaned piglets per sow lifetime (WSL). This index refers to the total number of piglets that a sow has weaned throughout its productive life.
Sudden rise in returns to oestrus
A farrow-to-finish farm went from 10% to 50% of returns to oestrus, and almost 90% of them were regular.
How can farm production be increased with the use of Supersows?
The key lies in gilt management ...
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.
Management
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Using a rubber band to block the insemination catheter when it does not have a cap on its end
The idea is to avoid semen backflow when we leave a catheter without its cap inside the sow for some minutes after AI.
Improving performance and homogeneity in the fattening stage: feeder space and feed management
The two measures studied would allow to reduce liveweight variability at slaughter by 10-15%.
All you need in one sheet!
How to have all the information about the weanings available in a simple way.
Tail biting outbreaks: strategies to minimize the problem and on-going preventative measures
The authors share their strategies in the face of tail biting outbreaks as well as on-going preventative measures.
Fighting the heatwave...
Ventilation requires a high precision...
A very easy method for cleaning creep feeders
We explain a simple and easy method for cleaning creep feeders.
Releasing individual feed dispensers in the gestation quarters
The goal is to be able to make that some individual dispensers do not deliver feed when they are all full
Heat stress
When summer comes we must check the ventlation system...
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