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European Union - Commission Decision laying down model health certificates for trade within the Union in ova and embryos of animals of the porcine species

Commission Decision of 26 August 2010 laying down model health certificates for trade within the Union in semen, ova and embryos of animals of the equine, ovine and caprine species and in ova and embryos of animals of the porcine species.

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Thompson’s tip: Light up for fertility

As day length shortens, many producers notice a fall in sow productivity, with increased returns to service

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Farrowing programming III

Next we will consider some aspects that can be taken into account in order to adjust the day to induce farrowing.

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Virtual boar winner

Winner of ACMC’s ‘virtual boar’ competition at the British Pig and Poultry Fair is H F Hart Ltd, Homeleaze Farm, Gloucestershire. They win £1,000 worth of semen for their 450-sow breeding and finishing herd.

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JSR Appoints new agent in Malaysia

JSR, the leading international pig genetics company, has taken further steps into the important Asian market, appointing Tong Fung Enterprises SDN BHD as their new agent in Malaysia.

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Dietary supplementation with 0.8% L-Arginine between days 0 and 25 of gestation reduces litter size in gilt

Dietary L-Arginine supplementation may negatively affect gilt reproductive performance.

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Organization of replacements V

On many farms the introduction of gilts is not homogenous. However, the introduction of a similar number of gilts to each productive batch would be ideal. How can we do this?

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Farrowing Room

Are the measures taken with the pig in the farrowing room correct? Are the facilities optimal?

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Breakthrough in livestock sex selection

Ovasort Limited, which is based in Cardiff, has discovered sex-linked proteins on the surface of sperm cells of both pigs and cattle, and has developed a prototype product to identify and separate the male and female cells for each sex in both species.

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Farrowing programming II

The gestation period in the majority of sows is usually around 113 to 115 days. However, a percentage of sows can farrow normally up to 3 days before or after.

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How to stimulate the sow during Artifitial Insemination

Aroused sows, Danish scientists have discovered, increases by several percentage points impregnation by artificial insemination. From TED Talk shared knowledge podcast.

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United Kingdom - Scottish pig industry unveils new eahlth project

The Scottish pig industry and Quality Meat Scotland are taking action to promote high health status in the national pig herd and avoid thousands of pounds of losses through disease introduction.

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Intra-uterine insemination with low numbers of frozen–thawed boar spermatozoa in spontaneous and induced ovulating sows under field conditions

The present study was conducted to evaluate non-return rate (NR), farrowing rate (FR), and number of total pigs born/litter (TB) of weaned sows after intra-uterine insemination (IUI) using low numbers of frozen–thawed (FT) spermatozoa.

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Longitudinal field study to assess sow level risk factors associated with stillborn piglets

The aim of this study was to identify risk factors for stillborn piglets at sow level in commercial pig herds in northern Belgium. In total, 545 sows of 22 pig herds were included in the study. Stillborn piglets were observed in 48.3% of the litters and the mean stillbirth rate of the sows was 7.5%.

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Post-weaning Altrenogest treatment in primiparous sows; the effect of duration and dosage on follicular development and consequences for early pregnancy

Post-weaning treatment with Altrenogest of first litter sows influenced follicle size and shortened the follicular phase, but did not affect ovulation rate or early embryonic development.

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Positive sow in heat

A sow shows the typical behaviour of estrus and is mated by a boar.