Typical ventilation problems and their prevention
Tail biting is a typical non-specific reaction to a deterioration of the environmental conditions.
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EU - Stricter transport rules will mean more expensive meat
The European Commission has admitted proposals to reduce livestock journey times and stocking densities may lead to a “slight increase” in meat prices for consumers.
2009 Pfizer Trainee of the Year Awards
The search for the top trainees in the pig and poultry industries has begun with the launch of the 2009 Pfizer Trainee of the Year Awards.
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ArticlePig vision and management/handling
Pigs have a panoramic vision of 310º and binocular vision of 35-50º (Fig. 1). This means that compared to humans, pigs prioritise their lateral monocular vision and this increases their panoramic vision (greater capacity for detecting possible danger, food, other pigs, etc) and decreases their bifocal vision (greater difficulty for calculating distances).
PRRS Eradication
Preventing vertical and horizontal spread of PRRSV from dam to offspring is critical for the production of naive replacement stock
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ArticleSwine Production in the Philippines (1/2)
The PHP 160 billion hog industry is the second leading contributor to Philippine agriculture coming in second to rice despite being almost exclusively without government subsidy.
AASV: Nebraska Veterinarian Named Swine Practitioner of the Year
John T. Waddell, DVM, MBA, Sutton, Neb., was selected Swine Practitioner of the Year by the American Association of Swine Veterinarians. He is a food animal practitioner in Sutton, Neb., where he has practiced since 1981.
Material for the manipulation activities of the pig: better to face the problem than ignore it!
Pigs must have permanent access to a sufficient quantity of material to enable proper investigation and manipulation activities, such as straw, hay, wood, sawdust, mushroom compost, peat ...
Biosecurity I: Relative importance of different precautions
This is the first of a series of articles written by Tom Alexander for www.3tres3.com which we would like to publish again here as a way of paying homage and showing gratitude for his invaluable collaboration.
Effect of neonatal iron status, iron injections at birth and weaning in young pigs from sows fed either organic or inorganic trace minerals
Independently of the nature of the Fe source in sow diet, the Fe injection at birth it is critical to achieve optimum growth of piglets
Water system restrictions
The objective of drinking device management is to provide water at a rate that satisfies the pigs thirst without either limiting intake because the rate of delivery is too low or resulting in increased spillage due to a rate that is faster than the pig can swallow.
Controlling finisher PCV2 mortality: vaccination results (2/2)
Control of PCV2 infections are increasingly through piglet vaccination now that global supplies are increasing.
PRRS control
The presence of subpopulations of exposed and non-exposed sows in chronically PRRSV-infected breeding herds assists in the maintenance of virus circulation in the breeding herd over time.
Controlling finisher PCV2 mortality: infection dynamics (1/2)
Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) infections can be extremely costly causing wasting and increases in mortality.
Ventilation – heating and cooling
The purpose of a ventilation system is to remove excessive moisture and heat produced by animals in order to maintain an indoor climate within certain limits