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Effects of the physical environment, animal traits, feeder and feed characteristics on the feeding behaviour and performance of growing-finishing pigs

These results may contribute to the improvement of the welfare and performance of growing-finishing pigs by a better knowledge of the influence of the rearing environment.

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Digestibility of GE and TDF in diets containing novel carbohydrates fed to growing pigs

GE and TDF digestibility of novel carbohydrates sources for growing pigs.

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Effect of dietary conjugated linoleic acid on marbling and intramuscular adipocytes in pork

Conjugated linoleic acid in pig diets may improve marbling and pork quality.

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FAO: experts eye commodities speculation, food price swings

The world needs to take a hard look at speculation on the financial markets and its potential impact on food price volatility.

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Dietary supplementation with L-Arginine partially counteracts serum metabonome induced by weaning stress in piglets

Arginine has a key role in metabolism regulation in weanling pigs.

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USA: Vilsack announces efforts to assist farmers and ranchers impacted by drought

The assistance announced uses the Secretary of Agriculture's existing authority to help create and encourage flexibility within four USDA programs.

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Improve feed conversion to cut costs

Pig producers could save nearly £9 per pig by improving their finishers’ feed efficiency by 0.54.

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Tryptophan:lysine ratios in diets containing 30% of DDGS on growth performance of 71 to 125 kg pigs

Increasing tryptophan:lysine ratio from 15 to 21% in DDGS rich diets improves carcass yields in finishing pigs.

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Drought sends corn higher

The drought is hitting a wide swath of the corn belt, including Iowa and Illinois, the two largest corn-producing states.

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Effects of adding cracked corn to a pelleted supplement for nursery and finishing pigs

The use of cracked corn in pelleted diets may improve performance and reduce gastric ulcer scores in fattening pigs.

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DELACON appoints Head of Communications

Markus Dedl, CEO of DELACON, is pleased to announce the appointment of Gernot Ortmann as Head of Communications.

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Number of human cases attributed to pork. Since 1993 the number of human cases has dropped 80 %

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The Danish Salmonella control program - lessons learnt

Interventions can only reduce but not eradicate Salmonella from the herd. This emphasises the importance of trying to avoid introduction especially Salmonella Typhimurium or Salmonella Derby.

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Plant additives as an alternative to feed antimicrobials in the prevention of postweaning diarrhoea in pigs

Both plants, Eugenia and Pterocarya can represent effective alternatives to feed antimicrobials for the use in prevention of PWD in pigs, but further studies are necessary.

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