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New Energy and Amino Acid Requirements for Gestating Sows
Written on 21 Feb, 2013 at 12:28 in Canada East Swine Technical Articles, Canada West Swine News, Canada West Technical Articles, Eastern Canada, Featured Canada East Swine News, Feed, Swine News, Technical Articles | Comments
Author(s): Soenke Moehn, Danilo Franco, Crystal Levesque, Ryan Samuel and Ronald O. Ball Publication Date: February 15, 2012 Reference: CSRDC – Swine Innovation Porc Country: Canada Summary: In the last few years, new research in sow nutrition has provided evidence... (Continue reading)
Sow Feeding Considerations
Written on 12 Dec, 2011 at 7:54 in Canada East Swine Technical Articles | Comments
As the prices of feed grains creep upward pork producers are searching for ways to reduce feed costs. In the area of feeding gestating sows, managers and herds people must understand the principles of why sows are fed the way... (Continue reading)
Mark Honeyman, Iowa State University- Iowa State Researchers Study Energy Use in Pig Production
Written on 26 Apr, 2011 at 7:08 in Iowa Swine Commentaries | Comments
The concept of “life cycle assessment” was first applied to manufacturing processes but is increasingly being used to examine agriculture. It’s a technique to analyze the environmental impacts associated with a product, process or service. Iowa State University researchers used... (Continue reading)
Pre-weaning mortality of piglets in a bedded group-farrowing system- March 2010
Written on 25 Mar, 2010 at 8:51 in Minnesota Swine Commentaries | Comments
Source:AASV Yuzhi Li, PhD; Lee Johnston, PhD; Adrienne Hilbrands, MSc West Central Research and Outreach Center, University of Minnesota, Morris, Minnesota.Corresponding author: Dr Yuzhi Li, West Central Research and Outreach Center, University of Minnesota, 46352 State Hwy 329, Morris, MN... (Continue reading)
Evaluating and Correcting Lameness in Sows
Written on 26 Feb, 2010 at 9:06 in Minnesota Swine Commentaries | Comments
Dr Mark Whitney, Associate Extension Professor at the University of Minesota Extension Service offers practical tips to assess foot and claw health of sows and to correct some of the underlying causes by mineral supplements and improving the floor condition.... (Continue reading)
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