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Minnesota pork producing families look forward to seeing you at the Minnesota State Fair

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Minnesota pork producing families look forward to  seeing you at the Minnesota State Fair

Minnesota pork producing families look forward to seeing you at the Minnesota State Fair Pork recipe booklets, handy kitchen utensils, pig coloring books and a sow and piglets can be found at the Minnesota Pork Board’s exhibits during the Minnesota... (Continue reading)

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Economic Impact of Intervention Strategies during a PRRSv Outbreak

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Economic Impact of Intervention Strategies during a PRRSv Outbreak

The winter months have been shown to be the greatest at risk period for a Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome outbreak. With temperature fluctuations and ventilation adjustments in the barn, the concentration of pathogens can increase 20 times in the... (Continue reading)

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Peggy Flax, Ohio Pork Producer- Some Things are left to the imagination

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Peggy Flax, Ohio Pork Producer- Some Things are left to the imagination

Peggy D. Flax is a farm wife, food and consumer sciences professional, mother of four and grandmother of seven. She writes from her home office on her family swine and grain farm. By Peggy D. Flax As a consumer, I... (Continue reading)

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Mark Honeyman, Iowa State University- Iowa State Researchers Study Energy Use in Pig Production

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Mark Honeyman, Iowa State University- Iowa State Researchers Study Energy Use in Pig Production

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)

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Macdonald P Wick, Ohio State University-Filament Assembly Properties of the Sarcomeric Myosin Heavy Chain

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Macdonald P Wick, Ohio State University-Filament Assembly Properties of the Sarcomeric Myosin Heavy Chain

Abstract Meat is the edible muscle tissue of animals. The sarcomere is the fundamental functional unit of muscle. Growth and development of muscle is the result of the highly ordered accretion and assembly of the constituent proteins in the sarcomere.... (Continue reading)

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Pork Board Reveals New Marketing Campaign

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Pork Board Reveals New Marketing Campaign

Details of a new branding initiative and consumer marketing campaign for pork will be unveiled to pork producers attending the National Pork Industry Forum in Phoenix, Arizona, on Friday. The unveiling will highlight four days of activities for members of... (Continue reading)

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Nebraska Swine Report 2009

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Nebraska Swine Report 2009

Click here to view Nebraska Swine Report for 2009 The Nebraska Swine report Covers: nutrition, health and genetics, topics in the Report are below: Health *Effect Of Dam Parity On Litter Performance And Passive Immunity *Effect Of Dam Parity On... (Continue reading)

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The REFLECT statement: Methods and processes of creating reporting guidelines for randomized controlled trials for livestock and food safety – Feb 4 2010

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The REFLECT statement: Methods and processes of creating reporting guidelines for randomized controlled trials for livestock and food safety - Feb 4 2010

A. M. O’Connor, BVSc, MVSc, DVSc, FACVSc; J. M. Sargeant, DVM, MSc, PhD; I. A. Gardner, BVSc, MPVM, PhD; J. S. Dickson, MS, PhD; M. E. Torrence, DVM, PhD; and consensus meeting participants: C. E. Dewey, DVM, MSc, PhD; I.... (Continue reading)

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