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Top Chinese talent joins JSR

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 Top Chinese talent joins JSR

One of China’s brightest young graduates has joined a leading UK pig genetics company and will play a key role in their plans for sales growth in China and Asia.   Yolanda Hou, who started work at JSR Genetics earlier... (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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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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A Survey of Farm of Origin and Slaughter Plant Effects on Pork Quality

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A Survey of Farm of Origin and Slaughter Plant Effects on Pork Quality

INTRODUCTION The issue of meat quality has grown to be of major concern in the swine industry. Cannon et al. (1995) reported that the condition referred to as pale, soft, and exudative (PSE) pork caused U.S. packers significant losses. It... (Continue reading)

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Duration of Infection and Proportion of Pigs Persistently Infected with Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus†

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Duration of Infection and Proportion of Pigs Persistently Infected with Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus†

Robert W. Wills,* Alan R. Doster, Judith A. Galeota, Jung-Hyang Sur,‡ and Fernando A. Osorio Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Science, University of Nebraska—Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68583-0907 *Corresponding author. Present address: P.O. Box 6100, Mississippi State, MS 39762. Phone: (662)... (Continue reading)

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Pre-weaning mortality of piglets in a bedded group-farrowing system- March 2010

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Pre-weaning mortality of piglets in a bedded group-farrowing system- March 2010

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)

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