Stress of Castration Increases with Age
Castration is stressful for newborn piglets, but three teams of researchers have concluded that the stress associated with handling appears to increase with the age of the pig...
Pork Board Asks Industry for Pork Quality Program Support
The National Pork Board has adopted a resolution asking all U.S. pork producers to become certified in the Pork Quality Assurance (PQA) Plus program by June 30, 2010 and to achieve PQA Plus site status by Dec. 31, 2010...
PQA Plus Gains Momentum
Over 26,000 U.S. pork producers have received Pork Quality Assurance Plus (PQA Plus) certification, according to a recent report from Erik Risa, manager of education programs for the Pork Checkoff. ...
Fatigue Causes Majority
Canadian livestock consultant completes study of commercial livestock hauling mishaps. Bad weather often gets the blame, but in actuality, driver fatigue...
The Key to Making Pen Gestation Work
With over 50 years of hog-raising experience under his belt, Dale Keesecker has seen and tried any number of new products and management practices. In...
Trial Tracks Impact Of Feeding Frequency
Aggression, body condition scores and reproductive levels were compared when sows were fed twice vs. six times/day. Kansas State University researchers...
TQA: What's In a Name?
The pork industry extends its hog-handling focus from truckers to a broader Transport Quality Assurance program. To minimize pork quality losses during...
Clearing Up the Confusion Over Pork Quality-Plus
Fact sheet offers quick rundown of new industry program. Participation in the National Pork Board's Pork Quality Assurance-Plus (PQA-Plus) program, introduced...
Electric Prod Use Can Be Costly
Research at Canada's Prairie Swine Centre (PSC) confirms that use of an electric prod to move market hogs elevates stress levels in the animals vs. other means of handling...
Don't Mix Sows 10-14 Days after Breeding
As pork producers take up the challenge to house gestating sows in groups vs. individual stalls...
