The Ties that Bind
Show ring competition offers common ground for young and old...
Sows on the Silver Screen
Sows at the University of Illinois are being videotaped around the clock to determine if their “microenvironment” might create stress. By filming the activities of sows...
Lameness, Arthritis Challenges Persist
Look beyond disease for solutions to structural issues. Most hogs are raised on some type of concrete flooring. These hard surfaces place structural demands...
Livestock Handling Expert Promotes Accident Reduction Program
Independent livestock handling specialist Jennifer Woods of Alberta, Canada, says the United States needs a national program to address livestock hauling...
Making ESF Work
Field studies at the University of Pennsylvania track application and performance of electronic sow feeders (ESF). Consulting veterinarian Tom Parsons...
One Size Does Not Fit All
The variation in body size of sows needs greater consideration before gestation stalls are abandoned altogether. Pork producers should ask themselves...
Pen Gestation Isn't Complicated
The general manager of the country's largest pen gestation system says producers shouldn't fear group sow housing. Bob Ivey wanted to leave the standing-room-only...
Sow Housing Debated
A University of Illinois animal scientist offers support for individual stalls, while a Canadian scientist provides an overview of group sow housing research....
Stalls or Pens? Ask the Sows!
Is the move to abandon stalls for gestating sows a done deal? Not in some people's minds. Listen close and you'll hear a murmur spreading in the pork...
Accident Response Plan
North Carolina's largest integrator has formalized a means of dealing with live hog-hauling accidents to ensure animal well-being. Murphy-Brown's Animal...
