2005 Swine Research Review - Pork Quality
Methods to improve carcass chilling and the risk of Toxoplasma infection n retail meat products are evaluated. ...
2005 Swine Research Review
A detailed look at the cost of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome, cultured bacteria as an alternative to antibiotics for E. coli and the impact of crowding on performance are covered....
2005 Swine Research Review
The impact of Bioplex organic trace minerals on mineral excretion rates, management strategies to reduce ammonia volatilization from swine manure and reducing hydrogen sulfide emmisions are featured....
Pork Checkoff Funds Two Swine Welfare Projects
The National Pork Board announced two newly-funded swine welfare projects covering pig handling and transport issues, says Sherrie Niekamp, new director...
2005 Swine Research Review - Nutrition
This section covers the impact of out-of-feed events on pig performance, sorting finishing pigs by weight and bumping energy improves returns, and the impact of nursery diet ingredients on feed flow....
Sow Stalls vs. Pens
A year in the making, a national veterinary group releases its official policy statement on sows confined in gestation stalls. The debate over sow stalls...
More Space Carries a Price
Even the best option to boost pig space will shrink return on equity, says a National Pork Board study. Animal welfare pressure has spurred interest in...
Trucker Program Revised
For 2005, it has been a year of recertification and minor but important changes in the pork checkoff-funded Trucker Quality Assurance (TQA) program. The...
Take a Walk; Calm Your Pigs
Spending a minute a day walking amongst finishing pigs can pay dividends at loading and in the packing plant. Calm, low-stress handling of market hogs...
Fact vs. Fiction in Animal Welfare Debate
Talk is cheap in the animal welfare debate when animal activists depict a chilling image of tortured animals on America's hog farms. Unless hog producers...
