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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....

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...

Handle with Care: Farm to Fork 

A vertically integrated pork system and the nation's second-largest hog producer vows to integrate animal welfare throughout production. When it comes...

Rearrange Welfare Thinking 

I've beem hanging around pigs all of my life. Generally, I think I understand them pretty well. But, like people, they're all different. Some pigs are...

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...

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