Animal Clones Deemed Safe
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued three draft documents detailing the safety of animal clones. A draft risk assessment concludes that...
Genetics/Reproduction
25 Years of Genetic Selection, Swine Nutrition Compared
Structural correctness in commercial hogs is an ongoing challenge facing pork producers...
Herd Health/Management
Transport Sanitation Reduces PRRS Risk
Pig transport systems have become a major risk for the spread of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome...
Unraveling the Litter Size Riddle
Farrowing managers measure success by the number of live pigs produced for each pregnancy. Confounding this measure of success is the miracle of physiology,...
Animal ID Setback
The National Animal Identification System (NAIS) suffered a setback in May. When members of the U.S. House of Representatives passed an $18.4 billion...
Sow Condition Scoring Guidelines
Sow herd culling and mortality rates have reached unacceptable levels in some herds. Reproductive failure is the most common reason sows are culled from...
Managing Sows In Gestation
Sow herd management is generally broken into the three phases of a sow's life gestating a litter, nursing a litter and not pregnant but getting ready...
Understanding Why Sows Are Culled
Sow culling rates have a direct correlation to the economic efficiency of a breeding herd. Some sows are culled voluntarily in an effort to improve overall...
Targeting 30 P/S/Y? Use this Checklist
Just a few years ago, a sow farm averaging 26 pigs/sow/year (P/S/Y) was considered a leading performer. But the Danes have demonstrated that more is possible,...
2005 Swine Research Review - Genetics/Reproduction
Reviewed are genetic pathways to reduce phosphorus excretion, timing for artificial insemination and genetic resistance patterns to the porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus....
