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Irradiating Spray-Dried Plasma Improves Nursery Pig Performance 

Feb 15, 2006

Feeding irradiated, spray-dried animal plasma in the nursery may help get pigs off to a better start, compared to feeding them non-irradiated plasma in...

DDGS Boosts Sow Nutrition 

Feb 15, 2006

High-producing lactating sows can thrive using 15% distiller's dried grains with solubles (DDGS) to help meet their nutritional needs. Equally important,...

Organic Acids a Popular Antibiotic Alternative 

Feb 15, 2006 - Deb Neutkens

The 2006 European ban on antibiotics as growth promoters is a well-accepted regulation, says Martin Verstegen, an animal nutrition professor at Wageningen...

Spreadsheet Identifies Limiting Amino Acids 

Feb 15, 2006

One of the best ways to reduce nitrogen excretion by pigs is to reduce the dietary protein level by supplementing with amino acids. This requires knowledge...

Boron Shows Promise In Curbing Lameness 

Jan 15, 2006 - By Dale Miller Editor

Osteochondrosis a big word that has all but dropped out of the swine industry's vocabulary has resurfaced in a small study conducted by swine veterinary...

DDGS Web Site Launched 

Dec 15, 2005 - by Joe Vansickle, Senior Editor (952) 851-4670; jvansickle@primediabusiness.com

A new Web site on distiller's dried grains with solubles (DDGS) has been launched on a new University of Illinois (U of I) Extension Web site at http://ilift.traill.uiuc.ed/distillers/....

Feeding Trials Cut Nitrogen Excretion Rates 

Nov 15, 2005 - by Joe Vansickle, Senior Editor

Iowa State University (ISU) leads a four-year air emissions project funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) conducting animal feeding studies...

Netting Pig Profit with Net Energy 

Nov 15, 2005 - by Debra Neutkens

The Europeans are eons ahead of U.S. producers in managing the energy portion of a pig's diet. Defining an ingredient's true energy value requires a system...

Joint Study Probes How Corn Traits Impact Pig Performance 

May 13, 2005

Researchers from Golden Harvest Seeds, Inc. and Iowa State University (ISU) have united to learn how corn kernel traits influence pig weight gain and performance....

Sow Parity, Nutrition Drive Reproductive Efficiency 

Mar 15, 2005 - by Frank Aherne and Malachy Young

Ongoing changes in agricultural policy and the liberalization in trade have increased the world market for pork, making it all the more vital for the...

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