Individual articles in this issue of the Annual Research Report are located in our PorkInsight Database.

2001

ENGINEERING

• The impact of feeder adjustment and group size / density on weanling pig performance
• Current Engineering Projects at Prairie Swine Centre Inc.

BEHAVIOUR

• Thermoregulation of the nursery by early weaned piglets through operant conditioning
• Effect of group size on aggression of grower-finisher pigs
• Effect of gender and crowding on variation in days to market

NUTRITION

• Response to dietary energy concentration and stocking density in weaned pigs
• Feeding level affects barley DE measurements in grower pigs
• The effect of ergot on the performance of weanling pigs
• Nutritional value of high oil groats
• Effects of pelleting, expanding plus pelleting, and enzyme supplementation on barley diets with wheat millrun on DE content
• Effects of fibre in cereal grains on performance of weaned pigs
• Replacement of soybean meal with canola meal in weaned piglets
• Dietary cereal affects intestine bacteria numbers in weaned pigs
• Nutritional value of debranned wheat
• Effects of nipple drinker height and flow rate on water wastage in grower and finisher pigs

ENVIRONMENT

• Dietary particle size and nutrient supply affect nitrogen excretion
• Greenhouse gas and odour emissions from swine operations in Québec and Saskatchewan: benchmark assessments
• Dietary protein and fermentable fibre affect nitrogen excretion
• Airborne Endotoxin and Microbial DNA Outside a Swine Barn
• Manure Management in Zero Till Systems