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2024 PSC Producer Meetings

Ken Engele
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March 19, 2024

2024 PSC Producer Meetings

Tuesday, April 30th – Strathmore, AB. – Travelodge Hotel, 1150 – 350 Ridge Road

Wednesday, May 1st – Swift Current, SK. – Coast Hotel, 905 North Service Rd. E.

Friday, May 3rd – Niverville, MB. – Niverville Heritage Centre, 100 Heritage Trail

 

Time: 10:00 – 3:00 p.m

9:30 REGISTRATION

Lunch provided

 

AGENDA

“Insights into mycotoxins in swine diets”

Dan Columbus, Ph.D. – Prairie Swine Centre

 “Seek and you shall find” …The value of post mortem, in pigs?”

Jeff Bergermann, DVM. – Zoetis

“Advances in nutrition for pig health”

Dan Columbus, Ph.D. – Prairie Swine Centre

“Moving forward with improved sow housing: why, what and how?”

Jen-Yun Chou, Ph.D. – Prairie Swine Centre

“P1 development strategies for peak performance”

Kendall Weger, B.Sc. – PIC

“Advancing swine welfare practices to empower your industry: what the Chair in Swine Welfare is doing for you“

Martyna Lagoda, Ph.D. – Western College of Veterinary Medicine

 

To register for this seminar, please contact one of the following:

Donna.VanGorp@zoetis.com; Steffen.Klenk@genusplc.com

Ken.Engele@usask.ca

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Research Areas
EngineeringEthologyManagementMediaNutritionOntario PorkProductionSwine Innovation Porc

Engineering

  • Optimizing temperature requirements of pigs to reduce energy use in swine production
  • Investment cost and payback period of a modified prototype livestock trailer
  • Alternative energy and heating sources

Nutrition

  • Transepithelial ion transport in the stomach of pigs exposed to gastric ulcer conditions
  • Developing an Indigestible Protein Index to Investigate the Effects of Dietary Protein in Pigs
  • Impact of fibre on performance and intestinal health of pigs fed a high indigestible protein level

Ethology

  • The influence of straw enrichment on hair hormone concentrations, behaviour, and productivity of growing pigs
  • Rearing pigs with play opportunities: The effects on disease resilience in pigs experimentally inoculated with PRRSV
  • Promoting play behaviour in grow-finish pigs

Management

  • Quality of Life Handbook – The use of environmental enrichment
  • Seek and you shall find; The value of postmortem, in pigs?
  • P1 development strategies for peak performance

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