Can Simple Nursery Diets Save You Money?
Compensatory growth is possible after reductions in growth rate, so nursery diet costs may be reduced without affecting growth performance in the long run. Robustness is decreased when fed a simple nursery diet compared to a complex one. No differences...
Better Pork October 2020
Articles in the October 2020 Better Pork Include: Beyond the Barn: Canadian Pork Industry Shares Comments on CUSMA, Colostrum Critical for Piglets, Added Tests to Monitor for ASF The new North American trade agreement, CUSMA, did not significantly alter Canada’s...
Better Pork June 2020
Articles in the June 2020 Better Pork Include: Beyond the Barn: Scientists Aim to Boost Piglet Performance, Risk Management Pilot Underway, Preparing Pork this BBQ Season Micronutrient supplementation may help improve piglet growth and development. Oral supplements to the sow...
Better Pork April 2020
Articles in the April 2020 Better Pork Include: Beyond the Barn: The Pork Sector’s Beef With Protein Labelling, Gut Check: How to Improve Pig Health, Ontario Team Wins Innovation Award Impossible Foods’ created a new Impossible Pork product that is...
Better Pork February 2020
Articles in the February 2020 Better Pork Include: Beyond the Barn: USMCA: Much Ado About Something for Producers, Ontario Updates Animal Welfare Bill, Stakeholders Brace for Risk of ASF The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement has been signed. Canadian pork farmers are...
Better Pork December 2019
Articles in the December 2019 Better Pork Include: Beyond the Barn: Seneca Valley Virus Rears Its Ugly Head, U.S. Updates Slaughter Inspections, A New Approach to Vaccination Seneca Valley Virus has clinical signs similar to reportable vesicular foreign animal disease...
Better Pork October 2019
Articles in the October 2019 Better Pork Include: Beyond the Barn: Video Games Test Swine Disease Control Efforts, Keeping ASF Out of Canada, Producers See Red Over Markets Farmers’ risk attitudes are studied through a video game and how they...
Better Pork June 2019
Articles in the June 2019 Better Pork Include: Beyond the Barn: Wild Pigs a Wild Card for ASF, Facial Recognition for Swine Farms, The Problem of Trade Uncertainty Having African swine fever in the wild boar population has made it...
Better Pork April 2019
Articles in the April 2019 Better Pork Include: Beyond the Barn: Swine-Powered Semis on the Horizon, Tainted Meat Makes Bad Souvenir, New Trial Cancer Treatment Tool Diesel-powered engines may be able to use swine manure as a renewable fuel source....
Better Pork February 2019
Articles in the February 2019 Better Pork Include: Beyond the Barn: Properly Storing Drugs Pays Off, Finding a Prescription for Success, Tips for Keeping Disease at Bay Veterinary medications should be stored carefully at specific temperatures. Accurate thermometers are necessary...
Better Pork December 2018
Articles in the December 2018 Better Pork Include: Beyond the Barn: Hot Tips for Cold-Weather Transport, Sourcing New Organ Donors, Putting the Best Hoof Forward Bedding, low densities and temperature at loading and arrival are important. Lower densities are important...
Better Pork October 2018
Articles in the October 2018 Better Pork Include: Beyond the Barn: Lessons Learned About Swine Herd Health in the U.S., Pigging Out on Pork for Heart Health, Moving Ahead from PED Outbreaks The U.S. has already implemented the regulations to...