Barn gas monitoring with automated ventilation control
John Van de Vegte, OMAFRA Summary Farrowing, nursery and finishing barns do require a designed ventilation system to manage air quality within the pig housing areas. Ventilation system performance is optimized through the use of a sophisticated ventilation system controller that must include automated static pressure management. Within...
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Ken Engele
Development of an in vitro/in vivo correlation method to assess the efficiency of oral drug release from medicated feeds in swine
Dr. Jerome del Castillo, University of Montreal Summary For the last 70 years, feed has been used as a convenient drug administration vehicle for group medication of pigs. Once they satisfy the requirements for regulatory approval, the dietary drug premixes may be admixed to any kind of...
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Ken Engele
Precision feeding of gestating sows
Dr. Ira Mandell, University of Guelph Summary Using feeding programs that precisely match estimated daily energy and Lys requirements for gestating sows provides the opportunity to reduce nitrogen losses to the environment and reduce lactation feed usage, without negatively affecting sow reproductive and lactation performance. Depending on...
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Ken Engele
Centred on Swine en Français (Automne 2022 Volume 30, numéro 1)
Les sujets comprennent: Les rations de pouponnière à base de protéines animales et les acides aminés fonctionnels améliorent les performances et le statut sanitaire des porcelets sevrés L’enrichissement compatible avec les planchers lattés peut-il influencer le comportement et la réaction des porcs face à un...
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Ken Engele
Gene Editing in the Pork Industry
Join Swine Innovation Porc in Banff for an afternoon of Networking, Learning and Discussion Date: January 10, 2023 Time: 1:30pm - 4:00pm Location: Fairmont Hotel, Banff Let’s talk about pork innovation ahead of the Banff Pork Seminar We're bringing together leading experts to discuss rapid advancements in gene editing while...
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Ken Engele
Auditing Best Management Practices on Swine Farms Across Canada
Auditing Best Management Practices on Swine Farms Across Canada Ken Engele - Prairie Swine Centre, Phone: (306) 667-7443, Email: ken.engele@usask.ca Laurence Maignel - Centre de développement du porc du Québec, Phone: (613) 627-0732, Email: laurence@ccsi.ca Purpose and Objective of the Research This study involves a Canada-wide survey of best management practices...
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Ken Engele
Some Audits are a Good Thing…Really!
An audit was completed in 2017 on best management practices in Canadian swine barns. Results show areas for possible improvements in biosecurity, personal protection and training, washing procedures and gestation housing systems. Many of the participating farms had biosecurity protocols like showering in and out...
Truck Wash Project Aims to End Bioinsecurity
Trailers can be hard to properly clean and are a huge biosecurity risk to the swine industry. Conditions where pathogens could be inactivated were investigated so that this information could be applied to the cleaning process of the trailers. Most pathogens can be eliminated by...
Science Taking Bite out of Feed Costs
Recent studies have been focused on reducing feed costs as they have been rising continuously. Effective feeding strategies are being developed for weaning pigs to improve pig robustness, reduce reliance on in-feed antibiotics and maximize profits. This involves investigating functional amino acids, creating biological and...
Where Does the Gut Go From Here?
Gut health is measured by how well it can assimilate nutrients and act as a barrier for pathogens. The microbiome is very diverse, containing several hundred species and around two million genes. Pigs are born sterile, with their microbiome forming over time. Diet and the...