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Dr. Dan Columbus Presented the 2019 Canadian Society of Animal Science Young Scientist Award
Dr. Dan Columbus
Canadian Society of Animal Science
2019 Young Scientist Recipient
Dr. Daniel Columbus is a Research Scientist in Nutrition at Prairie Swine Centre and Adjunct Professor in the Department of Animal and Poultry Science at the University of Saskatchewan. Dr. Columbus completed his BSc, MSc, and…
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Cleaning Ease and Animal Welfare Implications of Trailer Design
The aim of this initial study was to develop an inventory list of trailers commonly used for the transportation of market hogs in Canada. Hog transport companies in Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario were visited in order to document various trailer features specifically those influencing ease of cleaning and animal handling characteristics. Each trailer design was ranked according to cleaning ease,…
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Quantifying the Prevalence of Lameness and Hoof Lesions
Th e aim of this survey was to collect information on the prevelance of lameness and hoof lesions on genetic nucleus herds, to help provide baseline information on the prevelance of lameness and hoof lesions in Canadian sows. Six genetic herds were visited, located in AB, SK, MB, ON and QC. Results found a wide variation in lameness across the…
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Will Hogs Provided with Whey Compensate in Feed and Water Intake?
Minimizing feed cost is always important for improving profits in swine production and can sometimes be accomplished by utilizing by-products from other agricultural industries. Whey, a product of the dairy processing industry, has well-known beneficial properties as a feed additive and is typically fed to newly weaned pigs in dry form. The drying process however, increases the cost. Swine producers…
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Auditing On-Farm Best Management Practices
The objective of this project was to benchmark best management practices on farms across Canada, involving the collaboration of three organizations: Prairie Swine Centre, Swine Innovation Porc and entre de développement du porc du Québec. A series of fact sheets have been developed focusing on key production areas within the farm.
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Investigating Intervention Measures to Reduce On‐Farm Use of Antibiotics
Prairie Swine Centre has received funding for a research project with the overall goal of determining whether the pattern of antibiotics usage in farms is correlated with the prevalence of specific pig pathogens as well as antimicrobial resistance. In this study, we will conduct a 2-year longitudinal surveillance monitoring of on-farm usage of antibiotics, as…
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Coming Events
Red Deer Swine Technology Workshop - October 23, 2019 - Red Deer, Alberta (program will be posted at a later date, please mark your calendars)
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