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Fusarium mould can often contaminate grains and can produce different mycotoxins including deoxynivalenol (DON). DON has negative effects in pigs when given more than 1 ppm in their feed. Feed additives are available to help reduce the effects of DON, but their effectiveness is still unclear. Four of these mycotoxin inhibitors were examined with only one out of the four (Defusion also known as Akey) showing improvements in average daily...
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 were found in carcass quality and growth performance between the groups at market weight, so the bottom line was not affected. Reducing nursery feed costs can be done in low...
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 pork industry. Some benefits are noted, like no longer having to file formal complaints with the World Trade Organization which can be expensive. Colostrum should be fed to piglets in...
Articles in the August 2020 Better Pork Include: Beyond the Barn: Stricter U.S. Ruling Needed for Cull Sow Movement, Mysterious Rash Appears on Sows, Swine Researchers Battle S. Suis Stricter rules are needed on how long cull sows can remain in the U.S. marketing channel to reduce disease risk and improve animal welfare. A purple rash on pigs bellies and legs is being seen for a week and then disappearing...
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 during gestation and lactation altered the piglets microbiome. The micronutrient status improved, but growth performance was not affected. A pilot risk management tool to help producers recover from instances like...
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 supposed to mimic real pork. The National Pork Producers Council is unhappy with this as a soybean-based products are not similar to pork. The term pork should be protected for...
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 like foot-and-mouth disease, swine vesicular disease and vesicular stomatitis. Since it looks so similar to these disease, federal authorities have to go through the testing problem, possibly shutting down a...
Articles in the August 2019 Better Pork Include: Beyond the Barn: Industry Trucking to Boosted Biosecurity, Researcher Takes Aim at Swine Flu, Where's The Vaccine for ASF? Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute is developing an automated washing system for swine transport trailers. The Prairie Swine Centre is developing an improved transport trailer design. A study is being done on how influenza A affects pig's lungs. Cytokines produced in the immune response...
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. Hydrothermal liquification converts it into crude oil which needs further processing to create engine fuels. This fuel may be used within the next five years. African Swine Fever can survive...
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 to give pigs room to not touch the die of the truck in order to avoid frostbite. Monitor wind chill as well. Pig organs may be used as donors for...