RESEARCH ARTICLES
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Long-Term Feeding of Graded Levels of Deoxynivalenol in Finisher Pigs
Grains that are contaminated with mycotoxins are often downgraded for use in livestock feed. The incidence of contaminated gr
November 24, 2020 -
High-Fibre Diets & Immune Stimulation Increase Threonine Requirements
Reduced growth and less efficient use of nutrients is found in sub-clinical disease. Health and nutrient requirements need to
November 24, 2020 -
Finding Effective Enrichments for Group Housed Sows
Group housing is a socially enriched environment, but aggression is still a risk due to competition for resources like territ
November 24, 2020 -
Ventilation System Requirements for Conversion to Group Sow Housing
The animal environment and energy costs all are impacted by ventilation. When converting to a group-housed sow barn, retainin
November 24, 2020
Media Releases & Coming Events
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PSC Producer Meeting, April 22
2021 Producer Meeting Webinar Series In our continued commitment to bring you timely relevant information we will be hosting a webinar in place of our traditional producers meetings held in April of each year. We look forward to the time when the i...
March 24, 2021 -
Functional amino acid supplementation improves growth performance and immune status of weaned pigs
High dietary protein can potentially increase susceptibility of weaned pigs to enteric pathogens; it has been hypothesized that dietary supplementation with functional amino acids may improve growth performance of pigs during disease challenge. A rec...
February 17, 2021 -
2020 Saskatchewan Pork Symposium
The 2020 Saskatchewan Pork Symposium will be held VIRTUALLY on Thursdays from November 5 thru December 3 1:00 P.M. – 4:00 P.M. (CST) Registration is FREE More information on upcoming Symposium topics/speakers can be found at: https://www.saskpo...
November 16, 2020
Nutrition Articles
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Best Practices: How Do You Measure Up?
An audit was completed on Canadian pork barns in 2017, with areas for improvement including farrowing systems, nursery facili
December 23, 2020 -
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 a
December 23, 2020 -
Phase Feeding Research Offers Food for Thought
Parity-segregated phase feeding is an option to help reduce feed costs by reducing overfeeding of gestating sows while ensuri
December 22, 2020 -
Science Eyes Success with High-Tech Imagery
High-tech imaging may have a huge impact in many areas of the pork industry. This includes assessing carcass and meat quality
December 22, 2020
Engineering Articles
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Best Practices: How Do You Measure Up?
An audit was completed on Canadian pork barns in 2017, with areas for improvement including farrowing systems, nursery facili
December 23, 2020 -
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 improvem
December 23, 2020 -
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 coul
December 23, 2020 -
On-Farm Demonstrations Quench Thirst for Water Knowledge
In an on-farm demonstration, nipple drinkers were replaced with water bowls in the nursery to see how water disappearance was
December 23, 2020
Ethology Articles
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Best Practices: How Do You Measure Up?
An audit was completed on Canadian pork barns in 2017, with areas for improvement including farrowing systems, nursery facili
December 23, 2020 -
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 improvem
December 23, 2020 -
Research Targets Sow Mortality
Sow loss can cause psychological harm to workers and also results in loss of profits. Sow longevity is decreasing even with t
December 23, 2020 -
Handled with Care: Research Targets Pig Comfort
Economics often limit the amount of comfort pigs have access to. Space allowance is a big issue for pigs since performance an
December 22, 2020