Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Management guide for reduced usage of antibiotics in swine production
May 31, 2007By Hans Stein
A summary of research conducted to investigate possibilities for reducing the negative impact of discontinuing the use of antibiotic growth promoters has documented that many management tools are...
Animal Science
Analysis of periparturient factors affecting sow longevity in breeding herds
November 13, 2006By John Deen
The purpose of this study of this was to examine the effect of periparturient sow factors on the longevity of sows. This study followed sows from time of entry into the farrowing crate until a...
Animal Science
Effects of Nutrition During Gilt Development on Sow Lifetime Productivity of Two Prolific Maternal Lines
November 6, 2006By Rodger Johnson
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Aspects of yeast-based products in enhancing animal production
October 1, 2006By Christopher Mateo
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Critical Review of Acidifiers
September 29, 2006By James Pettigrew
The inclusion of various organic acids or their salts to diets improves the growth performance of pigs and helps in preventing scouring and high mortality post-weaning. The beneficial effects of...
Animal Science
Development of Condition Scoring Guide – using live animals
August 6, 2006By Locke Karriker
The objectives of the study were to develop educational materials to assist pork producers and animal caretakers in the evaluation of sow body condition, to estimate the amount of feed and...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Critical Review of Functional Animal Proteins
July 26, 2006By James Pettigrew
Spray-dried plasma and immune egg products provide dramatic benefits when added to diets of young weaned pigs. Spray-dried plasma increases growth rate and resistance to enteric infection, while...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Carbohydrate and Bacterial Non-antibiotic Production Enhancers
June 1, 2006By John A. Patterson
Although there is a relatively small data set on specific probiotic or prebiotic treatments, especially when the experiments also have an antibiotic treatment as a positive control, there is an...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Critical review on botanical extracts as alternatives production enhancers in swine production system
February 3, 2006By Sam Baidoo
Animal Science
Litter Size Produced by Gilts Divergently Selected on Reproductive Components: Terminal Evaluation
February 25, 2005By Tim Safranski
The high prolificacy of the Meishan pig has been linked in part to the high placental efficiency (ratio of piglet weight to the weight of its placenta) displayed by its conceptuses. An early report...
