July 24, 2012
Pigs can be born as fallbacks, in that they have a lighter birth weight and decreased capacity for postnatal growth. However, pigs with a normal or heavy birth weights can become fallback pigs due to...July 12, 2012
With input costs continuously rising, the industry has been resourceful in using alternative ingredients to remain profitable. ...September 1, 2011
Our approach was to evaluate the best ways to characterize dietary fiber from corn co-products, and to determine the site of digestion of dietary fiber in the pig to better understand its...August 13, 2011
The last decade’s unprecedented rise in litter size has resulted in an increased number of fallback pigs. Fallback pigs are those that fail to achieve performance in the barn equal to that of...February 15, 2011
The 2009 corn crop was one of the worst in recent memory in terms of overall quality and the incidence and levels of mycotoxin contamination. It was a very serious concern to the Iowa pork...
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