Dietary management strategies to improve blood calcium and reduce the risk of milk fever in dairy cows…
Is your Biosecurity ready for Avian Influenza?
Biosecurity plays a vital role in protecting farms against disease outbreaks. With the recent surge of…
Prop 12: How will it affect the swine industry?
The formal name of Proposition 12 is the Prevention of Cruelty to Farm Animals Act. This California ballot proposition was passed on…
Pre-weaning mortality: why is that an issue?
The vigorous genetic selection for increased litter size has raised pig production to a higher level. The greater number of piglets reduces…
Diarrhea in Nursery Piglets: How to Manage it
Preweaning mortality represents a cost to the swine producer; it is a lost financial opportunity and is considered a welfare concern in commercial pig production. preweaning mortality ranges between 10% and 20% in pig-producing countries…
Modern biosecurity in the swine industry
The health status of swineherds has significant implications on animal welfare and production efficiency, including growth rate, feed…
Controlling ammonia emissions in finishing barns
The most common complaint producers hear when people drive past or visit a pig barn is the smell. Ammonia, a gas released when…
