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Revised Pig Code of Practice to be Released for Public Comment
2013-05-01 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - The National Farm Animal Care Council reports a revised Pig Code of Practice will be released for public comment 1 June, writes Bruce Cochrane.
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Including Spray Dried Animal Plasma in Weaned Pig Diets
2013-04-30 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CANADA - Research conducted by the Prairie Swine Centre has shown including spray dried animal plasma in the diets of newly weaned piglets to be an effective strategy for mitigating the negative effects of DON contaminated feed grains, writes Bruce Cochrane.
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Pig Stress Syndrome Linked to Gene Defect
2013-04-30 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - A defect in a gene called dystrophin is the cause of a newly discovered stress syndrome in pigs, US Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have found.
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Product Launch - UK: Weston Cider's Rosie's Pig
2013-04-26 15:24:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Herefordshire-based cidermaker Westons is set to launch a new lower abv version of its cloudy cider Old Rosie, called Rosie's Pig.
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Improving Survival of Pig Sperm
2013-04-26 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Although US cattle genetics are exported all over the world in the form of frozen semen, the same is not true for pigs because boar semen does not freeze well. In an attempt to improve semen storage and pig reproduction, animal scientists at the University of Illinois are looking at how sperm survives in the sow oviduct.
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