je.st
news
Tag: pigs
Pigs R Us Returns to Cookstown
2013-04-03 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - PIGS R US, the biennial Conference hosted by Parklands Veterinary Group, returns to the Glenavon House Hotel next Wednesday, 10 April, starting at 4 pm.
No Bird Flu Virus Found in Dead Pigs
2013-04-02 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
CHINA - No bird flu virus was found in dead pig samples from a river that provides drinking water to residents in Shanghai where two died in the first human infections of a new avian influenza strain, authorities said.
Feeding Corn Germ to Pigs Does Not Affect Growth Performance
2013-04-02 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
US - Inclusion of corn germ in swine diets can reduce diet costs, depending on the local cost of corn germ and other ingredients. Recent research conducted at the University of Illinois indicates that corn germ can be included at up to 30 per cent in diets fed to growing pigs.
Tags: performance
growth
affect
feeding
Why Cant Some Pigs Walk?
2013-04-01 19:31:00| National Hog Farmer
By Kent Schwartz, DVM, Iowa State University, Ames, IA Its frustrating for producers when they find a pig down (Figure 1) or with central nervous system (CNS) signs (Figure 2) whereby pigs cannot walk their ability to move from place to place being compromised. read more
Pigs Thrive on Corn Germ, Reducing Diet Costs
2013-04-01 19:22:00| National Hog Farmer
Source: University of Illinois Inclusion of corn germ in swine diets can reduce diet costs, depending on the local cost of corn germ and other ingredients. Recent research conducted at the University of Illinois indicates that corn germ can be included at up to 30% in diets fed to growing pigs. “In previous research, we had seen that pigs do very well on diets containing 10% corn germ, so we wanted to investigate if higher inclusion rates can be used," says Hans Stein, professor of animal sciences at the University of Illinois. read more
Tags: costs
reducing
diet
corn
Sites : [178] [179] [180] [181] [182] [183] [184] [185] [186] [187] [188] [189] [190] [191] [192] [193] [194] [195] [196] next »