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Pay more attention to your sow herd’s lifeline

2018-07-19 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

One of the most important yet often overlooked segments of the sow herd is the gilt-developer unit. Gilts are the lifeline of a sow herd, and their quality often predicts the future production of the entire herd.

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Processing fluids helping to fine tune diagnostics in swine herds thought to be PRRS-negative

2018-07-19 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

Collecting aggregate samples of processing fluids during tail docking and castration is proving to be an excellent way to monitor herds for porcine reproductive and respiratory disease (PRRS) virus, Will Lopez, DVM, Iowa State University, told Pig Health Today.

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US antibiotics sales for pork rival those for people, yet diseases in herds are rising

2018-06-07 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

Roughly the same amount of medically important antibiotics is sold for use in pigs as for use in treating sick people in the US - yet many diseases in herds are on the rise, according to a new report out today from the Natural Resources Defense Council

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GOOD NUTRITION IS THE KEY TO HEALTHY DEER HERDS

2018-04-13 22:23:30| Cattle Today

Researchers at the Mississippi State University Deer Lab have one simple answer to almost every question land managers ask: Nutrition.

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Our strategy for eliminating M. hyo from breed-to-wean herds

2018-04-09 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

Many pork producers still struggle with Mycoplasma hyopneumonia (M. hyo) in their herds. The pathogen remains one of the prevailing causes of enzootic pneumonia. Even though it’s primarily a chronic respiratory disease of growers, M. hyo can also affect young and adult pigs, especially in recently affected herds.

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