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Minding your gilts' prenatal environment
2017-11-22 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
The lifelong performance of pigs is known to be affected by conditions during gestation (uterine) and early life (neonatal, 21 days after birth). Adverse conditions and stressors during gestation or nursing can have a negative impact on a gilts performance during their lifetime and can even be carried over to future generations (Ji et al. 2016).
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Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae: ‘Fix the gilts, fix Mycoplasma’
2017-10-02 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
There’s a lot we think we know about Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae (M. hyo) under field conditions, but there’s a paucity of peer-reviewed literature to support much of the conventional wisdom we swine veterinarians apply to the management of M. hyo as well as its role in porcine respiratory disease complex (PRDC).
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Delta Gilts opens sow unit in southeast Missouri
2017-06-07 13:00:00| National Hog Farmer
Grain availability and low swine density are the draw for the new Pipestone System sow unit.
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Effective selection of gilts is primary driver for sow herd productivity
2016-11-14 17:06:00| National Hog Farmer
By George Foxcroft and Jenny Patterson, Swine Research and Technology Centre, University of Alberta An investment in effective GDU management sets up a supply of high-quality breeding-eligible gilts that lays the foundation for good breeding herd performance. read more
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Gilts are your future; invest in their daily care
2016-04-04 21:16:00| National Hog Farmer
By Ron Ketchem and Mark Rix, Swine Management Services LLC, Fremont, Neb. The one thing we have learned from all the research we have done is that gilt (Parity 1) performance dictates the future performance of your hog farm. read more
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