Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Preparing for the inevitable increase in fiber content in practical pig diets
September 1, 2011By John Patience
Our approach was to evaluate the best ways to characterize dietary fiber from corn co-products, and to determine the site of digestion of dietary fiber in the pig to better understand its...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
The influence of increasing dietary intake of omega-3 fatty acid concentration on postpartum hypophagia and energy output in the milk via alterations in lipolytic activity and insulin sensitivity of the adipose tissue.
August 31, 2011By Denise Beaulieu
Introduction:In the hog industry it is imperative that we maximize the reproductive performance of sows in order to optimize pig flow and thus improve the economics of pork production....
Animal Science
Improving net returns in pork production by improving our management of the fallback pig: Characterizing biological and physiological differences in fallback pigs to determine optimal management and handling practices
August 13, 2011By John Patience
The last decade’s unprecedented rise in litter size has resulted in an increased number of fallback pigs. Fallback pigs are those that fail to achieve performance in the barn equal to that of...
Animal Science
Development of an in vitro model of heat stress during pig oocyte maturation and its impact on embryonic developmental competency
August 3, 2011By Jason Ross
Heat stress has a significant negative impact on agriculture production. A significant portion of this loss is recognized through lost reproductive ability in swine herds during periods of elevated...
Animal Science - Sow Lifetime Productivity
Using objective mechanical and physiologic measurement to build robust producer tools for detecting, scoring and treating lameness in sows
August 3, 2011By Locke Karriker
The main objectives of this study were: 1) To produce a robust observational lameness scoring system with accompanied visual educational material, (2) to assess sodium salicylate and flunixin...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Impacts of Feeding DDGS to Swine: Aerial Emissions and Potential Management Strategies
July 8, 2011By Hongwei Xin
Feeding corn dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) to swine is becoming common in pork production. With feed being the primary cost in pork production and continued interest in...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Assessment of the effects of diets containing DDGS with supplemental tallow on fat digestibility, growth performance, carcass and fat quality in growing-finishing pigs
June 27, 2011By Gerald Shurson
The use of dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS) in swine diets has increased dramatically in recent years due to the increased availability and cost competitiveness of this corn...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Comprehensive evaluation of lysine digestibility in DDGS
June 7, 2011By Yanhong Zhang
Lysine is the most variable of the indispensable amino acids in dried distiller’s grains with solubles (DDGS), and it has the lowest digestibility in swine feed. In order to search for an...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Methods of Restoring Carcass Firmness and Other Post-Harvest Traits in Finishing Pigs Fed a High Level of Distillers Dried Grains with Solubles (DDGS)
March 30, 2011By G.L. Cromwell
The large demand for corn for ethanol production has resulted in marked increases in corn prices and a resulting increase in feed costs for swine producers. The large amounts of distillers dried...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Effect of selection for feed efficiency during the growing period on sow feed efficiency and reproductive performance
March 14, 2011By Jack C.M. Dekkers
Feed efficiency is increasingly important because of the high cost of feed. Residual feed intake (RFI) is a measure of feed efficiency that is defined as the difference between observed feed...
