Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Influence of Rapid Introduction and Removal of Dietary DDGS on Pig Performance and Carcass Characteristics
January 28, 2009By G.C. Shurson
Pork producers and nutritionists want to use feed ingredients that will optimize pig performance at the lowest cost. Inclusion of DDGS in the diets for grower-finisher pigs may be economical at...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Evaluation of crude glycerin in swine
January 22, 2009By Brian Kerr
The objective of the proposed research was to determine the variation in metabolizable energy (ME) content of crude glycerin samples from a several biodiesel production facilities using different...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Critical review of literature on feeding bio-fuels co-products to pigs.
November 23, 2008By Hans Stein
The digestibility of nutrients in distillers co-products vary among sources. The variability is of the same magnitude as for other co-products. Heat damage to lysine often occurs, which results...
Animal Science
Reduced Nocturnal Temperature for Early-Weaned Pigs
October 23, 2008By Bob Thaler Ph.D.
Research in the 1980’s demonstrated that nursery room temperature could be reduced 10oF during the night without adversely affecting pig performance. This resulted in a significant...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Digestibility of dietary fiber from distillers co-products fed to growing pigs
October 17, 2008By Hans Stein
The rapidly increasing production of ethanol is generating large amounts of distillers’ co-products that are available for swine feeding programs. These co-products can help reduce feed cost....
Animal Science
North American Swine Energy System, 2nd Year
September 30, 2008By James Pettigrew
Energy is the most expensive dietary essential in pig diets, but it receives much less attention in North America than is deserved by its importance. The digestible energy (DE) and metabolizable...
Animal Science
Development of an Allergenicity Model in Swine
July 11, 2008By Tracy Barfield
Allergens affect pigs by contributing to increased morbidity and decreased efficiencies of gain. The allergens found in feed ingredients, like soy that show allergenic response can be isolated and...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Corn distillers dried grains (DDGS) for growing-finishing swine
July 3, 2008By Philip S. Miller
A nutrition study was conducted to investigate the feeding value of DDGS for growing-finishing swine. Specifically, growing-finishing diets were developed that contain 0 (control), 5, 10, and 15%...
Animal Science
Association of genetic markers with structural soundness and its relationship to gilt development and sow longevity
May 17, 2008By Max Rothschild
Sow longevity is a key contributor to the pork producer’s profitability. Proper gilt development and selection are important means to improve sow productive life (SPL). Breeding for more...
Animal Science
Evaluation of dietary butyrate as a growth promotant and on the response to lipopolysaccharide (LPS) in weanling pigs
May 13, 2008By Thomas Weber
Due to traditional feedstuffs for swine being diverted to biofuels, feed costs for pork production have increased dramatically. Consequently, pork producers are seeking ways to increase the...
