Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Critical Review of Functional Animal Proteins
July 26, 2006By James Pettigrew
Spray-dried plasma and immune egg products provide dramatic benefits when added to diets of young weaned pigs. Spray-dried plasma increases growth rate and resistance to enteric infection, while...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Carbohydrate and Bacterial Non-antibiotic Production Enhancers
June 1, 2006By John A. Patterson
Although there is a relatively small data set on specific probiotic or prebiotic treatments, especially when the experiments also have an antibiotic treatment as a positive control, there is an...
Animal Science - Swine Nutrition
Critical review on botanical extracts as alternatives production enhancers in swine production system
February 3, 2006By Sam Baidoo
Animal Science
Litter Size Produced by Gilts Divergently Selected on Reproductive Components: Terminal Evaluation
February 25, 2005By Tim Safranski
The high prolificacy of the Meishan pig has been linked in part to the high placental efficiency (ratio of piglet weight to the weight of its placenta) displayed by its conceptuses. An early report...
Animal Science
Zone Heating for Wean-to- Finish Facilities: A Peformance Comparison
May 3, 2004By Richard R. Stowell
The University of Nebraska conducted on-farm research trials in 2003 and 2004 to de-termine the impacts of zone-heating options for wean-to-finish operations. Modulated LP gas-fired brooders were...
Animal Science
Economic Impact of PRRS on the Cost of Pork Production
March 5, 2004By James Kliebenstein
This study used a combination of techniques and data sources to arrive at the annual estimated cost of porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome on the United States swine industry. By using a...
Animal Science - Reproductive & Growth Physiology
Comparison of Semen Delivery Systems for Commercial Swine Production in Iowa
December 10, 2002By John Mabry
Animal Science - Breeding & Genetics
Litter Size Produced by Gilts Divergently Selected on Reproductive Components
March 12, 2002By Tim Safranski
Animal Science - Breeding & Genetics
The effect of the hydrogen ion concentration evaluation mathematical methodology on genetic prediction and fixed effects estimation when assessing muscle quality in pork
January 22, 2002By Ken Stalder
Animal Science
Development of REal Time Behavior-Based Swine Comfort Controller
July 31, 2000By Hongwei Xin