Feed Milling Education Initiative
By Dr. John T. Brake, North Carolina State University - Animal agriculture contributes more than 55 percent of the total annual agricultural income in North Carolina. The basis for all of animal agriculture is a dynamic feed milling industry, which provides...

Digestibilty of Energy and Amino Acids in High Oil Corn
By Ruurd T. Zijlstra, Tom E. Sauber, and John F. Patience for Prairie Swine Center - High-oil corn is used as a source of nutrients, especially energy, to meet requirement of pigs. In the present study, DE content and digestibility of energy and amino...

The feeding, economics and environmental impact of heavy pigs
By Mick Hazzledine, Premier Nutrition Products Ltd - This is a report from The 14th Annual JSR Technical Conference held on the 16 September 2003 which examines the feeding of heavy pigs, the economics of production and environmental impact.

Water Intake and Wastage by Grower/finisher Pigs at Nipple Drinkers
By Yuzhi Li and Harold. W. Gonyou for the Prairie Swine Centre - The water intake of pigs is not well known since a large amount of water is wasted from drinkers. A study was conducted to determine water intake and wastage by grower/finisher pigs at nipple...

Sow Bodyweight Changes in Gestation
By Dana R. Cooper, John F. Patience, Ruurd T. Zijlstra and Meike Rademacher - Defining nutrient requirements and feeding strategies for the modern high-producing sow is a step leading to greater efficiency in the breeding herd. Results demonstrated that...

Antimicrobial Feed Additives for Swine: Past, Present and Future Trends
By Allen Harper, Extension Animal Scientist ?? Swine, Tidewater AREC and Mark Estienne, Swine Research Physiologist, Tidewater AREC.

Simple Strategies for decreasing antibiotic resistance on the farm
By Dr Morgan Morrow, Swine Veterinary Specialist, North Carolina State University - In response to growing concern by consumers about the prevalence of antibiotic use in feed animals, the Iowa Pork Producers Association (IPPA) recently approved a resolution...

Micronized and Flaked Wheat in Nursery Diets
By Alison Orr, Raelene Petracek, Murray Pettitt and Eduardo Beltranena. This report by the Prairie Swine Centre looks at how micronization and flaking grain can affect the nutrient utilization.

Using South Dakota Grown Field Peas In Swine Diets
By Bob Thaler, Extension swine specialist and Hans Stein, assistant professor, animal science, South Dakota State University - Due to changes in crop rotations, field peas are now more commonly grown in central South Dakota.

The Importance of Feeding the Lactating Sow
By Brian Andries, Prairie Swine Centre Inc - Maintaining high levels of feed intake during lactation will not only benefit the litter currently on the sow but subsequent litters as well as improve the sows overall productivity. Problems arise, especially...

On-Farm Feed Milling: Gearing up for Compliance in the 21st Century
By Eduardo Beltranena IAZ PhD, published by Prairie Swine Centre - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) published in the Canada Gazette (Part 1; 2000 February 05) the proposed new regulations for the mixing of medicated feeds. These minimum compliance...

Effect of Enzymes in Wheat and Canola Meal Diets
By Ruurd T. Zijlstra, Shaoyan Li, and John F. Patience - Carbohydrases in 25% canola-meal diet consumed freely by weaned pigs: increased daily gain (up to 13%), increased feed intake (up to 16%), did not affect feed efficiency, reduced viscosity of digesta...

Particle size of corn in lacation diets for mixed-parity sows
By E.C. Baudon, J.D. Hancock, and M.D. Tokach and published in Kansas State University's Swine Day 2003. In this article, a total of 107 mixed-parity sows (parities one to four) was used to determine the effects of particle size of corn in lactation...

Growth Performance and Carcass Characteristics on Wheat Middling Fed Pigs
By Eduardo Beltranena, Hagen Schulze, Raelene Petracek and Alison Orr - This article from the Prairie Swine Center looks at how the dietary inclusion of specific feed enzymes can offer the potential of further increasing the nutrient availability of wheat...

Snapshot of MBM Regulations from various Jurisdictions
Ontario Pork Newsletter - The world's first case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) was diagnosed in Britain in 1986 by Britain's Central Veterinary Laboratory. The exact cause of BSE continues to be debated, but it is known that it is...