Industry Structure/Integration: What are the Options for the Canadian Pork Industry?
By Jerry Bouma and presented at the 2006 Banff Pork Seminar - The Canadian pork industry is poised to build on its current position as the world???s largest pork exporter.

A Cost-Benefit Analysis Of Salmonella-Control Strategies In Danish Pork Production
By S.G. Goldbach and L. Alban, Danish Meat Association and published by Prev Vet Med - In Denmark, it was agreed to lower the Salmonella prevalence in pork to 1.2% before the end of 2006.

London Swine Conference Proceedings 2006 - Summary
This article is a collection of the scientific papers presented at the 2006 London Swine Conference.

Banff Pork Seminar: The Beginnings
By Wayne Lamble and presented at the 2006 Banff Pork Seminar - Since the establishment of the University of Alberta Department of Extension in 1912, it has worked with other academic units of the University, including the Faculty of Agriculture, to find,...

Benchmarking Lifetime Production
By Stephanie Rutten, DVM, University of Minnesota - In routine sow herd benchmarking, attention is given to parameters such as pigs born alive/litter, farrowing rate, and pigs weaned/mated female/year (PW/MF/Y). From a productivity standpoint, these measures...

Cohort Comparison: Large vs. Herds
By Stephanie Rutten, DVM, University of Minnesota and published by PigCHAMP - There is little doubt that the pig industry has changed dramatically in the last two decades - from changes in herd structure to changes in ownership to changes in the genetic...

Achieving 30 Pigs/sow/year
Summarized by Emma Clowes, Alberta Agriculture, Food and Rural Development - A breakout session at this year's Banff Pork Seminar was dedicated to the achievement of 30 pigs per sow per year, this article summarizes this session.

Making Good Pork Perfect
By Jeanine Wallace, Ontario Pork - The pork value chain involves many processes, from the farm through to the slaughterhouse, restaurant and grocery trades.

Reducing Transport Losses in Pigs
By Aces News, University of Illinois - Losses of pigs in transport to market can be cut by as much as one-half, according to ongoing research at the University of Illinois.

A Fourfold Approach To Better Swine Management
By Alberta Pork. Pork producers have gained a reputation for being innovators in technology, environmental stewardship and other factors that have improved individual farms and advanced the industry as a whole.

Basic Pig Husbandry - The Grower Herd
By Graeme Taylor and Greg Roese, Livestock Officers Pigs, Intensive Industries Development, Tamworth - This Primefact is one of five articles providing an overview of basic pig husbandry, covering boars, gilts and sows, the litter, weaners and grower...

Large Group Housing for Finishing Pigs
By Harold W. Gonyou and Lee Whittington and published by the Prairie Swine Center - Conventional management of grow/finish pigs until recently has been to keep one or two litters in each pen in order to minimize aggression. In recent years we have moved...

A Guide To The Food Hygiene & Other Regulations For The Meat Industry
By The Meat Hygiene Services and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in Northern Ireland - This Guide is relevant to those UK food businesses that slaughter animals for human consumption or cut or process meat, particularly those establishments...

Factors affecting backfat as a carcass quality parameter
By T. Cottrell, C. Dewey, R. Friendship, C. Ribble Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph - This article is taken from the University of Guelph Swine Research Review 2005 report. Pigs produced with consistently low back fat are valuable...

Factors affecting depth of muscle as a carcass quality parameter
By T. Cottrell, C. Dewey, R. Friendship, C. Ribble Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph - This article is taken from the University of Guelph Swine Research Review 2005 report. Pigs produced with consistently large muscle depth are...