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Fibre In Sow Diets Expected to Improve Piglet Performance

2014-11-13 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

CANADA - Researchers with the Prairie Swine Centre are exploring the benefits of including soluble fibre in the diets of sows to improve the productivity of her piglets, writes Bruce Cochrane.

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Researchers Hope to Boost Piglet Performance by Increasing Sow Milk Production

2014-11-10 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

CANADA - Research being conducted on behalf of Swine Innovation Porc is expected to boost the productive performance of baby pigs by increasing the volume and quality of the milk produced by their mothers, writes Bruce Cochrane.

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New Ways to Evaluate the Benefit of Gilts Synchronised by Altresyn on the Flow of Breeding Animals and Piglet Output

2014-11-07 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

DENMARK - Synchronisation of gilts with Altresyn allowed more even numbers of matings every week, and this resulted in a more regular flow into the farrowing rooms, better utilisation of farrowing house capacity and more piglets weaned, according to CEVA research.

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Piglet Brains Provide Tool in Understanding Human Infant Brain Development

2014-10-10 00:36:00| National Hog Farmer

Source: University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences An online tool developed by researchers at the University of Illinois will further aid studies into postnatal brain growth in human infants based on the similarities seen in the development of the piglet brain. read more

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