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One Off Loads of Spot Pigs Prove Harder to Sell
2017-09-04 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
UK - Although the SPP only fell by 0.49p to 164.17p, spot sellers found they were in a distinctly colder climate with most buyers already "full" with pigs from regulars and, as a result, one off loads of spot pigs proved much harder to sell than they were a few weeks ago, writes Peter Crichton in his "Traffic Lights" commentary for 1 September.
Red dog has more nutritional value than wheat middlings for pigs
2017-08-31 11:00:00| National Hog Farmer
Wheat middlings contains more fiber but less starch than red dog, and the concentration of lysine is much greater in red dog than in wheat middlings.
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A commercial porcince circovirus (PCV) type 2a- based vaccine reduces PCV2d viremia and shedding and prevents PCV2d transmission to nave pigs under experimental conditions.
2017-08-31 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
Porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2) vaccination has been effective in protecting pigs from clinical disease and today is used extensively. Recent studies in vaccinated populations indicate a major PCV2 genotype shift from the predominant PCV2 genotype 2b towards 2d.
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What is the right age to wean pigs?
2017-08-30 11:00:00| National Hog Farmer
There isnt an ideal weaning age for the industry; there are too many factors that are farm-specific and that includes genetics and management, not just the type of pig you are producing.
Lighter pigs take advantage of creep feed
2017-08-29 11:00:00| National Hog Farmer
Creep-feeding, the practice of providing highly palatable and easily digestible feed to nursing piglets to supplement sows milk, is a strategy intended to alleviate problems at weaning.
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