Porcine Health Management

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IMPLEMENTATION OF BIOSECURITY IN THE PIG INDUSTRY: SOCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS

Spread and establishment of infectious diseases is a challenge for the livestock industries, as it can significantly affect animal and public health, on-farm productivity and trade arrangements. Implementation of biosecurity pre-border, at the border and...
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2018
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School of Animal and Veterinary Science & Graham Centre for Agricultural Innovation Charles Sturt University, Australia

MANAGING LARGE LITTERS

In the course of domestication, selective breeding has delivered more than 100% increase in litter size in pigs. Denmark has seen the most dramatic progress in this trait; an increase in total born per litter of four pigs has occurred over a 13 year...
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2018
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Animal Behavior and Welfare, Animal and Veterinary Sciences Group, SRUC, West Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH9 3JG, UK

HOW TO DEAL WITH DISEASE IN LARGE LITTERS

What is a large litter? Obviously, the definition of a large litter depends on the type of swine breed we talk about. For an Iberian sow a large litter would be to achieve 10 total born, while for a modern sow a large litter means something else. There...
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2018
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Marco vetgrup SLP, Barcelona, Spain.