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Prairie Swine Centre is grateful for the assistance of the George Morris Centre in developing the economics portion of Pork Insight.
Financial support for the Enterprise Model Project and Pork Insight has been provided by:
SEASONAL AND SPATIAL VARIATIONS OF DENITRIFYING ENZYME ACTIVITY IN FEEDLOT SOIL
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Emergence of influenza A viruses
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Odour emission rates from manure treatment/storage systems
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Effect of suspended soil material and pig slurry on the facilitated transport of pesticides, phosphate and bromide in sandy soil
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The colloid-facilitated transport of pesticides and other pollutants to groundwaters is a source of
concern to authorities in the European Union and other countries. It has been suggested that
colloids are good sorbents for pesticides and other pollutants, and it is now suspected that the
spreading of animal manures increases the potential for colloid-facilitated transport. In experiments
in lysimeters of sandy soil to which phosphate, triallate, chlordane and bromide were applied to the
surface, the A
Optimization of Oil Sprinkling System Using Undiluted Canola Oil
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Current Engineering Projects at Prairie Swine Centre Inc.
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New engineering projects have begun in 2001 and many ongoing studies will come to completion over the course of 2002. Considering the stage of those experiments, no final analysis can be discussed yet. This paper presents an overview of current engineering research activities at PSCI by providing a brief description of each project.
Airborne endotoxin and microbial DNA outside a swine barn
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This study was designed to quantify the amount of airborne endotoxins and microbial DNA downwind from a swine facility. There is reason to believe that endotoxins and microbial DNA are present in dust exhausted from swine barns and that adverse health affects may occur from inhalation of this dust. Ambient air samples, dust extractions, endotoxin analysis and microbial DNA analysis of air were taken directly from outlets, 600m downwind and 2400m upwind of the barn. Concentrations of total dust, endotoxin and microbial DNA 600m downwind from the barn were not statistically different from concentrations 2400m upwind where the air was considered to be a
Behavioural responses of piglets to castration: The effect of piglet age.
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The purpose of this study was to determine the least painful methods of castration. Fourteen litters (with a minimum of six males) were used in this study. Two treatments: castration or sham castration, were further subdivided into 3, 10, or 17 (A