Centred on Swine Volume 7

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Volume 7, Number 4 (Winter 2000) Reduction in Odour and Gas Emissions from Swine Buildings Gestating Sows: All Group Housing is Not the Same, But Neither are All Stalls Why Participate in the Management Training Program Hydrogen Sulphide Awareness

Volume 7, Number 3 (Fall 2000) Environment Website: Valuable Information Resource Nutrition Research Program Management Training Fall Launch of Courses PSC Elstow Research Farm Staff

Volume 7, Number 2 (Summer 2000) Estimating Lean Growth Rate in Grower Pigs Using Packer Data Students Enjoy Hands On Experience Herd Health

Volume 7, Number 1 (Spring 2000) Open House at PSC Elstow Research Barn John Harding Wins Science in Practice Award 1999 Humidity Control Strategies For Winter Conditions Eating Behaviour and Feeder Design Sustainability and Water Use Two-Airspace Building Design For Reducing Odour and Gas Emissions From Pig Farms

Centred on Swine Volume 8

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Volume 8, Number 3 (Fall 2001) Get It @ Prairieswine.com Driving Profitability Savaging of Piglets: A Puzzle of Maternal Behaviour Fibre and Enzymes

Volume 8, Number 2 (Summer 2001) Facts on Perceptions A Systems Engineering Approach to Address Challenges and Opportunities in Manure Management Reducing The Danger – Hydrogen Sulphide Awareness Workshops Management Training for the Swine Industry

Volume 8, Number 1 (Spring 2001) Sask Pork Chair in Environmental Engineering for the Pork Industry Two-Airspace Building Design For Reducing Odour and Gas Emissions From Pig Farms Motivating Employees

Centred on Swine Volume 9

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Volume 9, Number 4 (Winter 2002) Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Swine Production Facilities Incubation time but not cooling rate affects storage of extended boar semen at 5°C Hydrogen sulphide concentration while pulling pit plugs and power-washing rooms Stressful handling of pigs

Volume 9, Number 3 (Fall 2002) Growth Rate and Age at First Estrus: Impact on the Gilt Pool Variation in Ingredient Quality Survival Strategies: Dealing with a Cash Crunch Hog Market Update – September 5th, 2002

Volume 9, Number 2 (Summer 2002) Optimizing the Production System Impact of Nursery Feeder Adjustment and Crowding on Piglet Performance and Eating Behaviour Is my controller well adjusted for summer ventilation? Space requirements for male and female grow-finish pigs

Volume 9, Number 1 (Spring 2002) What’s New at PSC Elstow? Thermoregulation of the nursery by early-weaned piglets through operant conditioning Dealing with Variability in the Growout Barn Over 700 Trained in Hydrogen Sulphide Awareness

Centred on Swine Volume 10

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Volume 10, Number 4 (Winter 2003) The Importance of Feed and Feeding the Lactating Sow Large Groups for Grower-Finisher Pigs Low Crude Protein Diets Reduce Nitrogen Output in the Manure, But Are They Practical? Feed Intake: Revisiting an Old Challenge

Volume 10, Number 3 (Fall 2003) Phytase Improves P Bioavailability in Swine Diets Wheat and Barley Quality Determining the Cost of Variation Greenhouse Gasses and Odour Control Grand Opening of the Pork Interpretive Gallery

Volume 10, Number 2 (Summer 2003) 2003 Focus on the Future Conference Feasibility Study for Concrete Swine Buildings and Manure Storage Facilities in Western Canada Hydrogen Sulphide Gas can have Deadly Consequences Airborne Dust, Endotoxin and DNA Downwind from Swine Barns: An Update The Story of Pigs

Volume 10, Number 1 (Spring 2003) Remodeling Grow-Finish Barns for Large Groups Dietary Manipulation to Reduce Nutrient Excretion Optimum Versus Maximum Lysine Levels for Weanling Pigs Managing Manure Phosphorous Using a Systems Engineering Approach

Centred on Swine Volume 11

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Volume 11, Number 4 (Winter 2005) Redefining the Optimal Marketing Core Winter/Spring Barn Practices Evaluation of a Manure Pit Scraper System for Controlling Hydrogen Sulfide Gas in Swine Barns Tips for Saving Water

Volume 11, Number 3 (Fall 2004) Large Groups Housing: A Review Feed Processing and Nutritional Quality Among Wheat Classes Fed to Weaned Pigs Practical Application of Enzyme Supplementation in Swine Responce of Growing and Finishing Pigs to Dietary Energy Concentration

Volume 11, Number 2 (Summer 2004) Practical Aspects of On-Farm A.I. Management Alternatives with Electronic Sow Feeders Afforestation Applications for the Hog Industry Innovations in Barn Manure Handling

Volume 11, Number 1 (Spring 2004) Remodelling Grow-Finisher Barns for Large Groups Dietary Manipulation to Reduce Nutrient Excretion Optimum Versus Maximum Lysine Levels for Weanling Pigs Managing Manure Phosphorous Using a Systems Engineering Approach Top 10 Cost Cutters and Revenue Generators Greenhouse Gas and Odour Emissions from Pig Production Buildings, Manure Storage and Manure Treatment Facilities What is the proper stall size for gestating sows?

Centred on Swine Volume 12

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Volume 12, Number 4 (Winter 2006) The Effects of Housing Grow-Finish Pigs in Two Different Group Sizes Evaluation of Hydrogen Sulphide Monitoring Devices and Spray Treatment Method to Reduce Worker Exposure A Review of Porcine Circovirus 2 and Associated Diseases and Control On-Line Resource: Disease Matrix
Volume 12, Number 3 (Winter 2005) Livestock Issues Resource Centre Swine Facilities, Energy Efficiency, the Kyoto Protocol and Your Bottom Line News from the Pork Interpretive Gallery: Help Champion the Pork Industry Large Groups for Grower-Finisher Pigs: Feeding and Social Behaviour
Volume 12, Number 2 (Fall 2005) Economic Impact of DE Concentration in Commercial Conditions Innovators’ Ideas Are Rewarded The Invisible Hazard Hydrogen Sulphide Awareness Training The Effects of Housing Grow-finish Pigs In Two Different Group Sizes On Health Status and the Presence of Injuries

Volume 12, Number 1 (Spring 2005) Dr. Mike Sheridan Named the 2005 Swine Practitioner of the Year The Effects of Crowding on the Performance of Grower and Finisher Pigs on Fully and Partially Slatted Floors News from the Pork Interpretive Gallery Net Returns Per Hog More Important than Pushing Improved Production Finding Value in Alternative Feed Ingredients

Centred on Swine Volume 13

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Volume 13 Number 3

Volume 13 Number 2

Volume 13 Number 1

Centred on Swine Volume 17

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Volume 17 Number 1

• Reinventing the Centre to Meet Changing Industry Needs
• Evaluation of Temperature Conditions in Trucks during Transport of Market Pigs to Slaughter in Four Seasons
• A Comprehensive Approach to Animal Welfare Science
• Comparative Evaluation of the Use of Heat Exchanger, Ground Source Heat Pump and Conventional Heating systems in Grow-Finish Rooms
• Weaning at 28 days, is Creep Feeding Beneficial?

 Volume 17 Number 2 

• Prairie Swine Centre Turns 20 in 2012, Time for Thinking Outside the Box – Again
• Loading Facilities for Market Hogs: Saskatchewan’s Top 10
• Can Omega-3 Fatty Acids Modulate the Immune Response of Pigs?
• Developing Strategies for Water Conservation Procedures
• Swine Innovation. What Does it Mean for Producers?
• Focus on Feed Efficiency in Pork Production

Centred on Swine Volume 16

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Volume 16 Number 1

•  Prairie Swine Centre Website Changes
• Setting up an Effective Farm Trial
• Behaviour of Pigs in Large Group Auto Sort
• Canola Oil Sprinkling and Low Crude Protein Diet Reduce Respirable Dust and Ammonia Concentrations from Swine Production
• The Response of Piglets to Phase One Diets During the First Two Weeks in the Nursery in not Affected by Creep Feeding or Weaning Weight
• DON in Swine Diets

Centred on Swine Volume 14

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Volume 14 Number 4

• Seeking your thoughts Message from the President
• Vehicle Design Impact on the Transportation of Hogs
• Twenty Three Steps to An Improved Barn Environment
• Feeding Fusarium Contamined Grain
• Recommended Setpoint Temperatures
• Can We Feed Mycotoxin Contaminated Feed to Pigs?
• The Effect of Ergot on the Performance of Weanling Pigs

Volume 14 Number 3

• Survival Strategies – When Every Penny Counts
• DDGS in Swine Nutrition
• Eating Behaviour in Large Groups: Learning How Pigs Perceive Their Environment
• Survival Checklist

Volume 14 Number 2

• Impact of Piglet Birth Weight and Birth Order on Growth and the Variability in Growth
• Assessment of a Biological Treatment Process to Reduce Gaseous Emissions from Swine Manure
• Gestation Housing Alternatives:  Sows in a Deep-Bedded Cafeteria-Fed System

Volume 14 Number 1

• Sow Management and Housing What Does the Industry Think?
• Overview of On-Going Projects in the PSCI Engineering Research Program
• Biosecurity Pays Big Returns