{"id":14562,"date":"2013-07-18T14:40:39","date_gmt":"2013-07-18T20:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/?p=14562"},"modified":"2013-08-06T15:17:20","modified_gmt":"2013-08-06T21:17:20","slug":"2012-2013-psc-annual-report-now-on-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/2012-2013-psc-annual-report-now-on-line\/","title":{"rendered":"2012-2013 PSC Annual Report Now On-Line"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2012-2013 Prairie Swine Centre Annual Report is now available for producer to download at<a href=\"http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/AR-2012-FINAL-August-6.pdf\">\u00a0http:\/\/prairieswine.com\/rsc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/PSC-Annual-Report-2012-2013.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This \u00a0year&#8217;s Annual Report consists of 14 articles examining new management and technologies that help enhance the bottom line of pork producers.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">14 key areas of swine barn design and management have been identified through producer survey as areas that could benefit from standardization and optimization efforts. \u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Page 14<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">A commercial scale bio-trickling air treatment unit was effective in reducing the levels of ammonia, dust, and odour from growing and finishing rooms by 77%, 92%, and 75% respectively. \u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Page 16<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Design of a air filtration system developed to filter incoming air in transportation trailers, to protect high value animals from airbourne transmissible diseases \u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Page 20<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Initial results indicate finishing pigs can be selected for reduced stress response \u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Page 22<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\">Results indicate the transfer of analgesic (Metacam), to sow\u2019s milk was not effective too provide pain relief for piglets \u00a0 <\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 13px; 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