Better Pork February 2018
Articles in the February 2018 Better Pork Include: Beyond the Barn: 'Gene'rating Heat for Modern Pigs, Filling a Niche in European Markets, Hot Hogs Don't Drink More Water A more cold-tolerant pig is being bred in China and the UK. This may lead to stronger...
Better Pork October 2017
Articles in the October 2017 Better Pork Include: Beyond the Barn: Pork Barns See Revised Regulations, PRRS 2.0: A Strain on Producers, Research to Create a Valuable Tool Barn and ventilation systems need to be verified by an engineer due to revised regulations on the...
Better Pork August 2017
Articles in the 2017 Better Pork Include: Beyond the Barn: Quebec Stream-Lines Hog Risk Management, Finding the Best Fit for the Barn, Producers Continue to Confront PED, Shaping Agriculture's Public Narrative, The Cost of a Curly Tail Automation and simplification of the system Service de...
Better Pork April 2017
Articles in the April 2017 Better Pork Include: Beyond the Barn: Creating Swine Surrogates for Leading Boars, New Gadget for Cooking Bacon, Lessons Learned from H1N1 Outbreak, Ensuring Biosecurity at Boar Studs Male pigs have been developed that can produce sperm genetically identical to a selected...
Better Pork February 2017
Articles in the February 2017 Better Pork Include: Beyond the Barn: Importing Viruses via Feed, Shopping for Bacon in Virtual Reality, Canadian Pork Industry Hoping TPP Won't be DOA (Dead on Arrival), Label Claims for the 98% Viral pathogens can travel through imported feed from...
Better Pork October 2016
Articles in the October 2016 Better Pork Include: Beyond the Barn: Brewing a New Use for Pork, Canadian-Produced PED Vaccine in the Works, Social (Ag)Media: How to Cook Your Pork and Connect with Consumers, Getting With the Plan, Selling Swine Welfare Flying Fish Brewery in...
Better Pork June 2016
Articles in the June 2016 Better Pork Include: Beyond the Barn: Stratford Hope Bacon and Ale will Lure Shakespeare Buffs, PRRS Resistant Hog a 'Potential Game Changer", Turning Manure Mountains into Gold, Spike in Barn Fires Causes Rising Public Concern Unique tastings of beer and...
Zinc Oxide and Antimicrobial Resistance in Pigs
An essential nutrient in a pigs diet is zinc, with minimum levels need around 100 ppm. In early starter rations, zinc oxide is often used therapeutically to control post-weaning E. coli diarrhea in levels of 2000 to 3000 ppm. Zinc oxide used therapeutically may create...
Canadian Hog Journal Spring 2020
Articles in the Spring 2020 Canadian Hog Journal Include: Hot Issues: Defending the Pork Value Chain During COVID-19, Buying into Biosecurity can be a Burden So far in the recent months of COVID-19, food demand remains unchanged, though losses are projected for the future. Spring...
Canadian Hog Journal Banff 2020
Articles in the Banff 2020 Canadian Hog Journal Include: The Right to Farm is Under Fire Studies publishing results that make swine farming seem like a risk to the public are being spread, even though the information is inaccurate. Lots of lawsuits are currently ongoing...