Centred on SwineNEWS - Volume 12, December 2019

2019 Annual Report

The 2019 edition of the Prairie Swine Centre Annual Report is now available to download. This year's edition focuses on research topics that include managing castration pain, enrichment, sow motivation, effective trailer design in addition to several nutrition topics. If you would like a printed copy of the publication please contact the PSC office.

Pretreatment of Feed Ingredients to Enhance Value

Grains are typically harvested at <15% moisture to maintain quality during storage. When harvested at >15%, artificial drying may be employed but this increases cost. Low-quality high-moisture grains may also be preserved by acidification. These experiments were conducted with the overall objective of determining whether the benefits of acidification on performance and gut health of weanling pigs are maintained when the acid is presented…

Practical Alternatives for Managing Castration Pain in Piglets

The objective of this project was to evaluate drugs and administration procedures to help identify effective and practical pain control strategies for piglets at castration across three different studies. Results indicate the analgesic, ketoprofen, has a positive effect on reducing pain following castration when given 30 minutes to 1 h before castration. Drug provision immediately before castration appears to be better than providing…

High Fibre Diets - Satiety in Sows and Offspring Growth Performance

Feeding high fiber diets to sows during gestation is reported to play a positive role in the swine industry both in terms of animal welfare (improved satiety in feed-restricted pregnant sows) and production (increased weaning weight) during the gestation-lactation period. This study was designed to determine the effect of hydrothermal processing of straw on metabolic indicators of satiety, behavioral measures in group-housed gestating…

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2019 Annual Report

Pretreatment of Feed Ingredients to Enhance Value

Practical Alternatives for Managing Castration Pain in Piglets

High Fibre Diets - Satiety in Sows and Offspring Growth Performance

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