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Effects of continual fluctuation in feed intake on growth performance response and carcass fat-to-lean ratio in grower-finisher pigs

Fluctuation in feed intake either every day or every 3 d had minimal effect on carcass fat to lean ratio compared with pigs fed restricted amount throughout the experiment.

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Canada to no longer quarantine swine with H1N1

Affected animals will be managed using the same veterinary management and biosecurity practices employed for other swine influenza viruses. This includes limiting opportunities for virus to spread to susceptible animals. Canada’s slaughter system contains multiple inspection points to ensure that only healthy animals enter the food supply.

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The Netherlands - Pork exports down 14 percent in 2009

Pork exports have this year shrunk by 14% in comparison to 2008, the Dutch agricultural newspaper Agrarisch Dagblad reports.

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The effect of weaner diet protein content and diet quality on the long-term performance of pigs to slaughter

High quality diets may preserve piglet intestinal health just after weaning. However, lower quality diets may be offered in piglets weaned up to 28 d

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Maple Leaf Foods Responds to Parliamentary Sub-Committee Report "Beyond Listeriosis: Strengthening the Canadian Food Safety System"

Maple Leaf Foods today responded to the report of the Agriculture Sub-Committee investigating the listeriosis crisis of last year, which was caused by contaminated meat products originating from Maple Leaf's Bartor Road plant that claimed the lives of 22 Canadians

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More pig prices

We have added the pig prices for: Hungary, Chile, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and South Korea.

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Improvac^® approval

EU Commission approves Pfizer Animal Health’s vaccine against boar taint

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Growth performance, carcass characteristics, meat quality, and tissue histology of growing pigs fed crude glycerin-supplemented diets

The use of glycerine in pig diets does not negatively affect pig performance or frequency of histological lesions in tissues associated with methanol metabolism

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New Testing Method Approved For Detecting Salmonella in Food

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, today announced availability of a testing method that it has developed to help food producers detect deadly Salmonella contamination in their products. The Salmonella Rapid Culture Method delivers highly accurate results in less than 48 hours, compared to up to four days for other methods.

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CO₂ and electrical stunning of pigs

The Dutch newspaper Trouw dated 28 January 2009 included an article on stunning pigs using CO2. This has occasioned a number of questions and responses. We therefore think it would be a good idea to once again feature a prior statement we issued on CO2 stunning

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VION Vilshofen GmbH: ground broken for construction of new refrigerated warehouse

VION Food Group invests in a new slaughterhouse structure / municipal and district councils hail positive effect on local industry

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Effect of supplementation with MgCO₃ and L-Tryptophan on the welfare and on the carcass and meat quality of two halothane pig genotypes (NN and nn)

Feeding Mg supplemented diets at the end of the pig finishing phase may reduce stress response from handling and transport prior to slaughter

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What causes coughing in pigs?

Any factor that irritates or inflames the respiratory system will elicit the physiological response of either sneezing or coughing or both. Although alarming and indicative of disease, coughing is at least a sign that normal physiological responses are taking place and should not in isolation be necessarily seen as a bad thing. We may have sudden or generalized outbreaks of coughing as well as a constant coughing in pig groups. There are infectious pathogenic agents that are normally associated with coughing or laboured breathing in pigs such as Actinobacillus, Bordetella, Haemophilus, Pasteurella Streptococcus, Mycoplasma, SIV, PRRSV or PCV2.