articles about temperature
Heat stress alters the ovarian proteome in prepubertal gilts
Farmex: Pig and poultry collaboration improves management through enhanced data use
Barn Report Pro and Optifarm app collaboration will ensure easier access and tactical use of data.
On-farm vaccine handling (I): Transport and on-farm reception
To ensure vaccines work properly, we must carefully control certain critical points in their handling.
How to manage facility maintenance on sow farms?
Scheduling certain tasks, monitoring spare parts stock, checking electrical elements - what does proper maintenance management consist of?
Changes in cortisol and cortisone in hair of pigs under heat stress
Denmark launches initiatives for improved animal welfare
This will form the basis for Denmark's first animal welfare agreement.
Effect of drying and warming piglets at farrowing on preweaning mortality
Drying and warming the piglets favors their survival only in farrowing units with moderate or suboptimal temperatures (<25ºC).
IHT Group to manufacture, sell hog-cooling technology developed at Purdue
Patented cooling pads developed by animal science experts keep boars and sows cooler, improve their feed intake and milk output, and increase piglet wean weight.
Impacts of evaporative pad cooling on finishing pig performance
USDA: New heat stress app for pigs
HotHog, a new smartphone application that predicts heat stress in pigs, is now available for download and use, a team of Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and university scientists announced today.
The best conditions for baiting wild pigs
Worsened feed conversion ratio and growth but mortality stable
What can produce an increase in the feed conversion ratio and worsen average daily gain without altering mortality?
Impact of stress on immune function, health, and productivity (1/2)
What exactly goes on in a pig's body when exposed to acute or chronic stress? What implications does stress have on production? Professor Pejsak draws on decades of research to answer to explain.