A researcher with the Prairie Swine Center says improved animal health is the first step in reducing the need for antibiotics in livestock production.
The President and CEO of the Prairie Swine Centre says more and more researchers need to a develop multidisciplinary approaches to addressing the challenges facing pork producers.
A research scientist with the Prairie Swine Centre reports a variety of strategies are being explored for reducing the effects of feeding mycotoxin contaminated grains to pigs.
A research scientist with the Prairie Swine Centre says aggression, one of the key challenges in working with group housed sows, can be curbed by providing various forms of enrichment.
A post doctoral fellow in ethology with the Prairie Swine Centre says various forms of enrichment, as required under Canada’s Pig Code of Practice, need not be complex or costly.
The Prairie Swine Centre is preparing to release a new calendar which uses humor to reinforce the importance of biosecurity.
A project being conducted on behalf of Swine Innovation Pork is compiling information to assist pork producers planning to convert sow barns to group housing.
Scientists working on behalf of Swine Innovation Porc are exploring new feed processing methods designed to improve the nutritional value of rations fed to newly weaned pigs.
A new website planned for launch next month will provide information for swine producers considering converting their sow barns to group housing.
Swine farms considering converting from stall housing to group housing of gestating sows are being invited to participate in a nation-wide sow housing conversion project.
