The last decade’s unprecedented rise in litter size has resulted in more pigs that fail to achieve performance equal to their contemporaries. These pigs are commonly referred to as “fallback pigs.”
A variety of factors contribute to producers missing target market weights, incurring discounts. Producers have adopted marketing strategies, such as topping pens, to help reduce economic losses from weight discounts at the processing plant.
Much research has been undertaken in the use of distiller’s dried grains with solubles (DDGS) in growing pigs, but little attention has been paid to the use of the ethanol byproducts on female reproduction.
In an effort to gauge consumer perceptions of livestock production, Purdue University’s Department of Agricultural Economics and Department of Animal Sciences conducted a consumer survey last summer. The survey of 798 participants from a...
Spermatozoa from some boars can be frozen more successfully than others. In a Mississippi State University Study, a two-dimensional differential in gel electrophoresis (2D-DIGE) was used to analyze the total protein contents (proteome) of fertile...
Daily lactation feed intake (LFI) values were recorded on 10,716 litters as part of Iowa State University research investigating how inadequate feed intake can impact sow performance.
