pig industry Articles
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Fattening your Pigs: Liquid vs. Dry Feeding
In the pig industry, there are those who adhere to one set of practices and those who cling to others. However, with the development of the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board’s Farm Excellence Network and its farmer to farmer learning initiatives, debates about practices and policies are sure to provide clarity and improved farm patterns. The issue of fattening pigs with liquid ...
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Sow management: Bongdong trumpets stellar production - Case Study
The past decade has seen changes in the South Korean pig industry landscape. From more than 12,000 pig farms in 2005, the number declined to 6,000 in 2012. Despite this, total pig inventory in the country has gone up to almost 10 million heads from roughly nine million heads during the same period, evidence of the growing efficiency and productivity of the country’s pig producers. These ...
By Big Dutchman
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African Swine Fever in Eastern Europe - Case Study
Addfield assisting the fight against African Swine Fever, it may not infect humans but this does not stop it having a devastating effect on those who keep pigs as their livestock. Client Overview Vilimeksas has been successfully implementing projects in energetics, medical and veterinary sectors in the Lithuanian market for more than 17 years. Advantages of using Addfield incinerators EfW ...
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Time-Course Variations of DNA Damage and Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress in Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) Exposed to Effluents From a Swine Industry
Abstract DNA damage (Comet assay), lipoperoxidation levels (TBARS), and several biomarkers of oxidative stress such as catalase (CAT), glutathione reductase (GR), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), glutathione S-transferase (GST), and contents of reduced (GSH) and total (TG) glutathione were measured in liver and blood (Comet assay) of tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) exposed for 7, 15, 30 (subchronic ...
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Dead Poultries Harmless Treatment Methods in China
Dead pigs harmless treatment methods in China Any pig farm will encounter dead pigs, dead pigs are often important sources of infection of diseases to spread and spread, causing major economic losses not only on pig-raising industry, also will be a serious threat to human or animal health, so the dead pigs should be a safe and effective treatment. in the course of our work, are often faced with ...
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Sadia swine manure lagoon treatment case study
The Problem SADIA, a major integrated hog producer located in the Santa Catarina province of Brazil requested permission to conduct a test to determine the effectiveness of Nordevco Associates’ technology to improve conditions in their manure storage lagoon at a facility located in Concordia. Nordevco’s solution was applied by the producer and all testing and analyses were carried out ...
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Feed Blending in Farrowing: An Optimal Feeding Solution
The Next Frontier in Lactating Sow Nutrition Advances in research regarding the nutrient requirements of the lactating sow have academics and producers alike realizing the need for feeding precisely to the needs of the herd, which can vary considerably from published values. For example, in the Swine NRC (Nutrient Requirements of Swine, published by National Research Council in 2012) gilt and ...
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The removal & elimination of phosphate & nitrates in swine waste lagoons
DO2E Waste Water Treatment LLC & Dr. J H Wakefield have combined their vast years of knowledge and experience in municipal and industrial waste water treatment and processing to help solve the phosphate and nitrate problem in animal waste disposal for commercial farming operations. With over 50 years of combine knowledge and experience in wastewater treatment, processing and monitoring, Mr. ...
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Perspectives on organic waste recovery relative to composting and anaerobic digestion
Generally speaking, organic waste renders its self suitable for recovery purposes owing to the nutrient elements it contains and the energy stored in the biochemical bonds of its constituent organic compounds. Both composting and anaerobic digestion (AD) have been used since a long time ago in reclaiming organic material. It seems that the first modern composting process was developed in 1920s ...
By ORBIT e.V.
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Perspectives on organic waste recovery relative to composting and anaerobic digestion
Generally speaking, organic waste renders its self suitable for recovery purposes owing to the nutrient elements it contains and the energy stored in the biochemical bonds of its constituent organic compounds. Both composting and anaerobic digestion (AD) have been used since a long time ago in reclaiming organic material. It seems that the first modern composting process was developed in 1920s ...
By ORBIT e.V.
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The Science of Genetics & Its Application to Aquaculture
Genetics is defined as that branch of the biological sciences devoted to the study of inherited variation. Genetics investigations deal with the “why” and “how” of this variation, examining both the origin of inherited variability and the resulting outward expression of characters due to this variability. The applications of genetics in today’s society are far ...
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Farrowing feeding for sow production: What to consider to improve profitability and productivity
Feeding a Farrowing Sow: What Should we Consider? From feeder costs to feed palatability, here are some of the hot topics to think about when you are choosing the right sow feeding system for your farrowing rooms. Farrowing Feeding Methods Farrowing sows play an essential role in pig production since sow and litter performance can influence the swine industry’s next outcomes. Considering ...
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Automated Feeders Offer Explorations into New Management Practices to Improve Stillborn Rates
A 5,000-Head Commercial Sow-Farm Research Introduction In modern sow farms, piglet mortality is the leading restraint in producers not reaching their maximum production potential. According to the last US national database evaluation performed by Dr. Stalder in 2018, the US had an industry average of ~26% pre-weaning mortality, with nearly 10% of those attributed to stillborn (Stalder, 2018). ...
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Poultry Feed Pellet Machine Application For Pig Breeding
Want to make your pigs grow more healthy? Feed pellet with rich nutrition is your best choice. Fusmar Machinery is a professional poultry feed pellet machine manufacturer, this article we will introduce feed pellets application for pig breeding in detail. Pellets Feed In Breeding Industry Pellet feed first appeared in Europe, and in recent years, it has occupied the majority of the feed market ...
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Boris Johnson sets out his ten-point green plan
Where are food and farming in the ten-point green plan? Along with colleagues across the environmental movement, I have been anticipating Boris Johnson’s Green Speech today, where he set out a 10-point plan for how the UK will meet Net-Zero. All eyes were on the landmark new commitment to bring forward the ban on petrol and diesel car sales to 2030. But where were food and farming? If we ...
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China’s Rising Soybean Consumption Reshaping Western Agriculture
Global demand for soybeans has soared in recent decades, with China leading the race. Nearly 60 percent of all soybeans entering international trade today go to China, making it far and away the world’s largest importer. The soybean was domesticated some 3,000 years ago by farmers in eastern China. But it wasn’t until well after World War II that the crop gained agricultural ...
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The use effect of poultry feed production machines
Poultry feed production machines directly make use of crushed materials such as corn, soybean dish, straw, yard, and rice husks to push pellets. The advantages of fowl feed manufacturing: high solidity, smooth surface area and inner maturity, which can enhance the food digestion and also absorption of nutrients. The granulation procedure can denature pancreatic enzyme resistance ...
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