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Can’t live with them, or without them

By Rod Nickel May 30, 2012

A U.S. animal rights group hopes to save a herd of genetically modified pigs from early deaths after funding dried up for a Canadian research project that has stoked controversy about altering animal genes to produce food. Possible euthanization of the nine so-called Enviropigs, descendants of swine first bred 13 years ago by the University

Hogs, Livestock, News

Animal stress affects meat quality

By Shannon VanRaes April 30, 2012

Quality pork depends on a lot of factors, among them is how pigs are transported to the slaughterhouse. Yolande Seddon and other researchers at the Prairie Swine Centre have been investigating the causes of swine stress during transportation and notes the Prairies have some particular transportation challenges to overcome. “We know there are very challenging

Hogs, Livestock, News, Opinion

Public relations not the solution for hog producers

April 30, 2012

Re: “Pork producers explore ways to improve their public image” (April 1). Apparently producers want to improve their public image, which has resulted in advertising showing a farmer cuddling a piglet, or a family involved in the same activities as the rest of us, to engender that warm, fuzzy feeling towards producers. There is also

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Death knell may sound for Canada’s GMO pigs

By Alex Binkley April 15, 2012

Without fresh funding, the animals will be euthanized  and their genetic material put into cold storage

Pigs that might have become the world’s first genetically modified animals approved for human consumption may instead face an untimely end, as key backers of Canada’s “Enviropig” project withdrew their support for the controversial engineered animal. Scientists at the University of Guelph, 90 km west of Toronto, bred the first GMO pig that was developed

Hogs, Livestock, News

Precision pork production — a vision of the future

By Bernie Peet February 16, 2012

Imagine a finishing barn where each pig receives exactly the right amount of nutrients each day to optimize its growth, maximize the efficiency of nutrient use and minimize the excretion of waste. A barn where sophisticated feeding equipment identifies each pig and delivers a precise dose of blended feed using complex mathematical models to predict

Hogs, Livestock

Simple Changes Can Reduce Hog Transport Losses

November 17, 2011

Bernie Peet Peet on Pigs Losses of pigs between the farm and the point of slaughter can be reduced significantly by relatively simple changes to facilities and handling, according to two speakers at the recent Red Deer Swine Technology Workshop. Dr. Jennifer Brown from the Prairie Swine Centre described an observational study of 10 commercial

Hogs, News

Vaccinate At One Day

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 29, 2011

Canadian swine producers can now vaccinate for mycoplasma pneumonia when they process baby pigs. A new label claim makes RespiSure-ONE by Pfizer Animal Health the only vaccine approved for administration at one day of age, the company says in a release. Vaccination as early as one day of age with RespiSure-ONE effectively generates long-term protective

Hogs, Livestock

Gonyou Recognized For Career Accomplishments

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 29, 2011

Longtime Prairie Swine Centre researcher Harold Gonyou has been named an honorary fellow of the International Society for Applied Ethology in recognition of his career accomplishments in pig behaviour and welfare research. During his career, Gonyou established the methodology for assessing feeder effectiveness (resulting in the redesign of several brands of feeders in Canada), establishment

Hogs, Livestock

Innovative Research Addresses Industry Challenges

By Co-operator August 4, 2011

BERNIE PEET Peet on Pigs Bernie Peet is president of Pork Chain Consulting Ltd. of Lacombe, Alberta, and editor of Western Hog Journal. His columns will run every second week in the Manitoba The Prairie Swine Centre (PSC) plays a unique role in the Canadian pork industry as one of the few establishments carrying out

Hogs, Livestock

Spot The Sick Pig

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff May 26, 2011

Canadian swine veterinarians and the animal health arm of drug maker Pfizer have set up a new program to train hog producers on how to identify sick animals. The program, dubbed the ABC Pig training program, is to be offered nationwide exclusively through hog veterinarians and is meant to set up a simple system by

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Tag Archives Pig

Can’t live with them, or without them

Animal stress affects meat quality

Public relations not the solution for hog producers

Death knell may sound for Canada’s GMO pigs

Precision pork production — a vision of the future

Simple Changes Can Reduce Hog Transport Losses

Vaccinate At One Day

Gonyou Recognized For Career Accomplishments

Innovative Research Addresses Industry Challenges

Spot The Sick Pig

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