Welcome to the Young Pig Resource Center — current news, research, resources and information about raising healthy young pigs.
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Get Young Pigs off to a Good Start
Getting young pigs off to a successful start and gaining economically takes a combination of several factors.
How to Minimize Post-Weaning Lag in the Nursery
Young pig feed intake and growth during the first week after weaning should be of the utmost concern.
A Commercial Experience of Using Gel
Regardless of the season, the three groups of pigs monitored were heavier and gained more weight during the nursery period when fed gel (7 days) and pellets for a longer period than compared to pigs fed no gel and less pellets followed by meal-texture feed.
Is There Value in Feeding Gel in the Farrowing Crate and in the Nursery?
Young pig feed intake and growth during the first week after weaning should be of the utmost concern.
How to Feed UltraCare Gel or PuriGel feed
Longview Animal Nutrition Center developed a gel feed, marketed as two separate products, UltraCare Gel and PuriGel.
Maximizing Litter Weaning Weights
Several research studies agree that moving individual piglets from one litter to another when piglets are more than 24 to 48 hours of age will reduce pig weaningweights.
Feeding to Support Pig Immuno-competence
A trial was conducted at
NEWtraStart Feed Improves Wean-to-Finish Pig Performance and Economic Return
A field trial was conducted from August 2008 to March 2009 in
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Latest health postings:
PQA Plus Webinar Certifies in Spanish
A December PQA Plus Webinar in
Spanish certified a total of 26 Spanish-speaking pork operation employees from three companies.
Pig Care Begins on Day 1
AOn farrowing day, the sow tends to get all of the attention. But assigning a worker to focus specifically on the piglets in their first 24 hours of life reaps short- and long-term rewards.
Tap Into Water Quality
As an essential nutrient in pig production, fresh, high-quality drinking water tends to be taken for granted. Water is too often overlooked as a potential source of a problem, even if performance issues arise within a herd
Can You Hear Me?
Feeding and breeding sows, handling piglets, operating a tractor, power washing and grinding feed are among the many noisy tasks required to make a swine operation successful. But did you know that frequent and prolonged exposure to noise, especially levels above 85 decibels, can result in permanent hearing loss?
Winter’s Coming; Are You Ready?
This terrific autumn weather makes it fun to work in the hog barn. You don’t need supplemental heat, yet the hogs are comfortable day and night, and the breeding herd cooperates better now that it’s not so hot. This is the perfect time to prepare for winter so that you don’t find yourself out in subzero weather tackling an emergency. So, here are some places to start.
We Can Do Better Than Average
Over the past 25 years, U.S. pork production has fundamentally changed in order to efficiently meet a growing global population’s food demands while also dealing with a changing workforce.
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