April 2003 Selected Articles Behind The Lines Letters Cover Outbreak Zoning: Canada's best defence against contagious animal diseases Guelph research will focus on meat quality and variability Engineering - by Ron MacDonald Strategies to reduce or control odours on the farm Management-  by Jim Dalrymple Code addendum provides valuable guidance for those practising early weaning    Economics-  by Lynn Marchand Average Ontario swine farm profitable and growing between 1998 and 2001 Second Look- by Richard Smelski What happened to the idea of getting better before getting bigger Herd Health - by S. Ernest Sanford Bacteriophages: What are they? And can they replace antibiotics?

Pork News & Views Nutrition-  by Janice Murphy Test your knowledge of swine digestion Environment - by Murray Blackie Monitering -- an integral part of manure management Eye On Europe Centralized manure marketing comes to Germany Male-dominated litters bad for breeding The world's most modern slaughterhouse Sweden develops hog pens with moving floors to remove manure Disposable piglet mats mean more hygiene More plastic wanted in hog pen construction U.K. pig producers take steps to grapple with PMWS see page 52