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Better Pork - April 2004

  
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Better Pork
April 2004


Selected Articles

Behind The Lines

Cover Story
It's all about risk: Insurance crackdown on hog barn coverage is coming to Ontario

Engineering - by Ron MacDonald
Ways to control those pesky (and potentially harmful) flies

Second Look- by Richard Smelski
Like the Emperor, maybe the pork industry has no clothes

Herd Health - by S. Ernest Sanford
U.S. research gives guidance on controlling PCV2-associated disease

Environment - by Murray Blackie
What to do if your nutrient management plan fails

Nutrition- by Janice Murphy
A quiz to test your swine nutrition vocabulary




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Pork News & Views

Eye On Europe by Norman Dunn
Germany: Bio hog producers struggle to make a profit

France: Ten more piglets if gilts are served at the right age; between 255 and 275 days works

Denmark: Now the Danes want smell-free swine

Germany: "Starting blocks" give piglets a good beginning

Research - by Ruurd T. Zijlstra
Enzyme supplementation and feed processing provides solutions for low quality grains

Environment - by Sam Bradshaw
Some practical ways to reduce your operation's greenhouse gas emissions



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