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Dr. Mark Knauer: Nursery Pigs Performance | Ep. 26
Season 1 Episode 26
When it comes to different pig preweaning parameters, which ones are the most important? That is a question that has had a variety of answers over th…
4 years, 2 months ago
Dr. Jamil Faccin: Vitamin Averages in Swine Diet | Ep. 25
Season 1 Episode 25
Vitamins can sometimes be overlooked due to their cheap and easy inclusion in swine diets. With stabilization issues under certain conditions, we ten…
4 years, 2 months ago
Brenda Christensen: Gut Development in Pigs | Ep. 24
Season 1 Episode 24
Transitioning the weanling pig onto solid feed presents several nutritional challenges, as the body has not been producing all of the required digest…
4 years, 2 months ago
Kayla Miller: Feed Supply and Ulcers | Ep. 23
Season 1 Episode 23
With the looming threat of ASF and other issues potentially disrupting our normal feed supply chain, we must be prepared and have a proper plan to ho…
4 years, 3 months ago
Christian Ramirez: Amino Acid Modeling in Sows | Ep. 22
Season 1 Episode 22
We continue to adjust amino acid requirements to meet best the needs of pigs for growth or protein synthesis. Multiple studies have shown that AA int…
4 years, 3 months ago
Dr. Chantal Farmer: Lysine in Gestating Gilts | Ep. 21
Season 1 Episode 21
As we continue to genetically select for sows to produce more pigs, it is important that we ensure they are getting adequate milk from the sow, but t…
4 years, 3 months ago
Jenna Bromm: Alpha-Linolenic Acid in Pigs | Ep. 20
Season 1 Episode 20
PRRSV and E. coli continue to remain a problem for farms everywhere, and nursery pigs, with their often underdeveloped immune systems, can take a maj…
4 years, 3 months ago
Chloe Hagen: Stocking Density in Pigs | Ep. 19
Season 1 Episode 19
Past studies have shown that increasing stocking density will decrease the performance of the pigs. However, when commercial systems are backed-up du…
4 years, 4 months ago
Kelsey Hammers: Extra Zinc for Piglet Mortality | Ep. 18
Season 1 Episode 18
Piglet mortality continues to be an issue for the swine industry and is one of the worst sources of economic losses in production facilities. Several…
4 years, 4 months ago
Chloe Hagen: Compensatory Gain and Nutrient Restriction | Ep. 17
Season 1 Episode 17
Covid caused a lot of issues in the swine industry that we were unprepared for especially in regard to meat packing plants shutting down for periods …
4 years, 4 months ago